A Better Way To Fix The End Of A Garden Hose

How to repair the end of a garden hose, the best way I know how to fix a broken hose end yet.
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[@turfmechanicgardens]

This tool works fine with standard duty hoses you already own but it works perfectly with the actual Eley hoses. One super tip I've got is to buy a long (expensive) Eley hose instead of a bunch of small hoses and cut the long Eley hose into the exact length segments you need around the house and garden. You can then use the repair tool and as shown in this video to put your own male/female ends on. Depending on how many short hoses you make you could end up saving hundreds of dollars over buying the pre-made short hose segments. Leader hoses and short 12 and 25 foot hoses can cost three times the price that you'll pay by buying a long hose and cutting it to size yourself. Here's best deal on hose Eley sells: turfmech.link/eley-58-hose It's a 200 foot segment that is priced just over $2 per foot. That's in comparison to their short 12-foot hose that's priced at about $4.50 per foot.

[@Rattlerjake1]

If your hose eventually craps out, can these ends be removed and use again?

[@dennisvoelker664]

That was very interesting, and I never seen anything like that before. THANK YOU

[@michaellacaria910]

Nice informative video, thanks, didn’t know there was such a tool. As you clearly explain, this video is for knowledge not for everyone to go out and buy this tool. Knowledge is power.

[@RoyatAvalonFarms]

Interesting. I had a nice commercial grade hose which i drove over and damaged the male end. I was looking for repair options and everyone kept refering me to those jakey barb fitting and hose clamp garbage as the only diy solution. As it was a fairly expensive hose and i used it on my construction sites, i didnt want garbage repair. After holding onto it for a couple of years, a friend suggested i take it to my local hydroulic hose shop for a nice pressed on fitting. I did that. Got a nice quality brass fitting which looks totally factory professional. It took less than 3 mins and cost about $7 or $8. The guy told me to bring in any damaged hoses in the future and he'd be happy to do the same again.

[@turfmechanicgardens]

wow, that is a spectacular resource to have close to home! A Good 100 ft hose can easily get upwards of $100 or more, fixing an end for less than $10 in a few min is a no brainer!

[@RoyatAvalonFarms]

@@turfmechanicgardens ya, I presume most mid sized towns would have such a shop. My nearby town is not quite 40k population and has a decent amount of industry but not a huge amount. This shop supports a lot of construction contractors who maybe own dozers and such, tractors, etc, who need hydraulic hoses without going to dealers.

[@michaellauinger7406]

There are hydraulic hose shops??

[@RoyatAvalonFarms]

@@michaellauinger7406 yes ma'am there are. It was called something like Huntington Hose and Hydraulic, or something along those lines. When I first found out about it, it was like a slap in the face at how simple it was and how I had missed something so intuitive. Not sure if it's even the same business name now as some of those places change hands every few years.

[@Technics69]

@@michaellauinger7406This is gonna blow your mind. There are MOBILE hydraulic hose repair companies around. They will come to your site and make you a hose on the spot. Obviously this is intended for a big job with big machines, but it’s real!

[@brentjohnson6654]

New subscriber here. I have been searching for a garden hose repair to fix the end of a couple of hoses. One the mower guy (me) cut one. The other was smashed by someone else backing out of her garage. Haha. I have been looking for something that isn’t bulky or snag prone like the cheap ones with clamps. All the best from north Texas.

[@4570Govt]

Tip for the pipe clamp: use a piece of heat shrink of suitable size and heat it after tightening the hose clamp down. Adding a layer of heat shrink over the band itself helps to protect the heat shrink that goes over the clamp from tearing against sharp surfaces. Also means you can do this with a wire tie and the barbed stem if you really want to go low profile. Using true stainless wire means a long-lasting seal.

[@turfmechanicgardens]

Man I wish I could see a visual demo of what you are suggesting. I can't visualize your description in my head right now. Possibly, can you redefine?

[@1dgrdgr]

@@turfmechanicgardens he's using two pieces of heat shrink. One goes over the end of the hose clamp - the part that likes to scratch you. The other piece goes over the hose and the entire hose clamp.

[@madpogue]

A piece of old mountain bike innertube is another option.

[@feralkid1879]

The only time I screw hose clamps anymore is if I need to remove it. I made a wire hose clamp tool. A spool of stainless wire and you're set for years. It don't leave any sharp protruding barb and holds fast as any hose clamp. There's tons of vids how to make one.

