Hose Pipe Expandable Garden Hose 50FT Lightweight Flexible
Hose Pipe Expandable Garden Hose 50FT Lightweight Flexible Water Hosepipe with Metal Connector, 8 Function Spray Nozzle for Garden Watering, House Cleaning, Indoor and Outdoor Use (Green)




Package Include:
- 1x 50ft Garden Hose
- 1x 8 Functions Spray gun
- 1x 3/4″Ball Valve
- 1x 3/4″ & 1/2″ Adapters
- 1x 1/2″End Quick Connector
- 3x Spare Gasket
- 1x Manual
- 1x Storage Bag
- 1x Hose Pipe Hook
| Weight: | 950 g |
| Dimensions: | 26.3 x 15.5 x 11.4 cm; 950 Grams |
| Part: | HMZ-6D5002 |
| Colour: | Green |
| Batteries Required: | No |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | HOMOZE |
| Dimensions: | 26.3 x 15.5 x 11.4 cm; 950 Grams |
| Reference: | HMZ-6D5002 |





Perfec
Just what I wanted, works perfectly with lots of settings and also has its own bag to put back in and hang over the outside tap. Very good price indeed, and super fast deliver.
Very good
Pleased with this hose pipe. No cumbersome long solid pipe to store or cope with once it’s emptied of water. I just collapse it back into a bucket under my garden tap once I’ve used it.
So dissapointed with quality
Bought this exactly 1 year ago, was stored away during the winter and have only started to use it again over the past few weeks but today it has completely split right in the middle, so dissapointed as we were realy pleased with i
Sprung a leak after 1 month
Loved this until it sprung a leak. Contacted seller but no reply. Should have listened to some of the other reviews.
*Update
Following correspondence from the seller a new hose was sent out. So first class customer service
Great quality hose
Great quality, all the attachments are very solid metal. Nice storage bag. Exactly what I wanted (so much better than my old one that was all plastic and broke after one season)
Hosepipe
Love this hosepipe so much easier to use and ready well made
Solid and durable
Although more expensive than others, worth it as it seals well, has good pressure and has been solid the last months unlike cheaper models I had before that.
Value for money
Really pleased with this hose, does exactly what it says, well made and an nice addition to the garden.
Great price. Easy to use and pack away
So easy to use and easy to pack away. Would highly recommend this hose pipe. Can attach it to any taps
Beware the functional length
Ensure that you purchase one long enough for your whole property.
(The one we bought is c.6m too short for our needs, but is correctly detailed, our mistake… )
Great value
I have bought a second one of these for my back garden after I bought one for the front garden and car cleaning. I’ve had the first for 2 years and it’s as good as new still. You must empty the hose after use and let it retract before coiling it back up. Good quality brass tap fittings too.
Hosepipe split after only 6 weeks
I bought this hosepipe on 15th July 2022 and it has already split (27th August 2022) so unusable!!!
Disappointed
Very light and easy to use but sadly not very durable a massive split in the hose after a couple of months use.a lot of money for something that doesn’t last.very disappointed
Happy!
Great hose extends greatly and means I can now water the back and front garden with no hassle.
Works well
This expanding hose is easier and lighter to atore than a traditional hose. It is a bit fiddly to use and also awkward to roll up for atorage but it works well.
Nothing better!
So lightweight and easy to use. Never seems to tangle or get a kink as the regular hose pipes do. The bag is a bit useless but the holder to fix on a wall or fence is brilliant. Just don’t forget to turn off the tap first then completely empty the hose before removing it from the tap – otherwise it will explode!
VERY..Dissapointed poor quality!!!!!!!
Only purchased item 19th June 2022….used 4 times only!!!!! Guarantee ran out 20th July 2022!….one month guarantee…I fell really cheated to say the least…it split in front of my eyes and i only watered my garden pots….prefect for what it was bought for..easy to use and shrinks back…but poor poor quality…..don’t be left feeling like we are!
Very easy to move. And no kinking
Very happy with the hose pipe and water spray settings
Fantastic product!
Had this about 3 months and its is brilliant for the price. Lots of extras included in the price and serves its purpose-much better and sleeker than the old hose pipe I had which was stored in an ugly big reel!
When finished it wraps up on the hook nice and tidy
Easy to use, expands easily if needed, bought another for my father who’s 85 and struggled winding his hosepipe up.
