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If you try to roll up any other way it may become a twisted up mess. When you get ready to wind up for the day just grab one end of the hose and walk until it's in a straight line, then roll it up. I can really feel a difference after a day of crown mold or other over-head nailing.these hoses are super light.and easy to repair. These polyurethane air hoses are really the way to go. Rubber hoses went out with dragging your women by the hair and toting clubs.
You do not even know it is attached to your gun. Best air hose ever. Buy it. Rolls up into nice loose coils out of the package. First day I got it, it unrolled strait and easy. Does not kink.
The hose is light, super flexible, lays flat on the floor, and is easy to move around. This hose is great. Now I have hose envy, I want one in 3/8" Oh well. I am currently using it with my new PC 350A framing nail gun and it delivered plenty of air with 50' of 3/8" plus this 50' of 1/4" hose. I purchased this for an upstairs renovation project that my current hose just couldn't reach. (the air compressor is in the garage) I figured I would use this as a extension whip for use in the second level and I was impressed.
I strongly recommend a cord wheel, to try to maintain control of this skinny snake.Many purchasers of the PUR hose seem to either love it or hate it. Although it unrolls more easily than a thicker rubber hose, especially in cold weather, the 50 foot long PUR hose wants to re-coil itself so badly that it tangles as easily as a 100 foot long, 16 gauge extension cord. If you unroll it completely, and carefully lay it out on the floor, it will remain relatively tangle free. I guess I'm somewhere in between. (great for nailing the casing on the other side of a closed door, without having to move the compressor into the same room).This hose is super flexible. I'm a remodel carpenter.
Even an accidental encounter with some carpet tackstrip didn't puncture it. Rolling this thing up at the end of the day can make you forget about how light and thin it is, and might cause you to regret spending the extra money on a hose that you probably can't kill, yet might want to give away, if you can untangle it from your feet. I've owned one of these hoses for 5 years, and it gets used whenever I do trim carpentry. Maybe TOO flexible. I still use it, but I won't rush to buy another one. It's very lightweight, and seemingly indestructible.
Its small diameter allows it to easily slip beneath a closed door, unlike my other, thick rubber hoses.
But it tangles easily and suface is not so strong, I don't use it extensively, only use it in short distance and/or simple jobs. Since then, I have to pay extra attention to protect the line than other hoses.I've used many hoses, including all kinds of rubber hoses.Overall it's a good hose. But when I move the hose here and there, it tangles more than rubber line in summer.In winter, it's stiffer but still more flexible than average rubber hose.One time, I dropped 2x4, and the hose cracked easily.
It's very flexible and light weighted that I don't feel anything behind nail gun. Once they get stuck together, I have to spend quite some time to untangle it. I've used this hose for a year, that is, both winter and summer.
If you maintain the hose straight, it'd be ok. Don't recommend this hose for any tough jobs at all. Have noticed one problem in summer.
The surface of hose is a little stikcy, so it tangles each other easily.
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