Draper 30m Garden Watering Hose | Reinforced with Polyester Yarn 12 mm Hose Pipe | 2mm Thickness Heavy Duty PVC Gardening Hose | Long reach | 56314 Yellow

Significantly less prone to kinking than ‘standard’ garden hose, although not kink proof. You can still get it to kink if you’re careless when pulling it across the garden. The hose also tends to take a set - if you do kink it, or put in a sharp bend, the hose will retain a curl for a couple of minutes because of the stiff pipewall. The ends are less prone (in fact, much less prone) to fraying than my old garden hoses, which is good news when fitting Hoselock-style couplings. However, on the negative side, the sturdy walls of the hose mean that the fit is very tight.Despite the small shortcomings, this is a great hose - it’s proven to be resilient to repeated rollovers by cars on our (tarmac) driveway; water flow seems to be better than through our old hose; and the resistance to kinking is a real bonus. At this price of around £15 for 30m (around 50p a metre), it’s tremendous value.

5 years old. Virtually kink free, solid, no holes. Brass fittings attach securely. Heavy. Reliable.But no real warranty (but is it needed when it's this good?). And nothing on heavy metal contents or plasticisers. Used for plants only.Compared to my new gardena high flex, this is fab. The high flex kinks like crazy, is soft and pliable. So I've given the draper 5* bit gardena a preliminary 4, based on it's supposed durability and no heavy metals / plasticisers. Based on value and ease of use it'd be lucky to get 3*. Because the high flex is a pain.

I bought this as a replacement for a 'cheap and cheerful' hose pipe which I had bought about a year earlier. The difference between the 2 is obvious, and although this one was more expensive (but not by a large amount) I expect to get a lot more service from it. It is clearly tougher and more robust than it's cheaper counterpart but flexible enough to make storage no problem. I would recommend this one.

Seems to work really well let's see how things go price was okay but nothing special

We didn't use the hose immediately but a couple of weeks after we started to, we noticed substantial swellings appearing along the hose. These have increased but unfortunately we are now just outside the return window. We're expecting that it won't belong before these split (as has happened to other reviewers) and render the hose totally unfit for purpose. i certainly DO NOT recommend this product.

Good product quick delivery.Beware if you want a degree of flexibility as hose is quite stiff and rigid especially at low temperatures but coils OK (30mtr).Think that colour (bright yellow) could be a little less "offensive" for permanent outside mounting but easy to see as a potential trip hazard,when in use!A bit tight on my fittings at a supposed 12mm but difficult to see how a 1/2 inch bore pipe would be much different (13mm approx).Heated needed to fix over say tap unions.Seems very strong and able to cope with my mains pressure for hours (3.6 bar)with no signs of leaks.Overall good quality at a good price.

Very strong, lasted years so far.On the down side it is quite stiff making it quite awkward to use and to wind up.I've recently bought a one of those stretchy hoses and although I don't expect it to last as long it's a dream to use so I guess this stiff one's for the bin.

Our old hose recently went to the great garden in the sky, after several years of active service. So, being time for a new hose, I decided on this one because I seem to have read "does not kink" unfortunately it does, but then again they probably all do. However, it is nowhere near as kinky as our old one (or my first wife, for that matter). So all in all, we are happy with it.