[@ehRalph]

I made one of those wire wrap tools too. I use lots of smaller hoses for garden projects. I bought some marine shrink tubing (the kind with adhesive inside) and I heat gun on a short piece of shrink tubing over the wire wrap end. Smooth tight tidy.

[@feralkid1879]

@@ehRalph Great idea. I actually trust the stainless wire more than the screw clamps for permanent connections. Especially submerged like down a well.

[@yanstev]

Thanks for a well done video. I think the hose clamp with heat shrink is the best option. I had never seen the Eley option, which is nice but seems expensive.

[@rays9033]

Really well done and informative, thanks!!!

[@dubmob151]

I used a 3/4" PEX copper crimp ring with a repair fitting and it worked much better than the screw clamps that cut into the hands or bulkier options.

[@claudeloi]

I am into repairing things but after watching all the steps, tools and supplies involved. I would say frankly it is not worth my time and money. Thank you for the entertainment clip.

[@turfmechanicgardens]

at least there's the entertainment factor at play :D thanks for the watch

[@Sylvan_dB]

Another inexpensive solution (after making or buying the tool) is a wire clamp. A couple of feet of wire and a tool to tighten it as a clamp and it is a cheap, clean and snag-free solution for hose repair. I have the branded Clamptite version but homemade versions work as well. Search youtube for wire clamp tool.

[@mv-db4463]

Here is to saving people $25+ dollars. The $1-$5 clamps & adapters work plenty well.

[@CHIBA280CRV]

Very nice tool and ends , appears to be expensive in the initial purchase , but should pay itself off in the long run ,will buy one thanks 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@TonyFleming-y1b]

I did my first Eley repair this week. Granted a bit costly, but the fittings are very good quality and the repair is so much better than anything else I have tried. If I can keep my hose another season or two, then the connectors pay for themselves. I am satisfied with the solution.

[@turfmechanicgardens]

That's what it's really about, being satisfied with the repair. The $5 repair with hose clamps works for some but this repair makes so much more sense for me too. Thanks for the watch and thanks for sharing your thoughts!

[@dubmob151]

As long as the hose is high enough quality to warrant the repair, but usually the quality hoses won't have the fittings fail in the first place. The cheap hoses that I had wouldn't really warrant fittings that cost more than the hose, so they get the very inexpensive aluminum repair fittings instead, and copper crimp rings to secure instead of the worm screw clamps they provide.

[@dubmob151]

It's nice to cut up the cheap hoses for custom lengths just as bib extenders also, which you wouldn't be doing with a quality hose.

[@Maine307]

i have my Upnor expansion pro tool for pex, and i use ym hose expander and it seats them perfect. long lasting

[@roseymalino9855]

Learned something new. I just reuse the original end pieces. I strip off the outer metal shroud and the hose remnants and reuse the center section with a stainless steel hose clamp. Be careful some places intermingle hose clamps and sometimes mislabel them as stainless. Regular metal screws will rust and lose tension on the clamp.

[@turfmechanicgardens]

How do you reuse the center section? Do you heat up the hose somehow to make it pliable like I mention boiling or some other way?

[@dubmob151]

4:47 is it this that was reused? Seems like that'd need some careful Dremel work to remove; never tried that but it'd be interesting.

[@roseymalino9855]

No Dremel, no heating, no boiling. First time I did it was 60 years ago. Am still reusing some of the end pieces on other hoses other people threw away. People have thrown away some quality hoses because they drove over the end pieces or other slight damage. Cut away the metal outer sheath with snips and a screwdriver. Strip off the hose from the center core. Apply Vaseline on the metal core and insert into the hose. Apply hose clamp.

[@dubmob151]

I just reused a crimp fitting from a polyurethane air hose, using that concept. I used my hot air rework tool to heat up the hose so I could just pull it off, then cut down to a fresh hose end and used PEX tubing with copper crimp ring, with filler hose material to take up the gap. Center part with the barbs was still fine for reuse.

[@MN_Fan]

Nice video! Eley makes high quality hose equipment to make our lives easier.