Expandable hosepipe
Great expandable hosepipe, really poor instructions though, had to look at pictures on Amazon to fathom how to put the pieces together.
Good purchase
Good purchase. Definitely better with the isolation valve at the end so you can let the hose fill and expand before pulling across your garden. Without this other similar hoses will begin to leak at the plastic connectio
So convenient and everything one needs.
It’s a bit light, but worked well and a joy to use. Must not use hoses at the moment, but can’t wait until I can.
Great buy
Very lightweight and so much better to use than a normal hose nice and tidy to store away I’d definitely recommend.
Really good hose pipe!
Really good, I’d recommend to anyone! Really lightweight and easy to do
Really good hose pipe!
Really good, I’d recommend to anyone! Really lightweight and easy to do
Very well made!
Honestly if you’re looking to buy a garden hose then don’t look any further by it from Amazon you will literally save so much money and the quality of these are fantastic I can literally water the plants in my entire garden and I have a big garden I can literally water everything with no hassle
Good value
lightweight and fittings fine no leaks. Can’t rate durability yet as only just purchased
Good value
lightweight and fittings fine no leaks. Can’t rate durability yet as only just purchased
As described
As discribed sturdy and strong even though it is very ligh
Can use with pressure washe
This is a great little bundle and comes with the adaptor for the pressure washer.
So easy to use and move around the garden compared to our traditional hose.
a must for all gardeners
just what i was after a hose with no kinks and easily tieded away afteruse.
Great quality, highly recommend.
Great quality.
Works fantastically.
Easy to use.
Has a variety of different spray settings.
Can stretch and is flexible.
Worth buying in my opinion.
Very good hosepipe
Very good hosepipe with all the jobs you do with i
Great value for money
Seems durable no leaks solid brass fittings great value for the money
Brillia
Does everything is says on the package but they need to change the brand name.
Easy to set up and hasn't leaked ye
This is identical to a three-year-old one which I’m replacing, as that has just started to leak. It’s 50 foot long when expanded so suitable for average garden.
The hose screwed straight onto my outside tap and the included head is handy with the usual variety (8) of water patterns from rain shower to soaker and everything in between. The shower head can be removed and the end of the hose can be used with a hozelock-type connector for use with pressure washers/sprinklers/car brushes etc.
I like it and am happy with it.
I like it and the price is good for the quality
High quality
I was surprised how good it is.I got it in very good price.very long and easy to storage.High recommend
Good garden hose
Very good garden hose. I used it recently to connect the tap to the hose and then the hose to another hose so we could give the garden a deep clean. Was very easy to do. Although the screw was too tight on the tap when we had finished so I ended up cutting my thumb and second finger. Love the spray hose attachment. Kids absolutely love it, especially during this hot weather.
Very satisfied
The hose reaches easily to the front and back gardens. Easy and tidy to store.
Cheap, but fragile
This is a nice 50ft hose, but the materials used in this aren’t the best quality to be honest. I’ve got a few expanding hoses, and the hose material on this feels a lot more flimsy than my other higher quality hoses. I’ve had a similar hose to this in the past, and within a year, it had loads of holes in it and was completely useless.
I could tell that this hose isn’t the best quality, so I’ve been careful not to make sudden jerky movements or go near anything sharp with it, as I don’t trust it to not tear. The hose gun is pretty decent to be fair, but it’s definitely let down by the hose itself.
Considering that this is 15 at the time of writing, it’s reasonably priced for what it is as you get what you pay for. However, I’d still recommend dropping an extra 10 and getting a better quality hose that will last you longer. Of course, keep the hose inside when you can, especially during the winter months when frost can cause damage.
Is good value with a couple of twists
There are two ways to turn this on. One at the tap, or, if you leave the tap on one at the nozzle (separate on off valve) as well as the typical twist and go nozzle at the front. This is a little bizarre as for a garden hose I think you could lose the additional isolation tap at the nozzle end. It means that the hose can stay extended for a permanent period (ie not octopus leg floppy and shrunk) if you need. Other than this slight peculiarity the hose is of good quality materials and a steal at the price.
We like this
The metal fittings are good quality with rubber seals and work well. It comes supplied with several connection options, we only needed the ones fitted, but we did connect/disconnect it from our tap twice a day for weeks – we have one outside tap and need to swap hoses for watering plants in front and back gardens.
