Overpriced, disappointing hose
928625
Aa advertised, this hose is very light.  Unfortunately this also contributes to some annoying issues - because it is so thin it kinks very easily.  It pretty much kinked on me right out of the box/upon first use. It also twists /tangles and it is not that easy to stand there and unwind it.  I had high hopes for this hose given its overall rating and price, but I doubt I will keep this.  It is just a bit too annoying to use.
1493345
I did NOT receive this hose for free or discounted in return for a review. It's the most expensive hose I've ever bought. This is my 4th purchase of this type of expandable hose - my mother in law can't use a traditional heavy hose, otherwise I would have given up on these kind of hoses.
The previous expandable hoses were from a different manufacturer ($20-40) and all burst within 1-2 weeks of use, all the exact same problem - the expandable internal rubber simply can't handle any pressure and pops.
I just received this hose and paired or with a water pressure regulator (50psi) to ensure its running reduced pressure (most city water is 80psi - nothing crazy but killed the other hoses). If this hose lasts I'm positive the water pressure regulator will be critical and should be included with every hose like this.
Construction does seem sturdier than the other green hoses I've previously owned, but I can't see the internal rubber, so only time will tell. It hasn't popped yet, so I'll update my review in time. For what it's worth I'm really hoping for $118 this product is durable and lasts years. We can put things in to outer space and to the bottom of the deepest oceans, how hard can it be to make a garden hose that doesn't pop?
I'm a prime member and ensured Amazon sent me in writing (email) that they would honor a full 12 month guarantee to either replace out refund if it bursts like all the other expandable hose products I've purchased over the last year. At least that way I know I'll have a hose that lasts a year or my money back.
1395916
I was disappointed with the quality of the hose - not as strong as expected for "Heavy Duty CONTRACTOR GRADE".
3792084
I really wanted to love this hose and for a few moths I actually did. It seemed very sturdy. Unfortunately, for me it only took a few months for it to fail. It is leaking at the male end where the brass fitting is crimped on. Totally unacceptable for a hose this expensive and apparently there is no warranty. I am bummed!
3770855
Should have heeded the negative reviews.  This item utilizes old school porous hose technology, and I have a couple like it that are over 20 years old and still work fine, but I guess they don't make 'em like they used to.

A ton of water poured copiously from the first three feet of the hose, barely adequate water from 4-50 feet, with no water whatsoever emerging from the last 50-100 feet (on mostly level ground with some slight uphill inclines).  Completely unsatisfactory.

I will say that the connectors supplied with this hose are excellent - a comprehensive assortment that are well made and don't leak. However, their value is moot as the hose itself does not perform as advertised.

Fortunately, with Amazon Prime, return shipping was free.  I replaced it with the excellent and more modern Apex vinyl soaker hoses. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ID0MEGW/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_1
318206
Great hose, really, really lousy flimsy splitter. Invest an extra $3 and buy a good splitter.
1581608
I truly LOVE a good garden hose since gardening is one of favorite things to do, so I wish I could say that 7 Brands Expandable Hose was a good product, but I can't.  Even though I received a discount on this hose for my honest opinion, it truly is not worth what I paid.  I cannot get the thing to NOT leak.  The metal fittings are machined wrong, so it is impossible to tighten the hose to the hose bib nor will the included "free" garden sprayer tighten down enough to NOT leak profusely.  When I say profusely, I mean stand back, because when the water is turned on, you will get drenched.  I tried to connect both ends over and over...followed the directions exactly thinking maybe it was operator error causing the problems.  I really wanted this product to work...I need a nice long expandable hose, but this hose will go in trash:(.  If you want a good expandable hose...no leaks and it comes with a QUALITY garden sprayer,  buy the Dreamthinker 50ft expandable hose.&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Dreamthinker-ON-SALE-50-Ft-Expandable-Garden-Hose-Quick-Connect-Comfortable-Metal-Spray-Nozzle-Super-Strong-Light-Weight-Hose-50-Ft/dp/B00W6X9A14/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Dreamthinker, [ON SALE] 50 Ft Expandable Garden Hose Quick Connect, Comfortable Metal Spray Nozzle, Super Strong, Light Weight Hose (50 Ft)</a>.
2451816
The hose itself looks and feels better than the one that came with the DeWalt / Simpson 4200 psi power washer.  However, the hose did not come with fittings required to attach to the washer AND the one that was recommended to buy with it did not fit either.  Thus, the hose has been useless to me as local hardware stores have not carried the correct fittings either.  VERY disappointing!
2445512
I cannot believe I'm about to give this faucet three stars, as out of the box I had assumed it would be an easy five.  However, the inferior quality of the hose (braided plastic instead of chrome finish metal) and the sprayer nozzle (again, plastic with some sort of plastic/chrome finish) brings this model down a couple of stars for me at this price point.  They should have not skimped on these two parts.