[@turfmechanicgardens]

One of my favorites is their swivel with shutoff valve, it's an obvious item that every band makes but it has performed so well for me over the past 13 months. Anyway, I just hope they eventually expand some products into the 3/4 size hoses

[@ammoalamo6485]

Unfortunately, quality costs, and many of their products are priced out of the range of homeowners looking for 'affordable' fixes. I think buying a new hose might be a better look better by comparison. I bought 300' of "life time guaranteed" thick rubber hoses twenty years ago for about $28 per 100', and just recently four of the eight hose ends have gone bad. I doubt if I can cost-justify buying Eley products at my advanced age. Also, the diameter of my current heavy rubber hoses is too thick for the Eley connector, I think.

[@justinciallella4724]

That's a $26 eley part. Count me out. The simpler repair kits work just fine. I was able to sub out a pex crimp for the hose clamp one of my hose repairs made it cleaner.

[@dchall8]

The hard part about fixing a hose is jamming the end part into the hose. This tool fixes that. Of course so does a hair drier and some Vaseline. If the vinyl is really stiff you can stretch it after heating by forcing needle nose pliers into it. I've gone to the plastic connectors for one reason. Brass can be eroded by a water leak. I ruined a brand new Craftsman hose in 30 minutes because I did not realize it was working. The erosion happened on the flat end of the male connector and was visible to the naked eye. After that no amount of tightening would seal it, even against an O-ring. So I had to cut the end off of my brand new hose. It was a Craftsman, so I could have returned it for a new hose, but Sears was a long trip away. The plastic ends will not hold up to driving over them, but I've had excellent success with them for the last 20 years.

[@CrazyLinguiniLegs]

I switched to all brass connectors and love them. The plastic ones crack from sun exposure after just a few seasons.

[@Sylvan_dB]

You can dress the brass end to solve minor imperfections that prevent sealing. Usually though, a good hose washer (I prefer silicone rubber) will seal even fairly substantial imperfections when done up hand tight.

[@dchall8]

@@Sylvan_dB You can repair the male end of a solid brass fitting with a file. You cannot dress imperfections or damages to a female fitting.

[@Sylvan_dB]

@@dchall8 The seal is between the male end and the washer. As you said, "The erosion happened on the flat end of the male connector" so it could easily be smoothed out.

[@simpleminded5215]

For those cheap repairs I wrap them with electrical tape. It softens the sharpe edges and creates a much better end for handling.

[@turfmechanicgardens]

That's a great idea...and if the tape gets old and frayed then you just swap the tape. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@korhing1066]

Thank You for this Video I Just Wished i could have seen this Video years Ago ! Maybe it could have been helpful from not letting me get Hosed from Friends

[@turfmechanicgardens]

Ha, I take it you've had a few neighborly water wars with the neighbors! LOL

[@FixItWithMe]

Would love to see a video on which garden hose u prefer! Have u tried the Eley hose? I’m sick of my kinked old hose and wondering if the eley is worth it, but it’s soo expensive!

[@mooch91]

I like Eley stuff (I have their hose reel which is still going strong after 10 years), but some of it is cost prohibitive. This is an example. Unless the hose is a super high quality commercial hose, I couldn’t see spending this kind of money repairing it. Thanks for letting us know these are available though.

[@FixItWithMe]

Do u have their garden hose as well? Is it worth it?

[@mooch91]

@@FixItWithMe I do not as I have a 30-year-old Craftsman rubber hose that shows no signs of quitting (or kinking!). I'm sure it's fantastic, but I haven't had the need to invest.

[@1djbecker]

@@mooch91 I have two Craftsman black rubber hoses bought in 2014. They are still going strong, outlasting several rounds of Ace Hardware and Costco "lifetime warranty" hoses that never seem to have a usable warranty. Even with those I would hesitate putting on $25 of replacement hose ends.

[@mooch91]

@@1djbecker Other than the fact that they mark everything they touch, including your hands. :)

[@rhinomite5203]

Thanks for making the video, I’m always looking for better hose ends 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

[@turfmechanicgardens]

so glad people are watching this one. I've bought those fittings a month ago and haven't gotten to the garden reno. I almost just did the repair without filming it for simplicity. I hope this video helps open more people's eyes to some of the more premium alternatives

[@logmeindangit]

If you are making custom-length hoses, this tool seems great. Otherwise, just avoid buying cheap hoses. I have had cheap hoses and the larger, heavier-duty types this narrstor calls "indistrial types," and there is one habit that can make ALL of them last longer. First, when dragging the hose around, DO NOT pull bt the attached spray nozzle or hose end. ALWAYS pull on the hose itself, BEHIND the connection. That greatly reduces the tension on the hose and connector union. Secondly, ALWAYS coil a hose when it has pressure inside. This greatly reduces kinking on those cheaper plastic hoses. Third, avoid leaving the hose out in the sun whenever possible. Be diligent about storing it when not using it, and keep it in a shaded spot. Lastly, I have found that buying larger sized, more expensive hoses made of more durable materials is cheaper than the inexpensive hoses, because they will outlast the cheap ones about 3 times longer, or more if you treat them well. I have a large yard, and 3 FIFTY-foot hoses gives me lots of length, and with the spray nozzle, I can shoot another 50 feet. I NEVER pull the hose by the nozzle. I hold onto the nozzle with one hand, and pull the actual hose with the other hand. (No tension on the nozzle.) Next, when dragging the hose, I try to avoid gdragging it across my gravel driveway. Instead, I slide it alone the grass, and then move it across the driveway after it is pulled out as far as I need. Next, when storing it, again, I do that with a pressurized hose, and I stopled coiling it many years ago. Now, I use a large figure-8 pattern, which keeps it from being twisted. Each half of the figure-8 counteracts the rotational twist of the other half. The figure-8 pattern takes up about 3 by 6 feet, and wnen stored, I THEN shut the faucet off and spray off the pressure. I also leave the nozzle in the locked-open position so the hose can relax fully. If the stored hose is still hit by sun, come up with a way to sheld it from the rays. I use a piece of folded up black plastic, and simply hold it down with a brick on the more windy side. I also made a flat, smooth surface for the stored hose, so it isn't resting on dirt, and repurposed about a dozen exposed aggregate pavers. The tiny pebnles are smooth, and will not harm the hose. These 3 hoses have lasted me over 15 years, and still look new... and U do use them fairly often, for watering shrubs doring the dryer PNW summer, for washing several vehicles, spraying leaves from metal shed roofs, (again, pullung the hose up there by the hose, not the nozzle!) And for flushing out moles, or washing their mounds back down into their runs. A few good habits will make an "industrial size" hose outlast those cheap, easy kinking, shiny plastic hoses by many times. Get the good stuff next time you go to the home and garden store. You DESERVE it. But then, take CARE of it. 😎

[@johnlong7504]

Thank$ a lot for your nice info-clip and take care!

[@turfmechanicgardens]

Thanks, have yourself a great fall season too! 😊

[@garyalford9394]

You can also get band or pinch clamps, just need a plier type tool to set them, no sharp edges.

[@bobclarke5913]

Useful video, not so much the hose part for today, but the comments section full of zoomers who are allergic to fixing anything. Motivated me to go outside and do something.

[@seanboyle951]

I, like others, replaced the screw/worm clamps with simply stainless steel 304 wire and a clamptite. If you bend the ends in properly, there is no snagging (or cutting) and it is watertight as a frog's backside. Cost is ridiculously low, being just a few inches of wire. The tool is pretty dear especially for what it is, but if you use it for other sorts of repair…

[@mrcryptozoic817]

A most important thing to mention: Avoid dissimilar metals! Your spigots are brass. Don't connect an aluminum end to the house because the two will weld themselves together. (Basic high school chemistry, see galvanic reaction). Two hoses, one end brass, the other end aluminum: you'll never get them apart, again due to galvanic reaction. Brass end connected to aluminum sprinkler...same problem. Whoever thought aluminum was a good choice in manufacturing hoses should be required to go "into the field" and try to separate those abominations. So ... when "re-ending" your hose, be mindful of that.

[@nikmabc]

Some replacement fittings aren't made from brass. I think its aluminum with a plating. Whatever the material, I found them to corrode. I have 60 year old brass spigots that show no pitting.

[@jimseviltwin1]

I’ve had pretty good luck with single ear hose clamps; they’re less bulky than the spiral hose clamps- just a little nub protrudes. The ear clamps aren’t removable but they hold on to like a starving dog with a bone.

[@MrMattDat]

Very cool! I was not familiar with the ELEY solution and agree with you on all points. Love how their fittings are more rugged. How smooth does the female end turn (or does it spin at all)? That is a weak point in every solution I've tried (aside from the hose clamp issue). Any chance you've been using this solution for enough time to provide insights on it's durability?

