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expired Posted by DoctorD0S • May 22, 2025
May 22, 2025 3:06 AM
100' 5/8" Flexzilla Heavy Duty/Lightweight Flexzilla Garden Hose (ZillaGreen)
+ Free S/H$54
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Yes, they are the best performing hose and they are great. But unless you are using them in a cleanroom indoors, they turn into a sticky, crappy, unfixable mess after a very short period of time.
Mold and everything else.
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I am being serious.
Most consumer hoses are made with recycled/reclaimed resin. They bury it inside the construction. That's where you might find lead because no one can guarantee the content of the recycled resin that's sold to these companies. Most hoses are commodity products meaning they are driven by price. If a manufacturer can cut costs they are going to do it anywhere they can. That's also why some hoses aren't rated for sale in CA. In those cases what they do is make a 3 layer hose - put the recycle in the middle so it's encapsulated by virgin (new) plastic. Another way to tell is to look at the inside of the hose. If it looks rough or lumpy, that means they used recycled/reclaimed resin. that doesn't necessarily mean it has lead, it just means it's not virgin resin.
Legacy makes Flexzilla out of 100% new resin. No recycle/reclaim resin at all, even their own scrap is not reintroduced into the final product. Lead is not used as an PVC stabilizer in the US any longer. Flexzilla is MOSTLY made in the US, in Iowa. SOME of the hose is still sourced from Taiwan. An easy way to tell is if the Flexzilla logo is printed on the hose, it's from Taiwan. If it just has some numbers, it's US-made.
The other big manufacturer of hose is swan who sells under their own brand but also private labels for home Depot, Scotts, etc. most of those hoses are the kind where they get the cheapest trash they can find to bury inside the hose.
I can't go into specifics but I have first hand source for information like this. I have intimate knowledge of the manufacturing processes.
You sound like a supply chain guy! Thanks for the intel!
I ended up buying the 250ft bulk flexzilla hose with no fittings, and I bought the brass fittings and quick connects from Eley. Ended up making a 200ft hose and a 50ft hose. Definitely not the cheap option and attaching the fittings definitely had a learning curve, but I have to say the flexzilla hose is great and the Eley fittings are insanely high quality. Couldn't be happier with the combo.
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I got the 50ft for $50, will buy a second if I need one.