I got the 50 foot hose on mine and it is a very flexible red rubber. I have had it about a year and no problems.
Cool- I bought mine out of the clearance bin in mebbe 2009, planning all along to use it in our barn- which we finally built in 2012.
So the issue with my hose may have just been the cheaper rubber hose from then, and product improvement in the 8 or so intervening years, or it could have been been from aging for however long it sat there in the store before I bought it and then had it sit around in my [somewhat damp] basement for 3+ years.
I bought my hose- I think it's either a nitrile or polyurethane "rubber", on clearance from TSC, and it has been flexible down to the single digit days we sometimes see here in the winter.
The one I bought is [was] fluorescent orange, which I thought might save on tripping over it, and it getting driven over inadvertently- and so far so good.
Unfortunately, other [family] users in my barn seem inclined to reel it back onto the reel complete with dirt and grease on it, vs wiping it by holding a cloth around it while reeling it in [which I do], so it's getting to be less and less bright and more black-grayish.
Maybe black would have been better...:confused3:
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