[@jum5238]

I have a hose that expanded in the heat and with water pressure. I just can't seem to get a clamshell connector to work to seal it and I'm lucky if the screws even reach enough to bite on the other side. The hose clamp option isn't going to work well, also because of the swelling of the hose. Not sure what I can do about this. If I use really hot water, I'd have to "shrink" the diameter and circumference of the hose and I'm not sure how to do that.

[@turfmechanicgardens]

I'd have to do a lot of research on that topic to offer a solution...but my gut tells me that that might be irreparable. Unless the swelling only happened at the end of the hose, then you could just cut that bad part off and stick a new end on it on the remaining good part of the hose.

[@jum5238]

@@turfmechanicgardens yeah, it's all swollen. Moreso at the end but I cut that off and still have problems. Don't know if it's possible to wrap a bicycle tube around the inner brass part to increase the circumference, and then put a hose clamp on.

[@earl3358]

The best and cheapest hose repair option is the simple homemade wire clamp. 60cm of 1.5mm wire and you can make a tight low profile clamp that will never leak or budge in the slightest. They last forever with galvanized or stainless wire...10 or 20 cents per. The Clamp-Tite style tool is simple to make, there are 100s of videos making these out of scrap or cheap hardware. I will say those new hose ends seem nice, very premium. The worm drive clamps are the worst though. And the clunky big philips screw ones, just no.

[@Milosz_Ostrow]

I wouldn't _make_ a Clamp-Tite style tool. I tried and gave up. To do it right requires a lathe and a milling machine; it is cheaper and easier to just buy the tools from Clamp-Tite. That said, I agree with the cost-effectiveness of a wire clamp made on the spot. I have repaired a number of garden hoses with stainless steel safety wire using my Clamp-Tite. The repairs in some cases have outperformed the factory end fittings and they're cheaper by far than the Eley tool and fittings shown in this video.

[@GiovanniGiorgo]

I wish they made 3/4” hose fittings 😢

[@Stefan_Smith]

Idk if eley makes them, but there definitely are 3/4 fittings on Amazon

[@turfmechanicgardens]

me too, I really wish they made all of their accessories in 3/4" sizes as well as the standard 5/8". As Stefan said, their are 3/4" stuff on Amazon you just need to investigate the pass-through openings. If they cinch too much then they might as well be a 5/8" full flow.

[@ehRalph]

The last few “brass” barb connectors I bought online turned out to be brass colored aluminum. Definitely not good with chlorinated pool water.

[@charliemagoo7943]

I have some old hoses that pex crimp rings work on

[@gags730]

Put lock tight on the screws and they never come loose

[@uncle0eric]

I admit I've never even thought about repairing hoses before.

[@turfmechanicgardens]

Dead serious, it never crossed my mind that this was possible in the first 15 years of my adult life. It's one of those "Millennial skills" we call adulting that wasn't passed on to me.

[@dchall8]

@@turfmechanicgardens What have we come to? I repaired my first hose in 1965. My dad was a serious DIYer no matter what it was. About the only thing he didn't DIY was our swimming pool. But he did DIY the concrete decking and retaining wall around it.

[@stevioAda]

Hmmm would a bit of electrician's tape stop it snagging/scratching maybe

[@redfields5070]

The tool alone costs more than all my hoses put together.

[@0u812ski]

Thats what she said

[@turfmechanicgardens]

hehehe :D

[@madpogue]

Seems like an expensive fix for a light-duty hose. It would be more cost-effective on 3/4" and heavy-duty 5/8" hose, but it looks like they don't even have a 3/4" option. Separate question - has anybody found a "clamshell" type clamp that fits around a 3/4" heavy duty (thick wall) hose?

[@timault8209]

$27 plus shipping for ONE hose end? Title of this video should be "Don't Overpay for Bogus Hose Repair!" A hose clamp and shrink wrap work perfectly!

[@turfmechanicgardens]

Lol, I said a hose clamp is the cheapest...is it the most desirable however, probably only for people looking for the cheapest option. 🫤

[@utahprepper8925]

So by the time you purchase the tool and two fittings, you're into a $50 dollar bill. I can get a whole new hose for half that.

