HOZELOCK - Ultramax Hose 12.5mm x 50 m, Up To 70% Recycled PVC, Robust, Weather-Resistant, Anti-Twist, Anti-Kink and Anti-Crush Hose, [7950P0000], Grey

I mean, let's not get emotional, it's a hose. It's described by Hoselock as 'robust' and I would echo that. Lightweight it is not. I tend to think 'lightweight' in this context means 'flimsy', anyway. I bought it to replace our old Hozelock hose, which must be at least twenty years old and was full of kinks and leaks. Well, over the years, its length has been substantially reduced where leaking sections have been cut out and, frankly, we'd had enough. The new hose, compared with the old one, is wonderful. I'll be surprised if it ever kinks or leaks and I can't think how it could be improved. It's not cheap but you get what you pay for. If you want something which does the job properly without you having to compromise to accommodate its failings, this hose will not disappoint, whereas many cheaper offerings will. Disappoint, that is. I bought a new Hoselock spraygun, which I'll give its own review in a minute, to go with the new hose and replace the two old ones we had which, while doing the job, shared the water with me or the surrounding area and were driving me nuts. The new one is a joy to use, all the water comes out of the nozzles, all of it goes onto the plants and none of it leaks over me. Couldn't be happier.

Fed up with our old hose always kinking, we decided to buy this. Excellent hose. Not lightweight, but it doesn’t kink. Very good purchase.

Nice and flexible. I loaded mine onto a Hozelock reel with a corner-mounted feeder thing. Really good. Very high quality hose.

On my first use been great so far with no kinks, very pleased, does the job. Old hose was always twisting on itself. Even wrapping it up and it’s a lot long than the old one, it didn’t tangle once, happy days.

Good hose and easy to connect with appropriate fittings. Has a good degree of twist-resistance. Bit expensive but worth it.

It does kink and badly straight out of the box, so no hope of being able to use it as intended, much worse than the cheap non brand I was replacing, feels low quality so promptly returned

A little hard to use at first as the pipe had been wound up for so long and the weather was cold but after being in the sun for a little while it was flexible and easier to use.

Quite an expensive hose but I have learned over time that you if you want an item to last you need to pay for it. This hose is very good quality, does not kink and winds onto the separately bought reel very easily.