there are different types of garden holes that are available for your home
garden in today's episode we look at which garden hose lasts longer and it's
great value for your money now there are three types of garden hose that are
available for buying there is a foldable or a lightweight hose there is a
standard garden hose and there's also a hybrid garden hose and full disclaimer
here I was not paid to do this review this is not a sponsored video these are
my honest opinions on how these products work now the first type of garden hose
we look at are the foldable kinds this garden hose is very lightweight and it
expands to its regular size when you turn the water on and as you can see
here this is pretty compact and it's actually very light so for those of you
who want the lightest kind of a garden hose this one is a good choice however
let's see if it stands up to the tests now one of the first tests that I do is
to attach the garden hose to a water supply and then see whether there are
any leaks in the garden hose and as you can see here as soon as the water is
turned on the garden hose is expanding and reaches its regular size once the
garden hose is connected you can see a lot of water leaking on the side of the
hose that it's connected to and this was a popular garden hose in the as seen on
TV and some other shows but I found that the quality of this garden hose is not
that great it is plagued with problems like leaking water and then there were
some better versions of the garden hose as you can see here this one is a garden
hose that's available it's supposed to be a slightly stronger material but the
concept is the same it is quite light and very compact
and although there have been improvements to this kind of a foldable
hose I have seen that this garden hose sails over time
now the reason for that is the tubing or the material that's used for the hose
itself is not of that great quality by making this hole super portable and very
light there is a compromise on the quality of what's there inside the hose
so although this hose lasted me for a few weeks sometimes a few months
sometimes eventually each one of these foldable hoses burst it broke and then
finally it had to be thrown away so this is something I do not recommend I think
there are better options available as far as garden hoses go now the next type
of garden hose that you can buy are the irregular garden hose which is basically
a garden hose that people have been using for a long time these are very
heavy extremely heavy but quite well belt they are very durable as well
and these are also one of the cheapest garden hose that you can buy now if you
want to buy this garden hose there are a lot of options available most gardening
stores would carry this kind of a horse however this garden hose suffers from
the infamous kinking issue which basically means that it gets folded and
the water supply almost stops when this happens as you can see here it's very
clearly demonstrated in the video here
most of this traditional kind of garden hose doesn't have any leaks although it
really depends the quality varies so much you can get some really good
quality garden hose and some of them are really very poorly built but if you buy
from reputable places you can usually get a garden hose that's of decent
quality now let's move on to the third type of garden hose which is a hybrid
hose now there are companies like techn or Apex that make this kind of a hose
and the one that you're looking at here is called zero-g now this garden hose is
a hybrid hose in the sense that it provides the functionality of a
traditional garden hose but at the same time it is quite light quite portable
and is not supposed to kink like the other traditional garden hose and as you
can see here this is quite compact for the size of the garden hose you can see
that it has very compact dimensions and let's look at the connectors they are
very high quality brass connectors and if you look at this sleeve that's next
to the connectors it's a pretty good quality too they have washers to prevent
water from leaking once you connect the garden hose so overall by just looking
at the build quality I think this is a great quality garden hose and now it's
time for some tests the first test that we're going to do is to connect it to a
water supply and see if there are any leaks
and since the connectors are quite high quality they fit very well and what
we're gonna do is now turn the water on and just test one side of the hose and
check if there are any leaks so once you turn the water on you can see that the
water is flowing well the hose is now of a decent size it swells up a little bit
and there's absolutely no leakage and let's do the same test on the other side
I'm attaching a wand to the other side and once the water starts flowing in its
first gonna settle into the tube and then we will just start watering using
this wand as you can see here and let's check if there are any leaks so once the
water flows in for some time you can usually see the water leaking if there
are any leaks in the connector or the connections but I did not see any leaks
when using this product now I've been using this product for a few months now
and this hose actually brushes against my pavers it's been doing that for quite
some time and so far I haven't seen any reduction in quality or any kind of
damage to the hose it has held up pretty well and unlike
the other foldable hoes that we reviewed in the beginning this is a much better
quality hose so it kind of gives you the best of both worlds it is light enough
to carry around and water your plants and at the same time it is not heavy
and overall it does a great job I think out of all the three garden hoses that
we interviewed this one was the easiest to use and the best part was that the
connectors were of very high quality so that ensured that there were no leaks
and I usually don't provide my feedback unless I've reviewed the product and
kept the product for at least a few months so that I can give you an honest
feedback on what works and what doesn't work now once you are done with the
watering you're supposed to empty the hose like spray out any existing water
turn the water supply off empty the garden hose but I have found that
although my garden hose this one the hybrid one the zero-g garden hose is
almost never turned off I haven't really seen any problems with my garden hose
yet which again tells me that this is a pretty high quality garden hose it's
been through extreme temperatures it's been through winters it's been through
some hot days as well but it has stood up to the elements very well even though
I wasn't really emptying my garden hose every day and you can see that once it's
emptied it actually comes down to a very manageable size and it can be stored
very easily and now for the garden hose giveaway we are giving away 150 foot 0g
garden hose this giveaway is for United States residents only as a package is
quite heavy to ship and we can only ship it in the United States to enter into
the giveaway all you have to do is like us on facebook follow us on instagram
and put in a comment below telling us whether you use a garden hose or do you
use a drip irrigation system or do you use both we will look at the comments to
pick up the names and then as long as you have liked us on facebook and follow
us on instagram you will automatically be entered for the giveaway
so there we have it folks that was our episode on the garden hose reviews I
hope you liked this episode and do let us know in the comments box below what
you think is the best garden hose that you have ever used it's you again soon
happy gardening