Water Right 500 Series (1/2") Garden Hose, Drinking Water Safe, 100-Foot, Stainless Steel Fittings, Olive Green

Wanted a drinking water safe hose. This one has been just what I needed, but a little stiff.

Nice hose. Like the stainless steel fittings. Winding the hose on a hose reel was a major pain. Makes me almost not like the hose at all. The outside of the hose is not slippery and doesn't glide over itself and difficult to wind up. 100' foot reaches to the end of my yard which is great.

Solid

My 86 year old Mom is an avid gardener with a VERY large yard. This hose is extremely high quality and very light so that she's able to drag it to every corner of her yard to water everything very easily. Since she also has a veggie garden that she waters with this and likes to have a drink from the hose once in awhile too, it's nice to know that there are no heavy metals or toxic materials in this hose. They're expensive but are worth every penny. VERY high quality, well made hoses.

6/8/18 - I officially relegated this hose to the basement for emergency use. It's junk. The Water Right folks told me that 1/2 inch hose would not cause a drop in water pressure. It did. I'm done. If anyone on Amazon wants a gently used Water Right 1/2" hose for the $20 + shipping, let me know and it's yours. I paid over $120 for this POS.6/1/18 update - OK, I bought this hose 2 years ago and my opinion is only going lower. Buy this hose ONLY IF you need a drinking water approved hose for an RV or whatever use includes drinking water. Otherwise. it's still an overpriced POS. I was trying to use this hose tonight to water some fresh topsoil and grass seed. It got caught on my car tires 3 times and my garbage cans twice and it kinks. Read on for more unimpressed details.2/4/17 Update: I officially hate this hose. I was fair and gave it a LONG trial period and it simply fails all my requirements. I wanted to wash salt and ice off my car. It's 28 degrees outside and I used warm water (90 degrees). This hose is magnetic for tires in any weather but worse when it's cold out. It grabs tires like velcro, kinks up in cold weather and is just a general pain in the A$$ to use. This hose is NOT worth the price unless you absolutely need it to supply drinking water for an RV or other potable water requirement. Otherwise, it's an expensive, kinky, tire grabbing POS.9/9/16 update - I have no idea how this hose gets 5 star ratings. Yes it is light, the stainless steel fittings are nice and there is no pressure drop despite being 1/2" but I can't get over how poorly this hose behaves around car tires, lawn mower wheels, corners on the house and even trying to pull it off the Eley hose winder, especially for the super premium price. If you try to pull this hose off the winder at any angle, it still hangs up despite repeated daily use. I have to repeatedly walk back into the garage to pull it off the winder straight on. It doesn't kink up in warm weather but it is magnetic for anything it touches - it simply can't be pulled around anything without walking back to do it straight on. Bottom line is that this hose is WAY, WAY too expensive to have any of these flaws and unless you absolutely require a poly hose that is drinking water approved, look at the Eley hoses that are 1/2 the price and perform twice as well. I also can't figure out who said water plants requires a poly hose.7/27/16 update - the longer I own this hose, the less I like it. It has not "broken in" as I would have hoped. It gets caught on everything - tires, rocks and even the Eley hose winder forcing me to back into the garage to peel off more hose. My far cheaper Lowe's hose (50 feet/$50 with brass fittings) has far less "stickiness" than this hose. In retrospect, if I needed a "drinking water" hose, I would have bought the Eley polyurethane hose in 100 foot 5/8" size for $89. Water Right has this hose all wrong and it's simply a money maker for them. Very disappointed.Original review:I bought the 1/2" x 100 foot hose from Amazon Warehouse for about $30 off list price. It arrived in sort of a tangled mess in a generic box sans the original instructions so I got them online.Following the online directions, I laid the house out in the direct sun on an 85 degree day under pressure for about 90 minutes. The pro and con are below:Pro:- Love the tough, well made stainless connectors which are optional but worth the extra $$. Many hose companies are using "aircraft aluminum" for connectors and touting them as an advantage - they are not, the simply corrode and wear down quickly. Aluminum is simply cheaper in cost and easier to machine than brass and certainly the far harder stainless steel- Very light weight and easy to handle, coils well and lays flat off the hose reel- Not much pressure drop using the 1/2" hose versus the 5/8" hose I replaced. It may actually increase water pressure with the diameter the same as the copper water lines in my house- Drinking water safe and great for an RV- the 1/2" size hose takes up far less space on my Eley hose reel. I could easily add another 50 foot section to the 100 foot section I bought with no problemCon:- Expensive, see if you get a deal from Amazon Warehouse.- The hose can be tough to pull off an Eley hose reel from an angle. The hose may need more "break in" time but right now, it catches on the hose reel and car tires very easily. If that changes with use, I'll update this review.I rate products based on real world, hands on use. I flatly refuse to take ANY "discounts" or "freebies" for ANY review. I've given plenty of 5 star ratings to other products when they deserve them but this hose is way too expensive, gets caught on everything and is basically an overpriced, underperforming pain in the butt.

As others have pointed out it is important to stretch the hose out and let it sit before you spool it up.The hose overall is great, hands down the best hose I have ever used. Hopefully it lasts years, but from what I have seen it is well made and meets everything I want in a garden hose. I would recommend it and I will be buying another one for the front of the house.

Exactly as advertised. We have 1.5 acres... with many trees planted. It' much easier than the store bought hoses. And the stainless steel seems like a no-brainer to me.UPDATE: I used this on a hose coiled dispenser unit and the hose has cinched slightly where the stiffener is at the end... but has not leaked. I came here to buy more and even went to their site... and see no listing for stainless steel... which is frankly one of the reasons I love this hose!! Hopefully they still make them with stainless fittings.

Still kinks badly and not very maneuverable as it was represented..