3 Retractable Hoses Compared!

what's up everyone this is James White with freakin interviews bringing you As Seen on TV product reviews gadget views and more and if you like what you see in this video please consider subscribing for more videos like this now today I've got a 3-way comparison of retractable hoses also called expandable hoses because they expand and contract I've got the pocket hose the flexi hose and the TBI pro all three popular in 2019 so let's see how they compare at the base review are you I'm sure you guys have seen the expandable hoses have been around for probably since about 2012 I think when the first pocket hose came out and they come out with many versions since then in fact I've count eight pocket hoses have come out that I recall the pocket hose pocket hose ultra the pocket hose the rib pocket hose do rip two pocket hose top brass pocket hose top brass two and the pocket hose brass bullet and now I've got the pocket hose silver bullet making 8 pocket hoses I'm aware of I decided to compare it to the Amazon choice flexi hose and the Amazon number one bestseller the TBI pro so I thought that would be a good way of seeing how these three F hoses compare now the Silver Bullet isn't really advertising but I did see a big display in bed the Bath and Beyond so it's a new item it's just not really being heavily promoted alright let's first talk about the pocket hose Silver Bullet and my question would be why have they keep coming out with new versions why wasn't the original good enough and that's because the consumer ratings have only been that great for a lot of the previous pocket hoses so they keep making them a stronger and stronger but yet the consumer ratings still don't reflect a great pocket hose experience I would say this is the lightest of the three it certainly is light it also hasn't probably the least impressive nozzle of the three because that's that's really all there is to it so without further delay let's attach the Silver Bullet and see how it looks [Applause] this is the Hercules hose which I've had I for two years and has worked pretty well talk about that later now we're gonna attach the pocket hose silver-bullet all right Bailey this is not for you all right what's cool about these expandable hoses is that you turn the hose on and they slowly fill up the water and expand what's that Bailey look at it there it goes alright looks fully expanded no leaks Bailey is inspecting it to make sure it's okay I think it passed her test cuz she walked away from it you know I've turned the water all the way up so we have a very narrow stream I don't know if you can see how we'll narrow that stream is look on the air that is and then as you turn it it widens up and that's that's all the way open all the way over the fence yeah I'm gonna water my half dead plant over there that's all I really have out here is living I'm gonna close this all the way up everybody look at the ball all right on first used it seemed to work pretty well I'm going to sit under pressure for maybe about 20-30 minutes which I don't think is unreasonable I think that's about how long someone would probably use their hose come out here and check it and then drain it and go to the next one while that one's under pressure I'm gonna say something about the retractable hoses they've been kind of a little bit mixed reviews there's the features are that they're light that they are easy to carry around because there's only a couple pounds the only problem is that people haven't really been too happy with them because over time they've tend to not hold up now obviously review like this I'm not gonna be able to test at long-term durability but when I do have a problem with any of them I will let you know on one of my other social media sites it seems like every year you get a new retractable hose it's better than last one but you always see end up hearing complaints that they fail so I don't know if they've really gotten this technology down because the problem is that for these retractable hoses to really work you have to use them and then drain them and then take them inside out of the Sun in order to not degrade them now behind me I've got two metal garden hoses at about here for two years now outside in below freezing temperature and temperatures over 115 degrees Bailey plays all over them we walk on them step on them I try to cut one in half and they still work perfectly those are the hoses that I prefer as far as the SC on TD hoses go these are tractable one's a little bit too dainty for my purposes but let's see if this one holds up and then we'll go on the next two alright it's been about 30 minutes and it still held up so that's a good sign now I've got to drain the water out and let it retract alright while the water is starting to slow down here it is retracting alright so the water is now gone and what I have to do now is disconnect this and dump all the remaining water out and the stored inside that's how the process goes I don't like the metal hoses which I left under pressure I left outside for two years don't then do any of that stuff step on it step on it you're still a fan of these to be honest but let's check it out I can I want to do this in a way that all the water is gonna stay down there and come out at the end which is doing and there we go not too bad pretty quick process and it is extremely light that's the one thing I do like about these hoses is how light they are now onto the flexi hose all right next up we got the flexi hose this one was 30 bucks is listed as a Amazon's choice that's the reason I picked this one else get a lot of reviews for it it comes with this nozzle which I don't find it be particularly impressive all the way it certainly is functional definitely heavier than the pocket hose Silver Bullet my biggest gripe with this one is this on/off switch is very difficult to turn I found that it it took channel locks for me to get this thing loosened enough after doing enough it kind of loosened up but I literally could not turn it the first time I had it out of the box so that aside let's take a look at how the flexi hose works all right next up its the flexi hose and it comes with this nozzle as well so let me let me attach that and see how it works this is kind of a cheap plastic nozzle it seems like something you'd find almost at the dollar store I'm not overly impressed by the nozzle itself but let me make sure this isn't tangled it is tangled there it goes we have expansion now two of the instructions say you're supposed to put the water on slowly and then ramp up the pressure which is what I'm doing here the pocket hose didn't say that but I did it without it anyways okay now I'm gonna go all the way full blast full water pressure okay the water pressures all the way up let's try it out I'll start off with a stream oh I need to turn this this as well oh whoa okay head of tighten that up a little bit more a little bit oh come on Bailey Bailey look at you now okay so let me try the different settings center vertical suits my bae likes the best flat that's like four bushes okay okay full that's like full pressure shower i'll look at this one really really missed cone oh wow and back to stream again so what i'm gonna do is leave this under pressure for about thirty minutes like i did with the first one come back out make sure it's not leaking and then retract it i got to brush her off and i'll look at that alright it's been 30 minutes it looks like it hasn't popped or is leaking so that's great so now what i got to do is drain it out coil it up and go to the next hose I'm just buying it as you can see it's starting to contract see this okay