Kinked garden hoses are a major task to deal with and can upset gardeners frequently. Imagine a gardener hoping to tend to their precious plants, and a kinked hose steals time from their favorite ...

When Consumer Reports put three flexible garden hoses to the test, it didn't treat them like shrinking violets. We kinked, twisted, slashed and froze the hoses and applied a lot of water pressure. For ...

Editor's Note — April 16, 2025: We've updated this article to add a new category, the best garden hose for boats and RVs, for which we selected the Flexi Hose Expandable Hose. But, for all their ...

Garden hoses can be unwieldy so the promise of a lightweight, expandable hose that takes up little space was hard to resist. Consumer Reports tried out three 50-foot models of this new breed of garden ...

The internal-combustion engine has been around for more than 100 years. In that time, we haven't progressed much when it comes to coolant systems and hoses. We were using rubber hoses 100 years ago ...

McCOMB, Ohio—Flexibility remains the name of the game for Crushproof Tubing Co., a smaller hose manufacturer that provides high-grade rubber products used in the military, automotive aftermarket and ...

GARDENA, Calif.—Silicone hose manufacturer Flex Technologies Inc. is expanding with a new facility at the company's Los Angeles County campus. The facility will be used to hand-fabricate and extrude ...