Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka paipu kīhāpai no $15, a i ʻole he ʻumi manawa. E noʻonoʻo ana i ka hana maʻamau o ka hose—ka lawe ʻana i ka wai mai kahi faucet a i kahi nozzle i hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻoinu i ka mauʻu, holoi i ke kaʻa, a wai paha i nā keiki i ke ahiahi wela o ke kauwela-he maʻalahi ke koho i ka koho ʻoi loa. ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā koho ʻē aʻe, ma muli o kou kūlana.
No ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia hoʻokūkū lanakila, ua ʻoi aku ko mākou poʻe loea ma mua o 20 mau hola no ka nānā ