Tuff-Guard - 001-0109-1200 Kink-Proof Garden Hose, Green, 5/8" Male and Female GHT Connection, 5/8" ID, 100' Length

So here's the deal with Tuff-Guard hoses.....1. They will kink. However, they will NOT kink to the point that water flow is disrupted. The design of the hose doesn't allow for the inner hose to "crease" when bent tightly, thus water flow remains constant. But if you look at the picture on the front of the box, they have the hose tied in a knot. A knot is also known as a "kink" in hose lingo. So if you look at the tem "kink" ambiguously, then the product won't live up to it's name. But if you look at the term "kink" as a crease in the line wherein the flow of water is disrupted or ceases to flow all together, then the product shines. This WILL NOT happen!2. This is NOT a high pressure hose! If your water pressure is higher than normal, I wouldn't recommend turning on your faucet full blast. DON'T DRIVE OR STOMP ON IT WHILE IT'S PRESSURIZED! DUH!3. (This is the reason I only gave it 4 stars) The proverbial "weak link" are the couplers on either end of the hose. This is my 2nd Tuff-Guard hose. The first one did exactly what some of the other ratings on here complained about. It started to leak where the coupler is compression fitted onto the hose. I realize this is not a design flaw. It is negligence on the part of the consumer. Don'[t trow the end of the hose down onto the concrete. Don't leave the hose sitting out in the sun for years. It will eventually fail on you. The physics of this hose is different than a normal garden hose. It's got a clear inner core of nylon reinforced rubber tubing surrounded by a nylon spiral wrap that helps protect the inner core and prevent kinking. So you can't use a normal coupler and hose clamp with it. This is just the way it is. The design of the product won't allow for it. That being said, and seeing as how you probably spent over $50 on it, TAKE CARE OF IT! It's not a hard thing to do. Store it in a shady area out of direct sunlight. And don't beat the h*ll out of it when you use it. If you will do these 2 things, this hose will last you forever!In my opinion, you will not find a better hose for the money. That's my $.02. Take it or leave it :)

Did lots of research before buying this hose, considered a few other "non-kink" hoses that were in the $30 range but too many reviews saying they still kinked. A few sites I visited said to expect to pay at least $40 for a good hose and I saw this brand recommended. I'm not disappointed. Have used it a few times now, unrolling it off the spool, taking the whole hose down and also leaving part of the hose on the spool. It hasn't kinked yet. I tried to make it kink and it wouldn't! Can't say if the connectors will hold up. I'll try to post a follow up after a year of use. Also love having a red hose instead of a traditional green or white hose.6/3/2014 Update:It almost went a year. I had the same thing happen to me as others have posted last week, the brass connector and my nozzle flew off the hose. No way to re-attach.6/12/2014 Update:Wrote to the company, they asked me to send a picture of the hose where it busted. They promptly shipped out a new one. According to their site, they've fixed the attachment issue. I'm revising my rating to 4 stars since they made the situation right and it is a great hose. Will modify in the future if the second one has issues.

We bought a couple of these Tuff-Guard hoses in late winter 2012 after reading that some work well and some not so well, because they aren't expensive and anything was better than the old hoses we were wrestling with. Those seem to be permanently stuck onto the faucets, came with the house, and possibly date back 20 years or more. They weigh a ton. Anyway, we got some nice landscaping put in, with native plants, trees and locally-sourced natural river rock and gravel replacing dying trees and overgrown, woody bushes that no longer bloomed much or did much for the townhouse. The landscaper suggested using a soaker hose, which we also purchased from amazon.com. (Guess we need to review that one too, elsewhere.) The soaker winds around the side of the house, along the entire length of the front, and ends up near the front steps of the house and the "people entrance" to the garage door which faces the front steps. Here's where the Tuff-Guard saves both our backs and tempers: The lightweight Tuff-Guard hose connects the soaker hose to the old 75-foot heavy hose, which stays coiled on a rack in the garage.There is a recent "Consumer Report" video on MSN (5/17/13) showing both the good points and drawbacks of these lightweight hoses. (They reviewed three brands.) The "drawbacks" mostly involved using the hose attached to an old-fashioned sprinkler that waves back and forth, or using it to fill a pool without holding it. We're sold on using hoses like Tuff-Guard with a bit of common sense. If you use one of those sprinklers, as long as you don't mind getting a bit wet, you can maneuver around the minor problem they showed. If you want to fill a pool or something, just weight the end down by leaning a couple of small rocks on either side of the end-piece. We personally have had no problems thus far of any kind. No leaks, good connectors, and the hose doesn't drag the soaker hose away from where we put it. After we finish the soaking, or whenever the baskets and planters on the porch look a bit dry, we find it easy to use the hose without the soaker, since it's so light and maneuverable. Attaching and detaching from the soaker hose is easy and quickly done. Our verdict? Worth the money.