We buy PVC garden hose in the store, many consumers will be worried, in the end what is considered advantageous hose, a good plastic hose can be used for 3-5 years, while the poor quality of less than 1 year will appear oil, hardening, discoloration and other phenomena. It is recommended that you can identify its quality by taking look, touch and smell method.
Look: first of all, we should look at the appearance of the hose, from the color luster, the thickness of the wall, the sparse density and uniformity of the network, the cross-sectional material distribution of the body of the tube to determine the condition. The more uniform the color, the thicker the wall thickness of the tube in the same specification, the denser and more uniform the network, the more regular the distribution of material in the cross-section of the tube body, no honeycomb.
Touch: the smoothness of the surface, feel the surface with your hands whether it is smooth; bend the tube to see if he will rebound and the speed of rebound, the faster the rebound speed, the better the proof of its elasticity, the less likely to deform.
Smell: whether it comes with some pungent smell, if you can obviously smell the pungent smell, it means that the PVC garden hose non-environmental protection material.