#1 Expandable Garden Water Hose & Nozzle Combo, Expanding From 17’ to 50ft, Three Times its Length – This Flexible High Volume Garden Hose is Strong Lightweight Natural Rubber and Never Kinks or Tangles. The Shrinking Garden Hose is Collapsible and Fits in Your Pocket.

This is all hype. My wife wanted to get one so I did. It was used to rinse off the 52' x 28' concrete parking pad and water the 5 45 gal pots where I grow my vegetables (my wife is not responsible for doing either f the primary uses of the hose but she wanted one). It IS light. It DOES shrink when the water is let out. The fittings are good enough. But none of the positives have anything to do with it actually transporting water effectively. I replaced a seven year old 50' Sears rubber hose with a lifetime warranty. I used this hose, for the 4-5 weeks that it lasted, EVERY morning to water my vegetables. I have a water breaker on the end with a separate valve. It does a pitiful job of transferring the pressure coming out the faucet to the end of the hose where the water breaker is. Where I was getting nearly 100% pressure transfer with the original hose, this one does about 50%. It was more than a trickle, but it wasn't even strong enough to get the water to spray out of the water breaker nozzle even a little. Half of the pressure goes into expanding the hose, which is constantly trying to shrink back. I hated it every time I had to use it. The same thing for cleaning the concrete with the fine tip nozzle cleaning concrete. Pitiful pressure. Thankfully I left it on for about 1 hour while I was cutting grass. I had planned on washing the mower deck when I had finished. Luckily it blew out the side of the hose about 12" down from the faucet ( a place in the hose that never touched the ground to get damaged). I went get the old hose out of the shed and I'm back to being able to water the garden without getting off the concrete. I didn't realize how low the pressure was until I hooked up the old hose. If you need a light hose that is easy to store and will be used to transfer water at less than usable pressure, get this hose. If you need a hose to do work and put water out at usable pressure, basically get any other traditional hose.

Update: Used this hose for the summer and while washing my car recently I noticed an enormous bubble in the hose and deterioration in the cloth covering of the hose that allowed the bubble to protrude through the covering. Only moments later, "pop!" and no more water coming out my end. Threw the hose away and upgraded to another brand. Apparently, just the movement of the hose on a driveway while washing a car will wear out the hose covering ... even after only a couple of months.Received the hose, no info/instructions contained in package. Tried to wash my car but the hose barely made the 25 feet to the garage door from the spigot, half the advertised length. The next day I received an unsolicited email with instructions to hand stretch the entire hose one length at a time and then run water through it without the nozzle, before I use it. TOO LATE! I sent an email to the company and to their credit they immediately mailed another hose. I pointed out to the company it would probably be a good idea to put the instructions IN THE PACKAGE rather than emailing after the purchase...no response.Neither the hose nor the nozzle are very well made, but they do the job for now. If I had to buy it over again, I'd probably opt for spending a little more and get metal fittings too.

I love the concept of an expandable garden hose, and I was impressed when I initially received this hose (ordered July 13, 2014). The written material provided assured that the hose would last longer if I used the nozzle that came with it, I never pull the hose from the nozzle area, I never attempt to force the hose to expand more than 50 feet, I always empty the hose of water after use so that it would shrink back into itself, and when I turn the water on from the spigot, I allow the hose to expand with water before using any spray/jet settings. We have been very careful to follow all directions, and in the fall we disconnected the hose completely and stored it in the garage until this May. Alas, all was for naught. A leak sprung about 10 feet from the nozzle area as I was moving it today. We're just not willing to be happy about spending $25, or more, for a product that can't be used for less than five full months.

I've never given such a low review before for my online purchases.I really needed a hose, and saw two of my neighbors using it, so I ordered one despite the negative reviews.I've had it for oever a week now, and I haven't really been able to use it. The hose is so thin, and water leaks before gets to the sprayer. for the water that does get to the other end, it doesn't spray very far, as if with low water pressure. I didn't get a chance to read the instruction, but hoses are supposed to be straight forward. why is it so difficult? I'll have to ask my neighbors for their tricks. At least someone is using it, but I won't recommend it. Don't want to go through the hassle to return, but I'll be happy to give it away if someone wants it. I paid 20+ bucks for a hose, better get some use out of it, whoever it is.

First of all, let me clarify that I am an actual amazon customer and I was not promised a free gift or anything from the seller for this review. I wanted a nice lightweight hose for watering my flowers and purchased this hose despite of the negative reviews. I'm glad that I did. The hose is lightweight and very easy to use. I also like the fact that the seller sent me an email with instructions on the use and care of the hose. I followed their instructions and did not have any problems with the hose. I like the hose so much that I just bought another one to water the flowers in my backyard. Don't let the negative reviews scare you from purchasing this hose. You be the judge. I would recommend this hose and seller to anyone who is looking for a good lightweight hose.