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Mac, I couldn't agree more about the high quality hose. You'll pay a lot more up front but the hose will stay flexible in all weather and last many, many years. I use Parker Hannifin Push-Loc hose. It is a synthetic rubber hose that is extremely flexible, even in very cold weather. Very easy to coil up by hand...unlike some hose, it just seems to naturally fall into loops when coiling up. Mine is over 15 yrs old and I suspect it is similar to your high-end Goodyear. My hose gets dragged around the shop floor all the time, stepped on, run over, what-have-you. Still like new. You will not find hose like that in discount catalogs or part of package deals. I once bought 50 feet of "cheap" rubber hose to supply breathing air to a respirator. Since I dedicated it to respirator use, it never got to see any hard duty at all. Matter of fact I think I used it only a couple of times...never in sunlight. Just one year later, It was cracking all over, plus there were a few bubbles beginning to develop under the outer casing. I had to begin taping the damn thing up. Shortly thereafter I threw the thing away...realizing it was one of those deals that really WAS too good to be true. I have replaced it with the PVC hose that contractors typically use for pneumatic nailers and such. If one doesn't want to spend the extra for a great rubber hose, the PVC stuff seems pretty good, at least for light duty use, and is less expensive. I keep the good rubber hose for my shop tools and the PVC hose for my breathing air. I would recommend the PVC stuff over the "discount" rubber hose any day. Rod
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