I particularly like the selection of spray patterns possible from the trigger head and how clearly these are labelled in plain English. They also supply spare rubber washers; we haven’t needed any of these yet. The only bit that I found disappointing was the strange hose wall-hook device, I cannot see us using this.
Priced at around 15, I think this is reasonable value for the quality.
Value for money
The product is exactly as described.I was amazed by the details of the hose.Strong and long enough to water my garden which is 10m long.
Very durable
This amazing and super lightweight but durable hosepipe extends to 50 ft and think just shrinks back to size when you are done. No more fighting with the hose pipe and trying to roll it up to make it look neat. It comes with a great top quality brass fittings, plastic connector, seals plus extras a garden spray gun, a hook to hang and a storage bag. Easy to install and super easy to use…Great for elderly and kids as its so light and flexible. Great top quality item.
Stylish 50 Ft Hose Pipe-Fits to most of the UK Tap Water nozzle
I tested this hose pipe with water sprayer. It works all fine with adequate water pressure through it. I fixed it to one of the kitchens tap and it works smoothly. The hose pipe itself is very flexible and strong with significant length with nozzles as shown in the attached pictures.
Good budget expandable hose pipe
Arrived in a very small box, most of the packaging being recyclable. This was very easy to use, there are a variety of clips included (including a wall mount) and attaching together and fixing to my outdoor water pipe was really straightforward. This hose firstly expands when the water is turned on so there is a slight delay before the water comes out. Due to the way this hose is made it is quite difficult to ‘kink’ which makes manoeuvrability easier.
When the tap is turned off, the hosepipe keeps it’s rigidity so I always allow the hose to empty to make it easier to store.
Very impressed with this.
A useful garden accessory
A useful garden accessory that extends to full length (50ft/15.2m) when under pressure, and contracts back (to 15ft/4.6m) when the supply is turned off and the hose drained. These expanding hoses tend to have a shorter lifespan than a conventional (non-expanding) hose, which lifespan is adversely affected if they are left pressurised/extended when not in use or are left exposed to extremes of outdoor temperature.
The hose has a nylon outer cover which is easy to wipe clean of mud etc. before contracting for storage. A useful feature is the on/off valve provided at the remote (away from the tap) end, which allows the hose to be pressurised/extended before water starts squirting from the end. This is a particular benefit when using the hose with a sprinkler attachment so that you don’t get quite so wet.
A wall hanging hook is provided for storing the deflated and coiled hose. The hook (which resembles an offcut of guttering) appears designed to sit over a garden tap, but this can impede access to the tap for e.g. filling a watering can, when filling the can via the hose (requiring pressurising and depressurising) would ultimately be a waste of water.
The hose is provided with a pair of threaded brass collars to enable connection to conventional 19mm or 26mm diameter threaded garden taps, and a “spares” bag of extra O-ring rubber seals is a good practical feature that will help in reducing dripping for longer.
The spray head is quite comfortable in the hand and provides a good variety of spray patterns from tight jet to a diffuse mist.
Lastly, a simple nylon drawstring bag is provided for storing the hose. It is not robust but should serve its purpose for a season or two if not used frequently.
Overall, it’s a useful item that encourages you to tidy it away when you have finished using it. Good value for money at its current price of under 15.
I like this hose very much ,compact and easy to move around
Like it ,used it for my quite large garden ,meets all my needs
Good all round hose but not for long term
This is an expandable flexible hose with 8 different spray options, metal connectors, 3/4″ connector & 50ft (15m).
I’ve had this type of material before & I csn say if you use it continuously (e.g. some people leave them on all the time); they don’t last & develop holes from continuous use (because of expansion & collapse).
It’s lightweight, easy to store & compact. As the hose itself I’d about 16ft & then expands to 50ft. & weighs less 1kg.
A good hose but questionable on longevity.
Handy hose.
Good hose. Lightweight.
Comes with a storage bag.
Good for travel.
Brilliant if you need to take it away to wash your car or even dog.
Wall mount bracket too.
Spare set of seals
It looks all bendy Wendy when it’s not in use, then you put the water through and it all puffs out..
Connectors included, these are brass..
The end has different water frequencies. Its clearly marked which one is which, and you simply turn the end to the desired flow.
This is the trigger type.
