I went from Exceed blue , which wore out, straight onto Gardiner’s pu hose and although quite similar, I found the Gardiner hose tended to twist up more frequently than the Exceed hose and when reeling in, the Gardiner hose tended to kink and knot up ( I use a cloth when reeling in) quite a bit more than the Exceed hose which seemed to unravel more on the reel in.
They are both decent, but imo, the Exceed is better overall.