Now the positives:
The faucet is beautiful - a great design, and the control for flow and temperature is smooth and works great.  When properly installed the detachable sprayer rests up inside the nozzle well and the chrome plated plastic matches the finish of the chrome plated metal PERFECTLY -- there is no difference on my unit, contrary to what another reviewer said about theirs.  They look identical.  However, since plastic is less durable than metal, it's ironic that the part that is going to bang around the most and is most likely to get scratched is the part that's plastic.  I'll update this review if it turns out to be more durable than I think it will be.  Moen, metal next time please!

And speaking of metal, the hose should ideally look something like this&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Danze-D469020PNV-72-Inch-All-Metal-Interlock-Shower-Hose-Polished-Nickel/dp/B004O4MDGM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Danze D469020PNV 72-Inch All Metal Interlock Shower Hose, Polished Nickel</a>&nbsp;in appearance instead of braided plastic.  (Obviously you would not want a 72 inch sprayer hose for your kitchen sink -- this is for illustration purposed only!).  I have two other faucets by different manufacturers and they both have polished chrome hoses like the one in the link above and they look far superior to the braided plastic.  Check out the video on the product page for this faucet and you'll see the braided plastic when the nozzle is pulled down...decide for yourself.  It looks cheap and I have questions about durability.  The same cheap plastic is used to connect to your water supply instead of braided metal.

This is a quality faucet with a couple of flaws... but those flaws really bother me especially for $200++ for a faucet.  It's too bad - the rest of the faucet seems quality --- it's heavy and solid, and assembled in the USA of "some foreign components."  But cutting corners is obvious sometimes and in this case it is.

Hope this helps.
3668817
Since I wanted a sleek and inexpensive side mounted garden hose reel, I bought this Suncast model.  At first it appeared to work well, but revealed its underlying structural weakness over not much time and sun exposure.  Its plastic hub/axle is too thin and weak to hold even 75 feet of 5/8 inch hose.  Within 9 months time, I ended up replacing this entire unit twice and even got a free replacement hub from Suncast on attempt #3.  There is NO WAY you will be able to fit 100 feet of 5/8 inch hose on this reel because my 75 feet of hose was almost spilling over!  The hose connection within the reel developed a fierce squirting leak due to the Boa effect.  You should not reel in the hose with the pressure turned off.  Otherwise when you turn the pressure back on with the hose reeled in, the hose will act like a Boa and constrict the hose reel apart along with crushing and crimping the hose connection within the reel.  While I am sure the Boa effect occurs with other hose reels too, I am convinced that a metal reel/wheel will be needed to last over time.  I am not going to waste anymore time trying to make plastic work.  You get what you pay for.
1651006
So disappointed!  My $8 hose nozzle that this was to replace is better then this thing!  I saw one that looked just like this at a home and garden show; it was $30 and I so regret not buying it now.  It looked just like this one--but after appearances, there is no comparison.  The one at the show was amazing--so powerful!!  This one is it's feeble, wimpy half cousin.  :-(
4880179
I bought two of these through the Pocket Hose website. They charged $27.98 plus $7.99 shipping plus tax for the first one and $13 for the second. One of them immediately leaked copiously from two places in the middle of the hose, so I sent it back. That cost me $10 UPS. I requested them to send a new one and reimburse my shipping. Instead, they gave me a $22 credit on my AMEX, no hose. Meantime, about a week after I sent back the first one, the second hose started leaking in nearly the exact same two places. It started out as a pinhole, so I thought I could live with it, but now it is a geyser. So, I'm out $32.36 and I still don't have a single working hose. The Satisfaction Guarantee offered by this company is worthless.