completely empty now as you can see it's the water's coming out as I do this this one was a success let's go on to the next one now all right it's time for the TBI pro this is the most expensive at forty bucks but it's also listed as a number one bestseller on Amazon with a 4.5 rating and it also comes with this nice nozzle here compared to the flexi hose nozzle cheap plastic so I have a feeling this one's gonna hold up longer they have this tab here so you can not have to hold the handle down when you're spraying that's kind of nice they also have an on/off lever which is much smoother the only thing I didn't really like about this one is that compared to the pocket was Silver Bullet which seems like it dries almost immediately this one seemed to kind of stay damp for a while I see my only complaint about that one but you also get this hose splitter which is kind of a nice feature and this is maybe limited value which is a hose holder and they also give you some extra washers as well so so let's take the TBI Pro up back and see how it does on our first test we've got the TBI Pro and they had their zinc nozzle which is very nice is heavy I'll be care see how this one works this looks very familiar doesn't was just like the other one from the flexi hose but this one look how easy that one goes no channel locks required for that one and it's expanding it's pretty cool huh I like it all right it is then expanding I'm gonna crank the water all the way up full pressure here this seems like it's much better made than the other one it shows you the spray pattern let's go through all these oh okay that's a very fine mist okay cone oh that stream um um um a wider stream okay alright there's a lot of different choices in this one and so far it looks like it's holding up as well so once again we're gonna leave this one under pressure for 30 minutes to come out and see how it does and then go on to our next test all right it's been a half an hour and this one is not leaked either so it's time to drain this one I see you see it's for trekking now it is retracting alright checking out the size of these and there they are looks like the TBI is about 19 feet as we walk down to the end here you'll see that the the flexi hose is about 18 feet and the pocket hose silver ball it's about 20 feet all right they're already a lot of tests I can do but I do want to show that all these hoses are non kink so here's the TP I Pro first as you see I am kinking it it doesn't really kink that's the thing I'm squeezing it and it's still still working perfectly so these hoses are very good at not kinking next time I'm gonna try the pocket hose silver bowl but I'm gonna take off their nozzle and use the one from the TBI Pro because supposedly all these can use any nozzle let's find that out and then try the kink test pocket hose silver bullet with the TBI Pro nozzle and the kinking is also not an issue I'm squeezing it ah still working I will say that when the pocket hose silver bullet is completely expanded it does seem a little bit tighter than the TBI if that makes sense the TBI seemed like it was a little more flexible when it was completely expanded and last but not least I have the flexi hose with the TBI nozzle which I happen to like the most on there let's try the kink test all right again no kinkajou does not kink it's working fine so I think all three of them Bailey I think all three of them past the kink test I think this one as far as flexibility while expanding it falls in between the other two not quite as flexible as the I'm a little bit more flexible than the pocket ho silver bullet to take a look at the three nozzles included this is the pocket ho silver bullet this is the flexi hose and this is the TBI obviously the TBI the by far the best of the nozzles it's actually a really nice nozzle these are a little bit underwhelming not too bad but this is certainly the best so there seems to be about three categories of people who have problems with these retractable hoses the first category would be those who use it and within a few uses at bursts they burst in the seams they burst of the fittings that just doesn't work almost right out of the box then there are those who have no problems for a season they put it away for the winter and they pull it on the spring and then it doesn't work like maybe the cold or the dryness being in the garage degraded it during the cold months then the third category would be those who didn't follow the instructions they leave it out in the Sun under pressure or and then it doesn't work because it's not designed to do that I posted pictures on social media and here's some of the responses I got we had one it was working well until one day turning on it made a loud pop and water started coming everywhere I had the original pocket hose it fell apart pretty quickly I had one rip down the middle on the second use hole waste my money anymore on those we've had the same one for three years now and I love it I've had three notice I said had leaked broke etc this person has the they believe the xhose they love it they say that it's lightweight and easy to maneuver around in store this person said tried a few they all broke probably my favorite comment is on Twitter from bubble truck window-cleaning says I use one for work every day I'm a window cleaner they work all year long the best part is it stays extremely flexible and cold freezing temperatures there are designs that break but there are designs that work excellent I think that sums it up pretty well so as you can see the experiences really seem to vary a lot and I think that those three things that I talked about are the reasons why so it's really hard to tell how long these three are going to last I've had him out here for a while now and they're all working fine I of course I'm following the instructions I can guarantee if I put it under pressure out of the Sun they wouldn't last more than about an hour in fact here's a clip of the original pocket hose of brass bullet when I wanted to see how long it would last out of the Sun lasts about 45 minutes check this out it is a hundred and eight degrees out here Oh No Oh No all right so we got we got a problem here what is going on here oh that's just that's terrible oh look at this look how much is coming out of there that's not a fair demonstration because that's not following the instructions but that's what happens when you leave it outside under pressure but overall all three of these are working pretty well so far if I had to choose one of these I would go with the TBI Pro it seems to be better made it might be $40 but it has those nice accessories with it as well they seem like they're also well made again the proof will be over the long haul how well all these hold up and I'll let you know if anything changes if I had to pick a second choice I would go with the pot could hose silver bullet it's the lightest of them all and the previous brass bullet again it lasted throughout most of summer and failed only when I broke the rules basically I don't like the flexing hose as much mainly because that lever on there is almost impossible to turn sometimes to me that puts it below the other two all right so that's all I've got if you've had experiences with these retractable hoses tell me what you think in the comments below anything changes I will certainly let you know how it goes with these three please follow my social profiles for progress pictures videos as I go and please subscribe for more product reviews to meet James White with freaking reviews you

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Length: 16min 55sec (1015 seconds)

Published: Wed Mar 13 2019