(3" Dia. x 100 ft) - HydroMaxx® 6 Bar Heavy Duty Reinforced PVC Lay Flat Discharge and Backwash Hose

Costs more and worth every penny. This is a very heavy duty hose. I live in Arizona and the sun and cactus spines are tough on my pool backwash hose. I went for the cheapest one last time and it did not last at all. I have not had this very long, but I'm very confident it will last for a good number of years. Update Nov. 2019: I just happened across this old order and thought I would update this review. I've had the hose for 4 years now. I used to roll it up and at least semi-protect when not actively using it for backwashing, but I've gotten lazy and it has been in the Arizona sun for the last couple of years. It is still doing fine and I still completely recommend it. Update October 2021: I just ordered a new hose. The 6 year old stuff is starting to leak. Like I say above, I got lazy a number of years ago and it has been abused in the Arizona sun. Great hose. I just hope the new one is same as the old. I'll update if it is not.

Good quality hose for pool draining. Definitely heavy duty, thick, reinforced. I bought the 100 ft roll. Haven’t noticed any leaks but I have no need to put it under pressure. Just connected to the pump and let er flow. Just made sure there were no kinks along the way.

Works great and heavy duty

I got this to use as a drain hose for the rv. The rv has a macerater and a smaller hose, but it’s too short to reach my sewer clean out. I hoped this hose would work, but it was difficult to make it work for my use. There’s not a lot of pressure from the pump, so the hose tends to stay flat or kink. I cut it shorter, since I didn’t need it to be 25’, with scissors, and tried again. It was better, but still a pain. Oh well. I’ll just get a regular hose. If you’re going to use this with a stronger pump, it’ll work great. Maybe just letting it lay out in the sun for a bit would help too. It’s a good hose and compact. Didn’t work for me, so I knocked it down a star, but will probably work for you.

Very high quality - using for pool draining from 1 1/2" pipe. Might be over-kill but should last forever. FYI - Don't recommend storing inside a home - The "gas-off" odor is extremely intense, so would be better if permanently stored outside, which isn't possible where I live in cold weather. I kept smelling a gaseous type odor in my entire basement, traced it back to this one item in a small mechanical room within the basement. So I moved to a garage. Another tip - I needed about 125' so used some sections of 1 1/2" PVC tubing with couplers and hose clamp for the remaining distance. Using this PVC pipe at the end of the line, there is limited pressure and you can just fit the PVC sections together without cementing, take apart for easy storage.

The most heavy duty hose you can by. the last hose you will ever need. I run over it with my 1 ton Dodge Ram duelly and dont worry about leaks. it is a bit heavy to pull nack and coil up but it will last forever, never burst if a little kink in hose. I can now backwash my pool from the other side of a fence with out having to worry about the hose, going to the street. over 100 feet away. I went through, regular hoses, heavy duty ones and they lasted a season at best. this hose is a beast. loot at the shipping weight. Like I said I run over it with my cars, lawn mover ect. my other hoses i would not even step on.

I bought this for irrigation and installed it a few months after buying it. When I started up the system this Layflat hose had holes all over in it. Many of the holes were at the same distances making me think it was damage on the roll and the holes are just repeating. The entire roll is junk and I'll have to replace.

For the price I paid, I'm not disappointed, but ... This discharge hose it heavier in weight than the hose it replaced, making it more of a chore to move, but does not appear to be any heavier duty (I guess time will tell). This hose is also prone to crimps, you have to be careful when laying it out, even with 50psi you still have to untwist or straighten..

It is heavy and it works really well. All the other ones used to break but this one doesn’t seem to be doing that.

Tried it once so far, worked just like my old 14 year old one that split recently. This type is cost effective but is hard to find as my usual pool supply stores didn't have this. Glad I found it at CT!

It is in use as a discharge line on an RV macerator septic system. Works perfectly as long as it has no kinks folds or bends.

This is real Heavy Duty. Very thick material. I noticed some of the negative reviews are saying it's too heavy to handle. Of course it's heavy, because it's thicker.

Used it for my pond over flow