Is this hose easily punctured? My grandmother had the pocket hose and neighborhood cats ruined it in days. Could the cats put holes is this easily?
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Not absolutely sure. My cats have never given mine a problem. The hose is tuff alright, I have bought 5 now and love them. They truly never kink. All others I have tried over the years always kink and I end up throwing them out. Not Tuff Guard.
576519
No it has like plastic ribs on it but it does not fold up or extend out like the pocket hose. It is more like a regular hose with hard plastic ridges on it and it won't kink either.
576520
This is my third one of these hoses and I love them all. They are easy to handle and I have never punctured one.
74344
Hi Stacy. Any updates on your little guy with this potty? My cat is the same way, and I'm thinking about getting one of the grass potty for her.
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No. It is quite sturdy. If you leave it outside year 'round, especially in the sun it will fade. The yellow fabric on the wire is poor quality an eventually tears but is easily repaired/reinforced with zip(cable) ties. Only after several years of constant outdoor abuse will the mesh tear. I have a "cat maze" set up 24/7 outside. I discarded a few old sections this spring due to weathering. One caution, however. Big dogs CAN tear the mesh if they have access and intend to get to the cats! ( FYI I have purchased two mazes and about 30 fun runs over time. I still have both mazes outdoors as well as most of the fun runs. Connected together you get a cat "habitrail".) No. It is quite sturdy. If you leave it outside year 'round, especially in the sun it will fade. The yellow fabric on the wire is poor quality an eventually tears but is easily repaired/reinforced with zip(cable) ties. Only after several years of constant outdoor abuse will the mesh tear. I have a "cat maze" set up 24/7 outside. I discarded a few old sections this spring due to weathering. One caution, however. Big dogs CAN tear the mesh if they have access and intend to get to the cats! ( FYI I have purchased two mazes and about 30 fun runs over time. I still have both mazes... » Read More No. It is quite sturdy. If you leave it outside year 'round, especially in the sun it will fade. The yellow fabric on the wire is poor quality an eventually tears but is easily repaired/reinforced with zip(cable) ties. Only after several years of constant outdoor abuse will the mesh tear. I have a "cat maze" set up 24/7 outside. I discarded a few old sections this spring due to weathering. One caution, however. Big dogs CAN tear the mesh if they have access and intend to get to the cats! ( FYI I have purchased two mazes and about 30 fun runs over time. I still have both mazes outdoors as well as most of the fun runs. Connected together you get a cat "habitrail".) « Show Less
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Yes, it's a tight sqeeze to connect, the hose is cheap thou, if it stays twisted or if something is on it during storage, and flattens the hose a little it wont bounce back, which it can interfere with suction power, but is the only replacement I was able to find, with a little vac that works, like forever. My other hose had duck tape all over it, trying to keep it together, it worked for a while, until it was a flat hose :( and it was done. Good luck.
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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.
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Hi! No, no problem at all, it is pretty strong al well made materials, so its hard to lose the strings, other option it is to cut them off, or a better one is to buy 2 of them and tie them together. Hope your cats get a couple of this tunnels.. =^..^=
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I find I had to completely uncoil it to relax it from box for a couple days. In my back yard I have a holder on the house to coil it around which works better than trying to coil it nicely on the ground. Still it sceasier than my old big hose was. Good luck...
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The connections are a bit loose; my suggestion would be to keep the heavy hose propped up by putting something under it. It seems to me the weight of the hose causes the ends to experience too much stress. Also, I try to minimize the slack by keeping the hose as short as possible. Don't extend it out unless you have to. Hope that helps.
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Due to the flexibility of the hose, I doubt if they can ever be repaired. It is an inferior product. I, too, purchased two from Walmart while traveling in our motor home; both broke at their initial use. It's really a very inferior product. I noticed Walmart took them off their shelves at my local store, so the word must be out!
2200500
Heck I don't know, the hose is tough, if it wears out, I can't imagine, buy a new kit
1334880
The review sounds possible. If you are going to use this hose just for a normal garden hose it should be durable. Anything more than that (like letting kids pull hard on it) may cause a problem. The hose inside the plastic case is sturdier than most. Hope this helps.
1655718
It is just like the pocket hose, but yes it has proven over and over to be more dependable and Rumford has a great customer service if there is a problem. I have had a hose now 8 months used every day, kept in the sun. Not even a sign of future problem. Just ordered a second hose
981815
Yes I ordered it rather than the on tv expandable hose thinking it would be more durable. WRONG! Note I did not give the first answer I am not Priscilla I am Chuck Lytle and I only ordered one Hose.
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I have had one for 3 months now with no issues. I have extended both pipes to 16foot (water(smooth) and drain(ribbed)). the drain pipe runs at floor lvl. then up about 3-4foot to the drain and has 2 connection in it. for easy to clean if anything gets stuck in it. The water pipe has a cut of vale where it connects to the mains. after my setup i done one dry run. and everything worked and lasted around 20-30mnis. the 2nd run i put in what was left over in the old cat tray (around 5 big bits of you know what) and it picked them all up and flushed them all away with out any problems. I have not had one issue from the unit apart from the pellets do seem to get everywhere but it is wooden floors and we do not have a mat at the unit. but no problem for us. We have not had any smells but thus far not had any left overs when the dry unit kicks in. well to what i have seen but i don't watch it when it does it work. some times when i walk in to the room that has the unit i see the cat on the shelf watching it clean away. both cats used this unit within 2 days but the old cat litter tray was in bad shape and one of the cat has an issue to use the carpet if the litter tray is bad. this is why we get this unit. as we can both h8 cleaning the old litter tray out.
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We have bought 3 50' pockethose (neon green). The first one lasted for a while and we liked it so we added two more. We liked the light-weight feature a lot. The hose gets quite dirty quickly, but that did not bother us that much. When the first one went, the outside fabric rended enough to show the clear plastic inner part that holds the water. It had a hole and we could not find a way to repair it. The second hose blew a hole before it even got dirty and got my wife very wet. Seeing so many similar reviews we are not alone with this result. We called customer service, but without a receipt they don't even try to be nice.I'll add this to the many items "As Seen On TV" that I will never buy again! We have bought 3 50' pockethose (neon green). The first one lasted for a while and we liked it so we added two more. We liked the light-weight feature a lot. The hose gets quite dirty quickly, but that did not bother us that much. When the first one went, the outside fabric rended enough to show the clear plastic inner part that holds the water. It had a hole and we could not find a way to repair it. The second hose blew a hole before it even got dirty and got my wife very wet. Seeing so many similar reviews we are not alone with this result. We called customer service, but without a... » Read More We have bought 3 50' pockethose (neon green). The first one lasted for a while and we liked it so we added two more. We liked the light-weight feature a lot. The hose gets quite dirty quickly, but that did not bother us that much. When the first one went, the outside fabric rended enough to show the clear plastic inner part that holds the water. It had a hole and we could not find a way to repair it. The second hose blew a hole before it even got dirty and got my wife very wet. Seeing so many similar reviews we are not alone with this result. We called customer service, but without a receipt they don't even try to be nice.I'll add this to the many items "As Seen On TV" that I will never buy again! « Show Less
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Its very easy especially at less than 8lbs. In my opinion much easier than attachment hoses.
550632
We do not have pets and have no experience with cats. The material is similar to a high quality air mattress. It is hard to imagine that it can be punctured inadvertantly.