These modern hoses seem to work alot better than the old ones,, giving more precision when in use, as some of the water flows are quite powerful.
Recommended.
Great, but no dragging on floors
This hose pipes are good, expand a long way
Actually came on the vine programme just right as my other expanding one, has split.
This are not as strong as the main pipe kind, I had my last one a year.
The thing is with these, I wouldn’t advice pulling around corners or strapping the floor, is chaffed will easily perforated the rubber.
My last one is the same identical, so I do hope it lasts longer, as use it every day..
Lovely colour
Made well, and price is decent.
Very long due to the long extension.
I recommend these pipes
I hope my review helps you
I hope my review helps you
Excelle
This is a very good hosepipe.
It is so well made.
It is super expandable.
It reaches all around my garden.
It shrinks down to a very manageable length on my wall bracket.
But best of all it has metal attachments, both to the hose and to the tap.
It sprays so good to.
And I am sure this hosepipe, because of the brass connectors, will last me ages, through all weathers.
Job done.
Superb budget hose.
This hose comes in a really compact box and shows just how lightweight and flexible it is compared to conventional hoses.
The kit has everything you need, from a means to connect it to the tap, a hanger and spray attachment. There’s even a drawstring bag to put it in.
The wrinkly hose expands to three times its length when under pressure and straightens out quickly. It’s pretty hard to put a kink in the hose and it’s easy to manoeuvre. There’s still some pressure in the hose when you turn the tap off, so don’t try to remove the attachment immediately, let it run empty first.
The spray head is lightweight but certainly sufficient for light duties and unless you’re particularly heavy-handed, should be fine for most people.
A real bargain for a long hose which is so much better than a conventional one.
A very effective compact hose
This is a great little kit. It’s so compactable that it was quite a surprise how small the box it arrived in was!
It thoughtfully comes with everything you could possibly need and, once the water is turned on, expands like a magic trick!
You even get a little hook for it for wall mounting to keep it off the ground.
There was no leaking (unlike my old pipe) and the multiple spray types are very useful. Am currently regrowing my lawn and the Shower setting is perfect!
Once finished with it returns to its compact state so is a great improvement on my old reel style hose.
Excellent product for the garden.
Product is easy to use, and light weight. Prefect choice for the garden. Just be sure not to pull it near rough edges.
Great quality hose with metal fitments
These expanding hoses have improved significantly in quality since they were first introduced. Early ones were inclined to split easily, didn’t retract and fitments were often plastic. Not so with this hoes.
It’s a vibrant colour, supplied with brass connectors and a hose spray. Buying the spray alone will often cost 10 or 12 so the overall cost of this set is a bargain. The connectors fit securely, with no leaks. There’s a bracket to hang the unit after use and it keeps it tidy and secure. The hose has a range of sprays from a fine shower, great for seedlings, to a more powerful single jet, great fir hosing concrete or car or windows. Highly recommended.
great expandable hose
This is an excellent garden house. It is very light and doesn’t require much space for storage. You can use the device supplied to attach it to a wall – I’m fine with leaving it loosely coiled though. The beauty of the hose is that it is expandable – as it fills with water it extends up to 50ft which should cover most gardens. When you turn the tap off it will continue to give out water for a few seconds as the hose empties out and it shrinks back to a much smaller length.
You get various attachments, mostly of brass which is much more durable than plastic and is much better at preventing leaks. Highly recommended
A good hose pipe se
This hose pipe claims to be 50ft when fully extended, which should be more than enough for the majority of gardens. It comes with a wall mount, the hose pipe, washers and connectors, as well as the hose head itself.
The hose has 8 different settings, depending on what it’s being used for. These are flat, full, cone, angle, soaker, shower, center and mist, all of which can be controlled easily by rotating the head of the hose. The hose also has a latch so the trigger can be kept on without you having to apply any pressure. The only downside I can find is the fact that the trigger is at the back, rather than the front of the hose, but that’s only a minor gripe.
All in all it’s a good hose pipe set that works as expected, and it’s decent value at 20.99, which was the price at time of writing.
Top quality!
This is excellent. It comes with the hose, a bag, a spray head, metal connectors, a hanging hook and a selection of spare washers and connections!
