Evening gents,
I thought I would ask as my main 6mm hose needs replacing.
Is there any difference between websites that sell them quality wise.
Cheers
Dazzler
I would expect that quality differences would be true as suppliers buy their product from different manufacturers. Not all the same manufacturers hose batches would be identical.
The first lot of hose we got was minibore from a business in Scotland called Cleantek.
We still have some on a hose reel in my garage. It is as stiff as a length of round bar. Hard to use in summer and nearly impossible to use in winter.
We have heard some not so good reports of some hose being sold on eBay by Circuit Hydraulics. Then again wcw received complaints of some hose they sold splitting, as did PureFreedom.
We have only ever purchased hose from Gardiners during the time they sold it. We did have a roll of minibore from them that was awful. It swelled a lot. We were cold water back then.
I brought another roll of minibore and microbore from Gardiners and they have served us well. Daqua are selling the same hose.
Others say that the hose from wcw is brilliant, so I guess some batches are better than others.
The windie who put up photos of his split hose was told to send it back. The company would then send it into their supplier for an assessment. If the manufacturer admitted the hose was faulty, then pf would refund the amount paid.
I understood their reasons for suggesting this process, but it didn't help the window cleaner.
So what I'm saying is that after sales service is also important when buying products.
Not every product failure can be determined to be the result of faulty materials or workmanship. In a case like this, it could be a claim settled on a goodwill basis.
