HOZELOCK – Starter Hose ø 12,5mm (1/2″) 15m
HOZELOCK – Starter Hose ø 12,5mm (1/2″) 15m : Versatile, UV-resistant Garden Hose, 4-layer Braided Reinforced Hose, UK Made, General Purpose, Hard Wearing, 10 Year Guarantee* [7215P0000]
| Dimensions: | 37.4 x 37.4 x 24.4 cm; 1.61 Kilograms |
| Model: | 7215p9000 |
| Part: | 7215p9000 |
| Manufacture: | HOZELOCK |
| Dimensions: | 37.4 x 37.4 x 24.4 cm; 1.61 Kilograms |
Bought this to replace inside hose of old hoselock reel for narrowboat & fitted perfectly as excited with a few meters spare which I used as a joining hose attachment with new fitting from tap to hose reel.
The new versions of reel are much bigger & old reel fits into front locker easily & was easy job to fit. I chose this as thought it was closest specification to very old hoselock hose & seams as it should last well, will still kink if your not careful but strong enough to cope with regular use filling up narrowboat water tank.
Just what I needed to reach to the duck pond from the house. It hasn’t kinked yet and seems durable. It is nice and flexible without wanting to tangle up despite its length.
It seems robust and does what it is supposed to do. It also seems heavier than some other hosepipes I have used that begin to kink after a few years. Ask me again in 10 years …
As long as you know how to actually use a hose (Many reviewers clearly don’t!), this “starter” hose is all you need! Just keep it completely unrolled and straight or curved and you’ll have no kinking problems!
Very frustrating buying this as it did not come with a reel holder. The hose was easily tangled up but once in the hose reel, it’s been great and no further issues. Always wind back up whilst hose full
Of water !
Brought to extend hose around garden perimeter does a good job hopefully due to temp rating will be able leave out over winter. Did notice will kink if you want a kink free hose buy the next grade up
Arrived on time and as described it does kink a bit if you’re not careful it was to replace a 15 year old one seems about the same quality I only needed half the quantity so if ti doesn’t last as long as the old one I have a spare
Does the job! Quite a bit more flexible than the old Hozelock hose it replaced. The old one was at least 10 years old and was used to connect our outside tap to our hose reel plus general garden watering. It does seem to kink more easily than the older stiffer one so it will be interesting to see how long it lasts.
Its long!! Of course its 50m but I’m never very good at judging, it reaches the bottom of my garden so quite happy.
It was a little bit of a pain to unwrap, maybe I didnt think it through, but as I wanted to wind it cleanly onto my hose reel i decided to lay it out in a straight line first… Except as I unpackaged it, it managed to get all tangled up, kinks in every hoop, so took me ages threading it through itself to get it straight. I’m sure there was a much simpler way, but it was too late for me.
Seems durable enough, a little stiff but its a hose, its doesn’t leak – it serves its function.
Generally a good quality hose which seals well with standard connectors.
One problem. The hose is quite flexible which is generally good, but the downside is that it frequently forms kinks and shuts off the water supply. I would suggest that if you normally wind and unwind the hose on a spool you should perhaps go for a hose with firmer side walls. For use where the hose is permanently extended it’s fine.
…for my pressure washer. I have an expanding hose, but it’s not really suitable for pressure washers. Firstly it’s far too long (when expanded), also the hose contracts, when the washer is in standby and expands when the trigger is pressed. So I was delighted when this hose arrived. At 15 metres there’s more than enough. I connected the Hozelock connectors (if you didn’t already know I always heave a small container of boiling water, which you dip the end of the hose in and you will find it’s easier to make a good connection) and connected it to the washer.
Yes it did kink the first time I used, but on the next few times it wasn’t so bad and is continuing to improve. I’ll probably get a wall mounted reel for it soon. All-in-all I’m completely satisfied.
We’ve actually been using a hose like this for many years, one on a spool that attaches to a wall close to an outside tap, so rather than as a starter hose, we’ve used it as a second hose that can be swapped over when we need water in a less accessible part of the garden, and need more than just a couple of watering cans, for example when needing to establish a lot of newly planted vegetable plants. This means we can have a spare hose permanently run out along a difficult route, exactly to where we’ll need it while the other remains neatly coiled up for the area it most conveniently serves. Over-organised? You bet! You’d be too when you have to negoatate obstacles like spiky shrubs and fences every time you have to run a hose somewhere!
The hose itself has a non-kink kind of material, but over the course of time this can end up being easier to put kinks into than it was when new. The array of attachments includes a couple of end pieces, one for the tap end, one for the nozzle end, and a vari-spray nozzle that goes between a fierce jet of water to a fine spray with a twist of the yellow barrel. It really is the basics. You can buy trigger operated watering nozzles that are more like watering can versions (a large “rose”) and all the specialist stuff later, but if you’re starting up in a new home and the garden is all getting planned out, one of these is a great introduction to getting the garden cared for.
Note that the “tap connector” is for threaded taps such as those outdoors that are designed for threaded attachments (they have a thread on the tap nozzle). If you don’t have an outside tap you will need to add to the purchase another type of tap attachment, perhaps the type that closes over the end of a mixer tap such as https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hozelock-Ltd-Mixer-Tap-Connector/dp/B07TC7VCHD or https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hozelock-Round-Mixer-Connector-HOZ2177/dp/B011SEVW8K .
That’s the one complaint I would have about this, that it presupposes you have a suitable outdoor tap. I’ve seen plenty of homes without one! I think it needs that small addition to warrant the final star.
Its a cheap starter kit yes it kinks occasionally what do you expect for a cheap hose? its nothing you cant unkink as you use it, The spray head however is bloody useless on mine for anything other than a jet stream I ended up buying a multi spray gun for 7 on here and am perfectly happy with this hose. I use it for cleaning the car weekly and watering the garden like most people would and only once in a while when pulling the hose along does it kink so if you watch out when doing this you should have no problems.
Needed an extra bit of hose to reach the very bottom of my garden which we’ve started cultivating. Original 50M hose just didn’t reach. Know the name “Hozelock” and it got good reviews so thought I’d give it a go. Easy to fit connectors, (which aren’t Hozelock) and seems to be fairly well made and sound. I’ve only given 4 stars as it does seem very prone to kinks. The old hose I have, not Hozelock, looks to be of similar construction and is about 30 years old, still going strong despite being left out all year round. Never kinks. The Hozelock one develops kinks every time I use it, although similar in appearance feels much softer, more maliable. Easy to “un-kink” but still a bit annoying on running a staright section down the garden.