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<div dir="auto">Can't say what brand these are, but when I first worked for Binks in 1971, I bought (2) 25' lengths of red rubber jacket 5/16 air hose. They've been through every form of mistreatment and neglect I could do to them, hundreds of painting etc projects, left outside in all weather, and when not in use are hung on a bracket on the little compressor at the garage door, having spent lots of time in sun, rain, etc. <span style="font-size: 12pt;">The plated brass end fittings are badly worn from being dropped and dragged across the concrete all that time. Still not one crack, check, etc. on that hose.</span></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I don't know what all brands were <span style="font-size: 12pt;">used in the literally hundreds of hose assemblies we made, but I think all the major US hose manufacturers were represented in the hundred or more reels of hose in the hose bench stock back then.</span></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Clearly, today's materials should be superior but from the other hoses I've bought in the past decades, quality isn't like it was.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I do have a couple 25' lengths of 3/8" Goodyear air hose, with some cracking near the fittings. Maybe 7 years old. They've had no exposure to rain or solvents. <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Marked Made in USA, but I did buy them at Horrible Freight.</span></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A couple 25' lengths of alleged Michelin 5/16" hose that never left my hangar floor split and actually bubbled the liner out of the cord, in about 2 years. Also Horrible Freight.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Emergency purchase to replace that Michelin hose was a 50' 3/8" Flexzilla from Lowes. Incredibly cheap price, and other than being dirty (and that fluorescent color always fades on Flexzilla hoses and cords), it's still in great shape and flexible as ever, maybe 8 years later.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Karl </span></div><div dir='auto'><br></div>
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<p style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 8pt 0;">On May 17, 2023 3:02:01 PM old dirtbeard <dirtbeard@gmail.com> wrote:</p>
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<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I will second Bob's recommendation. I have some 30 year-old Goodyear hoses that still have not cracked or rotted. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 12:39 PM Bob Spidell <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net">bspidell@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Goodyear rubber is my go-to.<br>
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<div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:monospace">I need to replace the hose in my air-hose reel -
3/8", 50-ft. I don't mind paying for good quality but no need to
over-spend either. There appear to be materials options: rubber
(or 'heavy-duty' rubber), pvc, 'hybrid', and whatever
'flexzilla' is. Suggestions? What to avoid? Here are some of the
options I see:<br>
<a href="https://is.gd/XwKKjX" rel="noopener
noreferrer" target="_blank">https://is.gd/XwKKjX</a> Home
Depot<br>
<a href="https://is.gd/LTVegu" rel="noopener
noreferrer" target="_blank">https://is.gd/LTVegu</a> Harbor
Freight<br>
<a href="https://is.gd/ppaDT1" rel="noopener
noreferrer" target="_blank">https://is.gd/ppaDT1</a> Amazon</div>
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<div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:monospace">Thanks!</div>
<div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:monospace"> Lee</div>
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