Anybody have thoughts and experience with outdoor garden hoses? Looking at a 50' rubber hose with brass couplings, but curious on all options.
Outdoor Garden Hose
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Sears w stainless steel. Have two over 30 years. Lifetime warranty.
Really?… This is what has come of this board? Haven't been back over here for two years (or more). Now I know why. Back to RSS.
There's an epic thread on chicken sandwiches I'm afraid you must have missed.
There's also a solid but not great thread on fish finders.
Plenty of content over here to keep one busy if you know where to look.
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It's not rubber and brass... but my wife loves the Flexzilla® 5/8" Garden Hose 274-1205 sold at Menards.
She says its the best garden hose she has ever used.
"Flexzilla® is a revolutionary hose featuring a premium hybrid polymer material that redefines flexibility. Flexzilla® garden hose characteristics offer zero memory allowing it to lay-flat exactly where you drop it and won?t work against you during operation or coiling after use. The hose is lightweight and truly kink-free. Engineered polymer-blend material permits use in environments where general purpose PVC and rubber hoses may become too stiff. Flexzilla® offers extreme all-weather flexibility.
Premium Hybrid Polymer material provides extreme all-weather flexibility
Abrasion-resistant
Rugged bend restrictors
No memory - lays flat
Lightweight, coils easily
3/4" - 11-1/2 GHT fittings both ends
Crush-resistant anodized aircraft aluminum male and female fittings
150 PSI working pressure
Limited lifetime warranty"
She says its the best garden hose she has ever used.
"Flexzilla® is a revolutionary hose featuring a premium hybrid polymer material that redefines flexibility. Flexzilla® garden hose characteristics offer zero memory allowing it to lay-flat exactly where you drop it and won?t work against you during operation or coiling after use. The hose is lightweight and truly kink-free. Engineered polymer-blend material permits use in environments where general purpose PVC and rubber hoses may become too stiff. Flexzilla® offers extreme all-weather flexibility.
Premium Hybrid Polymer material provides extreme all-weather flexibility
Abrasion-resistant
Rugged bend restrictors
No memory - lays flat
Lightweight, coils easily
3/4" - 11-1/2 GHT fittings both ends
Crush-resistant anodized aircraft aluminum male and female fittings
150 PSI working pressure
Limited lifetime warranty"
Riley is only in Lincoln to collect a paycheck.
Neither is gonna matter if you don't have enough pressure in the line....
Introducing the pocket hose!!!! Get your grass and plants wet as well as your lady friend at the same time.
It seems like the peanut gallery is in fine form. I water a lot of flowers in many locations. The weak link on all garden hoses is the bond of hose to fitting. Even with upper cost hoses the end can come off more often than it should. All places that sell quality garden hoses will also carry after market replacement ends than require only a knife and a screwdriver to install.
I think this thread has the potential to overtake the chicken sandwich thread...
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My dog is almost 3. Only thing she still chews on is the damn hose when I wash vehicles. She is a damn brat. If it wasn't for her great quail/pheasant finding ability I would get upset. Plus viszlas are pretty dogs. But let's get back to the "hose" discussion!!!
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We will try our level best to forge on without you.
You get what you pay for. Get something that is kink resistant with brass coupler.
Kink resistant Dean? For me, I like my hose to be a little kinky.
If you want them to last, bring them down to the basement for the winter and don't take them back out til the weather is above freezing. You've seen what it does to pavement to freeze and thaw all season long.
You gotta get your Cesar touch down and claim your hose. She's a hunter, do you have a shock collar for her? Press that button a couple times when she hits the hose and she'll learn to leave it alone in a big hurry.
That's what I did with my big lab, he used to go after other dogs at the beach. If the dog was running around all crazy, he'd chase it down and bite it on the back to "put it in line." I knew that would get me AND him in a fight in a big hurry. One SportDog collar later, he's an excellent listener.
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I don't believe in shock training besides in the field. I have only ever used the vibrate feature on her when she was a pup and tried chasing rabbits. Now she ignores them. I have never had a dog listen so well in the field. I can afford a hose once in a while, it's not a huge deal.
no idea of the quality, but this groupon is cheap..
https://www.groupon.com/deals/gg-tangle-free-expandable-garden-hose-4
https://www.groupon.com/deals/gg-tangle-free-expandable-garden-hose-4
Sounds like she takes a very light touch. Just the vibrate mode would probably work.
I am not a fan of the "pressure on/pressure off" negative reinforcement training that people use with the shocks. I tried training my dog that way with just a training leash and he just locks up when you put tension on him, he doesn't know what to do. He will work for food and/or praise, but if you try to teach him to lie down by pulling down on the leash, he just fights it.
Some people are jerks with the collars, they only use it on the highest setting and they feel like if the dog doesn't yelp they're not satisfied. Personally I think they should have to wear one if they use them like that.
What I like about mine is I can set it very low, doesn't hurt, I test it on my hand regularly. But it feels odd and it stops him right away if he's about to get into danger. He's been in a few fights and can be very bullheaded/dominant. I have complete control of him, but my mother-in-law used to try to walk him while we were at work, and he would pull her down regularly. One day he dragged her across the street and she got a concussion. For me, he walks perfectly in heel, on leash or off.
He LOVES when the collar comes out, he knows we're going somewhere. Usually to water retrieve.