Stanley FATMAX Professional Grade Garden Hose 50 Feet x 5 8 Inch Yellow 500 PSI

I have purchased several other types of garden hoses after buying my home and these are the best. The expanding hoses will rupture sooner or later so no offense against the actor who swears by them in his commercials, they don't last and they are a pain in the butt when they start to break down despite any promises or guarantees. On top of that those hoses have aluminum fittings and I found out the hard way when I broke a pipe trying to unscrew it that they fuse to galvanized or iron hose bibs. These fat Max hoses are the best with stainless steel and Brass in the couplings, super durable and very UV resistant. Like I said I own three of them and I live in the high desert where the climate isn't very favorable with all of the Sun and Heat, along with the cold months coming soon. I cannot recommend these highly enough and you will be a Stanley FatMax customer for life after you buy one. Read more

Maybe there are even better hoses out there, and strangely, some reviewers are complaining about corrosion and fittings that fall off. Well, that's not my experience. This is my second FatMax hose. The first, now 15 years old, is the original black with yellow stripe. Still soft and flexible in cold and hot weather. Rarely kinks and has easy grip connectors. I was concerned about the color denoting a difference in quality, but not so. This one performs like the other one. The best feature is its flexibility in cool/cold weather. And while my 'NeverKink' hoses are always kinking, the FatMax rarely does. Staying with what I know, 5 Stars. Read more

Because this hose is so light, soft, and flexible it's very easy to pull it around the yard, thread it between obstacles, and coil it back up when you're done. You're also less likely to damage plants--you won't give up so quickly on positioning the hose away from them, and since it's lighter and softer than the typical hose, you won't cause as much harm when you do drag it across a corner of a flower bed. Of course it kinks, rather readily, in fact, but the kinks are very easy to remove. I'm usually able to get a kink out by simply rotating the barrel of the hose from wherever I happen to be standing, without having to backtrack, and without having to bend down and fight with it. And if you pay a little attention, it's pretty easy to prevent kinks before they happen: with this hose you can feel, as it occurs, the tension due to the "spiral torsion," that is inevitable as you curve and turn any hose. Since you can feel the torsion develop, you can correct for it immediately by twisting the hose in the opposite direction. After several months of regular use I've had no leaks or other problems, and am still able to coil it back up neatly (by my standards anyway) with only modest effort. I wish it were a little cheaper, I wish it didn't kink at all, and I wish it came in royal blue, but this is a fabulous hose. Read more

This is a great hose! Not too big and not too small! Usually all hose have issues, to long, to short, to fat or to thin! This Stanley Fat Max is the perfect hose and Fat in just the right places. Works well in the front and back yard. I’m super happy with this hose, I might buy more hose for my friends to enjoy! Read more

Watch the price on this one! Don't buy it unless it's less than $30. I bought mine from Amazon for $26.00 in May, 2017, just came back to buy another one, and they want almost $50 for the same hose!!!!!!!! I drag over 200' of hose around my house, as I have a 100' x 100' vegetable garden, a rose garden, several perennial beds, and farm animals. All need water. I drag a hose around every single day in the summer. This is the best hose I've used. The thing that sets it apart from the Flexzilla hose (I've tried a LOT of hoses) is the hose ends. The plastic piece that gives you extra torque is so comfortable to use and makes it really easy to connect/disconnect the hoses. That said, the Flexzilla is good too, so if it's cheaper you might want to buy that one. :) The biggest complaint I see people having is that they say that it's not really "no-kink." Listen people, EVERY hose will kink. Hell, growing up on a farm we had a super-expensive, all-rubber, super thick, super heavy hose for washing down the milking parlor, and even that would kink every once in a while. This hose will kink, especially when there is no water in it. Once it's full of water, however, kinks are rare and are cleared with just a flick of the hose. Compared to the permanent kinks I've gotten in hoses in the past, this hose is a blooming miracle. I've had my FatMax hoses for about six weeks now. They've made my life so much easier that I'm in the process of upgrading all my hoses to this or the Flexzilla (which I don't like quite as much but if it's cheaper, I'll go for that one). So far, so good. I'll update this if they all go to hell over the winter (gotta drag a hose around in winter, animals still need water. Not my favorite part of winter life.) Read more

Great garden hose. Easy to use but doesnt kink too easily. I always puncture the stretchy hoses so needed to upgrade. Solid ends that seem like they'll hold up Read more

This hose is the kinking-est and tristing-est hose I've ever used. Every time you pull it out to use it, it has to be unscrewed from the tap so you can get all the kinks out, straightened out, and reconnected to the tap. DO NOT RECOMMEND. Read more

Great hose for general yard watering and car washing. Read more