I hooked it up almost immediately and it connects perfectly without leeks to my brass tap. I allowed it to fully flex on its first run by shutting the valve and allowing pressure to build up. After doing this I connected the spray and turned it on – Much more powerful than I was expecting! There about around 8 different spray types from powerful to a mist. All worked great and you can use it to either clean your car or water your garden.
When I turned it off and let the water flow it reduced down to the size it was initially. Perfect fit for the supplied bag and it’s packed away nicely in my garage taking up half the space of my last hose. Or you can hang it on the supplied plastic wall hook. All in all I am extremely pleased with this hose.
Useful hose
This is a very useful garden hose at a very reasonable price (16.49 at the moment). It arrives coiled up in a compact box (slightly smaller than a shoe box) labelled “Garde Hose” – it would have been nice if the manufacturers had managed to get the spelling right! I haven’t measured it, but the manufacturer’s claim of 16 ft when coiled seems about right, and 50 ft fully extended can’t be far off the mark. The box suggests it can be used for “house, car, fet (??), garden” but also says “do not run hot water through this hose”. That’s fine with regard to the garden, but I would want hot water to wash the car, so I’m not entirely sure that it lives up to all of its claims.
Getting the hose back in the box after taking it out is just about impossible, but that wasn’t unexpected – it is still compact enough not to take up much space – certainly compared with the average rubber hose, it is much more efficient use of space.
There are a few different attachments for the usual types of taps (it annoys me that the manufacturer refers to them as “faucets” on the UK site – they’re taps!!).
Overall, I don’t have any issues with this, but would just have liked a bit more attention to detail on the packaging and the listing on Amazon. Four stars. Recommended.
Complete and good quality set but one of many
Honestly I can easily recommend the product since it has all attachments needed for most faucets and the quality and functionality of the hose and spray gun is surely good. But nowadays there are many of similar features and designs and on the same price range or even occasionally cheape
Could do with another adapto
I already have one of these and intend to keep it as spare. This means I am able to contrast and compare with my existing hose.
In terms of use it is completely equal yo my present hose. It starts off crinkly and short and, when the tap is turned on, it expands to its full 50′. When you have finished watering turn off the tap and it will spray for a short while until it almost contacts to its previous length. It will then fit in the supplied bag until you need it again.
The quality of all the fittings are good. However most hoses come with a female adaptor at each end. You can the plug it in at either end and use it with your sprinkler, pressure washer and so on. It loses a star of this.
good quality fittings, metal at each end
These expandable hoses are just right for storing, being very light and taking up a fraction of the space of the old fashioned rubber hoses, that used to be the norm. They are lighter as well and take up a fraction of the space to store. The fittings appear to be brass, and its unusual to find anything but plastic fittings in the day and age. I am not sure wwhat the advantage actually is. It works well, of course and the head with eight spray choices, works very well. this is for a smaller garden, 50 ft expanded is not very much, given that you need to allow for a vertical length at the tap, and at your end also. Just make sure you have the right length.
Works Really Well, Simple to Use
This extendable hosepipe sounds like a great idea in theory, but I wasn’t sure how it would work out in practice. However, I have been very pleasantly surprised, and it actually works really well. You connect it to your tap in the usual way (it fitted straight onto ours), and having a metal connector should give it more longevity than a plastic one, which could become brittle over time. You then connect the gun to the other end, and turn on the valve and tap to allow water into the pipe. As the pipe fills up it stretches out until it reaches its maximum length, at which point it works just like a normal host. When you’re done you turn off the tap and drain the pipe via the gun, and it all shrinks back to how it was.
The only slight downside is that the gun connects to the hose via a metal clasp – this isn’t compatible with other ‘hoselock style’ devices like a Karcher cleaner. However, there is a plastic convertor included in the box that allows you to connect to hoselock-compatible products, and it’s easy enough to swap out.
The box also includes a wall mount, which is slightly thinner than I would have liked but still works absolutely fine, and several extra washers and adaptors for other connection sizes, which is great if you have a less common fitting standard.
The hose has several options for different spray types, and all of them work well, with a surprising amount of power considering it’s just using standard water pressure. I’m really pleased with this product overall.
Perfect for normal household use good quality with reasonable price and i got everything in the bag as mentioned.
Recommended.
Perfect for normal household use good quality with reasonable price and i got everything in the bag as mentioned.
Recommended.
50ft Hose Pipe with Accessories and Storage Bag
Hose Pipe with all attachments and storage bag.