I have bought two other blue ones from this site and both leaked horrendously. One actually split apart inside the cloth cover and collapsed while water flooded the patio. The only one that hasn't leaked was one sold by Desert Willow that is a grass green color (not pale yellow-green like the Pocket Hose. I bought two and they have lasted nearly 3 months. I absolutely love them but I'm holding my breath expecting these to blow up, too.

 I think this is a product that needs re-engineering. You can't buy repair kits for them and it's probably no accident that none of the big hardware/home improvement chains sell them at all.

If you are going to buy an expandable hose, I suggest you buy them through Amazon so you have some support on the return side and use the Desert Willow seller.
744609
Really not worth it.  The hose barely connects to the bag, and even when you force it on it leaks through the connection anyways.  The hose is even worse, the hard kinks in it and the plastic being so inflexible just didn't let water through.  You have to pinch the bend in the hose to let the water through. Honestly, we ended up just using cups and pouring water ourselves instead of using this thing.  It also never really dries on the inside and gets mildewy.  I bought it for an 8 day road trip, the small rope tied around the hose was the only thing that came in handy.
4567341
Don't buy this hose if you think it will perform like the TV commercials. The hose may be  inch, but the volume of water that flows through it is less than  the volume of my standard  inch garden hose. The problem is that the opening in the brass fittings on each end is less than  inch. This lets the hose expand, but you may as well be using a  inch hose. This reduction in flow creates a very weak stream. It is useless for cleaning my deck and concrete patio area. I will keep it to water plants and flowers, but that's about all it is good for.
3571261
BUYER BEWARE! The hose blew up after 5 weeks. It was lightly used, stored in the garage 75% of the time, and it still blew up. I am so frustrated!

Pros - Super light weight. Nice brass fittings

Cons - Cheap nozzle. Poor quality inner hose. Impossible to use with a sprinkler head. The hose either retracts when it is not pressurized, taking the sprinkler head with it, or if you have the valve closed and the hose expanded, you get drenched by the sprinkler head when you open the valve.

Bottom line, don't buy it. I found one that is of much better quality at Lowe's (The brand is called Zero G). It's not as light as this particular hose  (yet still MUCH lighter than a regular hose), and doesn't retract, but it still has the extreme flexibility and most of the other advantages that the expanding hose does! Unfortunately, now i'm stuck with a $40 piece of junk, and I have no idea how to get my "12 month refund" because it is past the Amazon return window.

Please do yourself a favor and buy something else.
1148307
Hard plastic green hose with cheap plastic ends that you wouldn't buy at menards for 5.99 (just check price yesterday).  will not buy again.  oh and it leaks at fitting even with new washer.
192496
The hose arrived kinked (it is supposedly kink-resistant). It was a rather low quality hose, but what surprised me was what happened when I went to attach it. I bought the hose to connect the outside hose bib to my hose reel; when I went to attach it to the reel, the (male) brass fitting simply pulled out of the hose! It was never properly attached, I could easily insert and remove the brass fitting from the hose; this made the hose completely useless. Fortunately, Amazon makes returns so easy, UPS arrived at my front door the next day with a shipping label in hand, they picked up my box and back it went! I can't tell you where to find a better replacement for this hose. What I did was buy a new hose longer than what I needed, I cut off a 12-foot piece, and fixed the ends with a brass 5/8-inch hose repair kit. I wouldn't have needed to buy a new hose, except that my current hose (which was a very good hose, but longer than I needed) was 3/4-inch, and I could not find a decent repair kit for a 3/4-inch hose.

If you have a similar need (for a short hose to attach to a hose reel) and decide to cut up a longer hose, here's a tip I used: Cut the (longer) hose at the end where it attaches to the hose reel. That way the (sharp!) hose clamps for the hose repair kit stay near the hose reel. Otherwise you will have a hose clamp on the end of the hose that you hold, certain to cut and jab you repeatedly.