I've always bought hose from pure freedom (pre take over) and been happy with it but made the mistake of getting some minibore from "spotless" because like you I was ordering stuff from them anyway so just added to the order. . Won't make that mistake again, if your happy with whoever you've bought hose from in the past I suggest you stick with them. There is definitely a difference in quality between manufactures, "spotless" minibore kinks all the time.