It’s neat, shrinks to hardly anything when not being used.
It’s attachments include a connector, to join 2 hose pipes.
50ft just gets to the end of the garden, so used the connector in the attachments, joined 2 together and now I can reach all the way around my car which is out of the garden.
The head has multiple different water sprays.
Cone
Soaker
Full
Shower
Angle
Flat
Centre
Mist
Brilliant space saver hose pipe.
Useful expandable hose, but an adaptor is missing
Useful expandable hose set, it even has a bag to kep it in, these never retract to the shipping size, so it may not fit.
Works well, brass like fittings supplied, but the spray head has no adaptor, like the one in the photos of another one I have to swap over to use this with hozelock sprinklers and other devices.
Yes the supplied head will screw onto the brass fixing, but then the screw ended to hozelock adaptor shown in the photo is unusable. The yellow spray head shos whats missing and the adaptor is not interchangable..
Use the supplied green hozelock adaptor and supply your own spray head.
Lots of extra bits, and a hanging hook
What’s not to like about this? The sprayer has several distand settings, and the ‘mist’ setting is soft enough for seedlings.
Good quality, works fine
This hose pipe is good quality, was very simple to connect. Comes with several different fittings made of metal, this ensures durability.
Spray gun is good, has few different spraying modes.
Hose expands when water is open, retracts when its off. Perfect for storage.
Overall goo value for money.
Good Value.
Brought item from Amazon warehouse. Good reduction in price due to rip on box. Great hose for washing car, no more kinks and twists like my old standard hose I was using.
Very compact and comes in a handy bag. All fittings of good quality.
Annual purchase
Works well and we use it a lot but it only seems to last us a year before the hose splits.
Cheap enough to replace which is what we do.
Best hose I've ever had.
I decided to buy this after getting fed up of my old one constantly kinking and twisting itself. Totally amazed at how good this is. When empty its tiny and fits in a small cupboard. When in use I can reach the end of my 90ft garden without struggle, and go all though the house from the back tap to the front garden. Lots of spray setting too.
So easy to reel up and so small and light to store
My old 100 foot hose weighed a ton and was very hard to reel up so I often left it lying untidy on the grass. Also the reel took up a lot of space in the side passage which made it hard to manoeuvre around it with dustbins, bicycles etc. This new one is unbelievably light and reels up in seconds and hangs over the outside tap. I love it. The way it works makes me think you’d get drenched if you attach a sprinkler so I’ve stored the old reel and hose just in case.
Pleasantly surprised
I thought this hose was good value for money and was surprisingly light.
Great hose for the price!
Arrived earlier than expected and in a clear box which showed the product. I couldn’t wait to use it so set it up straight away which was so simple! The settings on the gun attachment work well and it has some pressure behind it! The hose expanded quickly and was easy enough to drain the remaining water so the hose would shrink! One of the best hoses I’ve had and at the fraction of the cost, I would highly recommend!
compact,easy to store.
It works surprisingly well.
I was not sure that it would work as advertised having been used to standard roll up hoses.
The fittings are robust Brass,well-made and a good fit.
The only downside,and its a minor one is the time needed to let it empty itself before returning it to its hanger in the garage. As I say it’s a minor thing,I could just leave it to empty itself but usually want to put it away immediately.
I’m learning patience 🙂
A positive revelatio
I ordered this hose with a bit of trepidation having read reviews of similar items bemoaning poor quality, lack of robustness and fittings incompatibility. Found to my pleasure (so far!) that the hose (100 ft) was easy to use and delivered a good flow. After a bit of head scratching and some dismantling, got the fittings to fit my standard garden tap (3/4 inch thread). A bit more on the instructions to cover this would have been useful. What was a revelation was how much easier this was to use than my previous hose reel, and how much easier it was to empty the hose and repack it into the bag supplied. Watching it extend before use and contract when water turned off is rather fun.
This is a good hose and is suitable for normal watering jobs around the garden and is light. However I had hoped to attach it to my Bosch Aquatak 120 which I thought would be easier to use than my Hozelock. However it will not fit the fastening on the pressure washer. The tap end is fine but the other end has a gun which screws in and I have bought some adapters which I hoped would go in the opening after unscrewing the gun but nothing fits. Anyone reading this who wants to use it similarly should think agai