Does anyone else have issues with kinks? I'm trying to use this in a raised bed so I have bends in the hose and it frequently blocks itself.
517582
Yes, I had many problems with these. I had 3 of them connected to cover my rose garden and orchids, all in ground. It just wouldn't lay flat, and the water ran well the frist couple feet and then absolutely nothing because the hose would fold over and make kinks and no matter how I tried, I just wouldn't lay out flat and I couldn't go around the plants. I pitched all of them out in the garbage and will never get them again. Gilmour products are normally really good and this was a big disappointment! If you haven't used it yet, I would return it.
517583
Ray in MO. I have in use several hundred feet of this product. It's great for straight/flat use but not good for turns and bends and I'm speaking of sharp 90 degree bends/turns. I do all my gardening in giant pots and have them set side to side/end to end so that all hose runs in a straight line. You will have the kink problem with any hose. The water will flow through the kinks but at a greatly reduced volume and pressure. Best Wishes.
517584
Yes, I have had problems with kinks and when they happen they often allow the hose to "blow out" a hole allowing so much water to flow that it renders the hose useless. I have purchased 4 of these weeper hoses and have had to quit using all of them because they no longer flow in a slow steady "soaker" action. I went back to the Andrews Brand green flat plastic soaker hose and have had good success with them.
551015
I cannot recommend this hose. I got one last summer and loved it....... because it never crimped off. Crimped hoses are a pet peeve of mine. But now I've found it has sprung a leak just under the edge of one of the end connectors. This hose has not been abused in any way! Now I'm on a hunt, as I see several others are, to figure out how to repair it. Most hoses you can simply cut the end off and put a replacement end on. But this hose has this wire in its walls. If anyone knows how to repair it, please post.
235790
I did not try. I have a large garden and stay very busy once it starts yielding. I have always gotten a long life out of garden hoses. My son-in-law tried to fix. He has one and was able to tighten the connection end of the hose. He was not successful with mine. I actually forgot about this hose since my father also tried to fix the hose.
1802688
First make sure the length is right, then stretch the hose out. This takes out the tendency to coil up. Make sure the pressure valve by the return is not turned all the way down. If it goes to fast it will tangle. Release the pressure so it slows down, mine works great.
1485816
We have no problems -I got this for my spouse to make it easier with 100' of hose and it works good. However here is a tip lazy people expect it to do all the work and walk away from it, and it gets caught up or kinks the hose etc. Just do not let you trigger nozzle drag in the grass. and it will wind up quickly.
1717570
I have two 50-foot hoses together and have no issues. The issues only occur if you have a kink. This is my third year using them and I have found that it is best to place the hose while it is under pressure. Sure you get wet, but you aren't fixing all the kinks later.
2085072
short!!!! buy some refridge tubing im lucky i had some i never used..plus it does not kink as easy..as the cheap hose it comes with..great unit so far
772377
had the same problem with mine-there were some spacers on the original shaft and made a few using reinforced hose that was lying around the garage. has worked so far.
1608675
Make sure that the hose snaps in place. If it doesn't snap in place check o make sure the plastic pieces that snap the hose in place aren't broken. I don't believe this is a common problem, its never happened to me. Good luck.
289077
Sorry, not my strongest area, but if I had to take a shot at it I would say something is dirty or something is restricting. Try cleaning every part of the unit, flushing heavy spray garden hose water into every opening. Hope this will help!customer service
1327323
I have had my hose not draing for at least several months and the hose is bent and it does not straighten out at all. A real problem, but I still thing the product is a very good one but I do wish that they would straingten out the problem.
903017
Normally keep the hoses down. The important thing is not to stretch the hose and there should be no kinks or sharp bends.
1873457
One of two things you should check... first is the weight rubbing on something when it goes in or goes out? Related to this is there a twist in how the hose enters end exits the hole; and secondly do you have the weight adjusted to the right position that it pulls itself back in (you can move it up and down until you find the right position for your taste.)
1048676
Have owned our for about 3 months, so far, so good. We have the red one and hang it in our garage. It's a little cumbersome to take out and put back but it has never kinked.It's been almost a year now but I just experienced what others have written about. Hose popped out from one end, no way to re-attach it. Will contact the company and see what they do.
320587
Sorry, I have no idea. We just use it to connect to the water source at RV parks which generally provide cold water. We've had no issues with kinking which is why we bought this hose.
1126305
Mark, I second what Michael said. Couldn't make the hose work in the unit I owned. It stopped working and the cost to repair was too high so I ditched the unit. While it works well the downsides are too many. I am avoiding anything from Haier as their customer service proved very poor.
2078746
My mr heater hose does the same thing. It is very hard to get the hose to go out straight.