[@turfmechanicgardens]

yeah, this makes the most sense for the high quality long hoses which can easily cost multiple hundreds of dollars each. cheapo hoses for $25 bucks the case is far less compelling. In my case, once I have the tool then I never have to buy it again so all future hoses repairs or custom sizes will be much more affordable.

[@gavinkarey-mckenna1353]

wrap some duct tape around clamp - save your hands and rust

[@turfmechanicgardens]

That's a good idea, I'll do that on that rusty hose for sure

[@RoyatAvalonFarms]

If i was going to put on $22 worth of brand new high grade fittings, i would not do it on a garbage low grade short hose i dug up out of the ground which wasnt good enough to have quality fittings to begin with. Id go buy some brand new quality hose material to put those fittings on. The hose tubing is the cheapest part of any hose, so buying new tubing instead of using old tubing would be very worthy with these type fittings. These fittings would be very good on a quality hose for a needed repair. But most all of my commercial grade hoses are 3/4" so these likely wouldnt work for my application. I love to buy quality tools, but im not sure its worthy to spend so much to put this good of fittings on junk grade of hoses. Thats almost like buying real gold buttons to sew on a cheap suit from walmart. Thanks for sharing this repair option.

[@turfmechanicgardens]

I can't argue with anything you said in this comment. I wish their stuff worked with the bigger 3/4" hoses and yep, at least putting these fittings on high quality 5/8 hoses makes way more sense than on lower quality light duty hoses. In terms of video production, this was the hose at had at the moment to do my demonstration on, but it makes much more sense to use these tools and fittings on high quality hoses that need to be trimmed or repaired.

[@RoyatAvalonFarms]

@@turfmechanicgardens ok, got it. Well your demonstration was effective so it accomplished the goal. And for that, I understand sometimes you spend more money than what a thing is worth just for the educational or training value. Thanks again.

[@redshift5050]

Intro is too long. Please get to it already.

[@wayneessar7489]

It was 51 seconds.

[@estrader6214]

Only one size supported, you must be kidding! I like the concept, but...

[@adassociates8235]

With $25 buy another hose😂

[@heknows5418]

Just wrap the screw clamp with electrical tape problem solved , next!!!

[@ItsVideos]

The multi-view approach with no description creates a confusing instructional video. Just do a normal step-by-step single view video and explain what you are doing as you are doing it.

[@twistedhillbilly6157]

extreme close up is creepy...

[@turfmechanicgardens]

Nobody should see a closeup of my face...that was my bad lol 😆

[@bryanp8010]

My wife and 6 girlfriends say my hose works perfectly

[@turfmechanicgardens]

You've obvious got one of the good ones! Jealous 😛

[@mguerramd]

Eley stuff is very nice and very expensive. It ticks me off that you spend so much for Chinese made product. I have given them grief for it and suggested they move production back to the US if we are going to pay so much. No reply.

[@danieldelgado8153]

I just buy a new hose…

[@turfmechanicgardens]

that works for low end short hoses but for the pricey premium hoses, especially the longer ones, being able to repair them or custom size them in subsequent seasons can save quite a bit of money

[@markstack8997]

your split screen is sooooooo annoying, I can't watch your video. Choose one or the other. we are not capable of focusing on one than one visual

[@charleschapman2428]

The repair cost as much as a new hose 👎👎👎👎

[@turfmechanicgardens]

Good hoses, especially the long ones, cost way more than this. It's a premium repair that still costs way less than the purchase of a new premium hose.

[@Bob_Adkins]

A 12 minute video to fix a garden hose? Someone likes to hear himself talk!

[@turfmechanicgardens]

I love hearing myself talk; luckily many thousands of other people do too, so it's worth my time. ;)

[@michaellauinger7406]

Not sure it's worth fixing one for 5 bucks when you can go to the local store and buy a hose for that price. 🤷

[@Stefan_Smith]

You're buying a hose for 5 bucks, and wondering why it's not lasting is what the problem it.. my 100ft 80-100 dollar hose needs to last at least 5 years minimum.

[@turfmechanicgardens]

seriously, I don't even know how I could buy a short cheap hose for $5. :D As you know it's common to spend over $100 per hose on high quality hoses that are long. The good ones aren't cheap so fixing them or being able to custom size them a year or two later is super helpful.

[@johnnymcnally2113]

Dude, why did you waste 12 minutes making a 2 minute video? What a waste.