Exploding hose pipes !

It had that but I bought a new one on a plastic wheel thing so you wind it in and the first time I used it the plastic broke so now I can’t reel it in and have to try and roll it up It’s a flat hose and it cricked so easily that it’s a task and a half to roll up or to roll out so there s no kinks in it an absolute pain I thought it would be better than the round rubber hose
Silly me

It happened with a cheap one I bought but my Hozelock one is [touch wood] doing ok. One of my pet hates is untangling hosepipes so I find the expandable ones suit me.

DH bought a stainless steel garden hose. He keeps it in a plastic storage box in a heap! It came with a feel but he hasn't bothered with that. It's a marvellous thing, it doesn't tangle at all. It wasn't cheap, but it's well worth the money.

Do you mean like this one Maybelle? Ours stretches for miles when I tug and uncurl it, still going strong after 3 or 4 years. Where did yours explode?

Hi ellianne not like yours, mine just shrivelled back into it's self.
It had a cover over a core that expanded when water was run through it.
Would you recommend the coil one you have ?

Funnily enough this happened last week when the husband was doing some watering ... he is very prone to breaking things, so I wasn't really surprised! We tried to find a coiled one as the people over the road have one that seems indestructible but ended up with what looks like a sturdier version of the expanding hose.
Cautiously optimistic!!!