Hose pipe.

Hi All,

I am after a new hose pipe as mine is more like a soaker hose there are that many holes in it. It needs to be at least 30m and I would like a wall mounted reel with it. I have looked at the hoselock ones, but they are to expensive. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Rusty

 

You do get what you pay for. Hozelock are very well known. Also the hozelock one has lots of good reviews. No I haven't got one, I leave my hose on the ground.

If I could afford one I would have

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While googling I did find some other "normal" hose reels but they didn't have good reviews.

 

I have had cheaper ones and always had issues. Hozelock has been great. Homebase had some offers a few weeks ago, so there might be still on. Have you thought about eBay for second hand. Stuff like this http://bit.ly/Ohwlyi, but you'll need to find one locally as most will not ship.

 

Personally if you are after 30M (IMHO anything much longer than 25M) I would consider 3/4" hose, rather than 1/2".

You can get standard Hozelock compatible push-fittings, although I would recommend that you get brass ones [the extra thickness of the hose means, IME, that plastic ones don't fit, nor tighten, well because of the extra rigidity of the hose etc]. Having said that I use Geka connectors [what professionals and nurseries etc. use], which I find far more durable and cheaper.

I've got a post on here about my experiments with 1/2" and 3/4" hoses, of various lengths, and a comparison of flow-rates, I'll post a link in a mo.

If you have fantastic water pressure than its probably a non-issue.

Only downside (other than possible cost, although I have bought on eBay for about the same as posh-brand 1/2" hose) is that the hose is heavy, and lugging it takes more effort than 1/2"

1/2" and 3/4" hose flow rate comparison:
http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/geka-vs-hozelock-hose-fiittings.33636/#post-437336

 

It depends on what you want to use the water for as well.
If you want to fill a tank quick then yes, have a 3/4 inch hose, but for most folk 1/2 inch is fine unless you want around 50m, in which case it would be better to install a new tap.

The thing also to be considered is you can have what ever size hose you want, but if your tap is only 15mm supply it is not going to go any faster with a bigger pipe, but yes a smaller pipe will reduce the flow.

The downside of course is rusty roots,

So a 3/4 inch hose is, I would say out of the question.

Actually, having a good look round a 30m fire hose is only £50 (no fittings, just the hose)

 

Its not just filling a tank that benefits I think? Standing there with a hose watering plants, or trying to run a sprinkler for example.

For a feed to something with a ballcock, or trickle/drip irrigation it may make no difference, just run it for longer (but for me "run it longer" means that I get fewer areas watered each evening, so I fail to water all the areas of the garden before the first lot need watering again [I only water in the evening to prevent wastage from evaporation] but I have a big garden, so I doubt that is a problem for most folk [and I have 32mm backbone pipe installed around the garden])