Interested In Advertising? | Contact Us Here
Warning!

 

Welcome to Clean It Up; the UK`s largest cleaning forum with over 34,000 members

 

Please login or register to post and reply to topics.      

 

Forgot your password? Click here

JSMC

  • Posts: 3511
what inner diameter hose do you all use?
« on: January 11, 2008, 06:11:29 pm »
what is most commonly used ID hose by all of you guys?

alanwilson

  • Posts: 1885
Re: what inner diameter hose do you all use?
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2008, 06:13:31 pm »
I use 70metres of 6mm (microbore) on both my reels, can have the flow rate as high as I like and its nicer to use than the 8mm.
I've never been to bed with an ugly bird but I've woken up with loads!

Jeff Brimble

  • Posts: 4347
Re: what inner diameter hose do you all use?
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2008, 07:36:51 pm »
4mm soft and flexible, lightweight silicon hose for me.

Alex Gardiner

  • Posts: 7744
Re: what inner diameter hose do you all use?
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2008, 07:40:44 pm »
Statistically more of our customers buy 6mm. This may be due to the fact though that this is what we promote as we find that it works best.

Re: what inner diameter hose do you all use?
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2008, 07:50:49 pm »
I use Gardiner's microbore that Alex came up with, it's the bizz.

Dean Aspects

  • Posts: 1786
Re: what inner diameter hose do you all use?
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2008, 07:52:45 pm »
I use the 8mm id minibore works well for me but its the only hose i have used

Dean

Bazzy1999

  • Posts: 986
Re: what inner diameter hose do you all use?
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2008, 09:36:10 pm »
I use the 8mm id minibore works well for me but its the only hose i have used

Dean


Same here

Bazzy...

Chris Cottrell

  • Posts: 3162

rhys11

  • Posts: 433
Re: what inner diameter hose do you all use?
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2008, 01:10:15 am »
i got 100m of 6mm Microbore good stuf light to move around
rhys

alanwilson

  • Posts: 1885
Re: what inner diameter hose do you all use?
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2008, 01:11:16 am »
might get some of varitechs new rubber inside microbore, although I see wintecs is doing it for 43quid plus vat for 100m
I've never been to bed with an ugly bird but I've woken up with loads!

rhys11

  • Posts: 433
Re: what inner diameter hose do you all use?
« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2008, 01:57:46 am »
thats what i got i just let cars and lorries drive over mine strong as anything
rhys

alanwilson

  • Posts: 1885
Re: what inner diameter hose do you all use?
« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2008, 01:59:19 am »
so you'd recommend it?

is it as nice and flexible as they say it is?
I've never been to bed with an ugly bird but I've woken up with loads!

rhys11

  • Posts: 433
Re: what inner diameter hose do you all use?
« Reply #12 on: January 12, 2008, 02:05:24 am »
its a bit stiff to start off with but within a month of winding in and out there is more play in it and its liter to move around and wind in as well
rhys

Re: what inner diameter hose do you all use?
« Reply #13 on: January 12, 2008, 02:21:27 am »
its a bit stiff to start off with but within a month of winding in and out there is more play in it and its liter to move around and wind in as well
stick that in hot water and it will sort that out  ;) but to be honest you want the hose stiff as when it becomes plyable it is a right royal pain in the ...

Pj

Re: what inner diameter hose do you all use?
« Reply #14 on: January 12, 2008, 08:15:03 am »
8mm minibore.  Never had a problem yet.

pootwo

Re: what inner diameter hose do you all use?
« Reply #15 on: January 12, 2008, 08:59:45 pm »
6mm mico 100 m