This is an excellent hose, and lasts longer than other "coil" type hoses I've had. Had mine for 3+ years in California, left outside in the sun with temps regularly in the 90s in the summer, and no cracks, leaks, or fading of the purple eggplant color. It was definitely worth the extra $20 to buy this hose. Because of the smaller diameter of the hose, it does restrict water flow a little bit; the flow is perfectly fine for watering plants and washing the car, but if you need to power wash something or need a very strong jet stream, you may not get the flow that you need.

5 Stars for being Drinking Water Safe, Design, Color, Construction Quality,..etc.
1 Star for Water Flow & Usefulness.

How anyone can use/praise this coil-hose as far as watering with it is beyond me? It is absolutely useless from my experience. I'm very disappointed with it. Purchased as a gift for my Mom. I did not expect it to replace a standard hose for the garden, but for decks, paved areas, with potted plants or landscape along walks. It did not deliver. The water flow was so restricted that it barely flowed out the water wand shower head. Inadequate and inefficient water hose at best. The only way it semi-worked is if you held the shower head in a vertical downward position, but even then it still takes longer to water plants/pots when compared to a regular hose (1/2", 5/8") with water wand shower head. A typical trigger grip spray nozzle works a bit better since it creates back pressure, but it's literally the same water flow. It just gives the impression the hose has better flow. What a disappointment. It works more like a soaker nozzle then a shower head. I was also disappointed with the reach of this 50' coil-hose. I didn't realize the stated length doesn't actually represent the actual length until I had already ordered it and read some other reviews. It seemed to barely stretch 25' on the deck.

Proof is in the pictures (video also). But to see it in person is the only way most will understand.

The first set of (4) pictures is comparing it to a regular 25' garden hose with 36" water wand. As you can see, the water flow/spray strength from the shower head is vastly different. The WR CH could barely spray 5-8" whereas the regular hose was spraying 6-7'+. Pathetic.

The next set of (4) pictures is comparing it to another coil-hose that's probably 10 yrs old. Similar size (perhaps a mm or two bigger (not sure about I.D. though). And to be fully transparent here, the water pressure at this faucet is not as good as the other. Regardless, the results speak much the same but worse as you might imagine. It basically dribbled out with the Water Right Coil-Hose as seen in first picture of shower head. Again, how can anyone use it. Too restrictive. It took 2-3 times longer to water.

So what's it good for; small delicate potted plants. Not recommended for larger garden areas, unless you want to be standing around watering for hours longer.

For small amounts of water like watering plants, this is great. But it's not that good if you are trying to fill buckets.

This is not a full hose diameter wise that is. So, you are not going to get the full output of a normal hose. I got this for someone to use on their deck to water their plants so they wouldn't have to unroll the hose out all the time. It works great for that, but when you need to do something like fill a bucket or fill up a pool, you're better off with good old fashion normal hose since this is around half the diameter of a normal hose and does not push a large amount of water for the larger jobs in a timely manner.

I am using this hose for watering plants in a greenhouse; if your application is different, some comments may not apply.
I have had one of these in use for about two years, and just ordered two more, so it would be fair to say that right now I prefer the advantages and disadvantages of this product to those of regular hose.
The big disadvantage is that the small coils of this hose catch on bench legs and even on plant stems as I pull the hose around. Ordinary hose does not do this, but on the other hand, ordinary hose is stiff and forms large loops on the ground which can get in the way and be a tripping hazard.
A big advantage of this hose is that it does not kink. Ordinary hose kinks frequently when the big coils are pulled-on to get the hose where it needs to go.
This hose is smaller-diameter than most ordinary hose. This does not hurt my use because I have a "shower" wand on the end, but if you want to use it to fill a container than you will get less water flow through smaller-diameter hose. Flow rate is inversely as the fourth power of the diameter, so the difference can be substantial.

Bought this product for my hose outlet in my garage. It's been working great and I'm very satisfied with it. I was torn between these and the other self extending/retracting ones you see on TV. Decided to get this one and I've been very happy with it. Works really well for washing cars and the like. I'm using it mostly indoors, so it's not at all exposed to the sun or the elements, besides the fact that garage temperature in the summer in Southern California can go up to about 110-120 degrees, which this thing has held up to greatly so far.

My mom saw this and decided she wanted one for her backyard as well. She got it and swapped out her other hose which is a regular hose. She loves it. Her backyard is obviously exposed to the elements, but the place where the hose is exposed doesn't get too much sun. So I can't comment if it's gonna hold up to direct exposure or not, although based on the material I'd say it would be no different than other hoses, if not better. Some reviewers said it won't work if you have to turn a corner and that it gets punctures very easily. I asked her and she said it's been holding up real well, better than the regular hose she had before. All in all it seems to be a very good buy and I'm definitely happy with it... and so is my mom.

This one doesn't come with a spray head. I had a few of them laying around and it fits any avg garden hose spray head... so no problems there. Installing it is also really easy so you don't need any kind of special tools for it other than what you'd normally use with any other comparable product. I really like that it stores very neatly and you don't need a hose reel to store it when you're done. highly recommended.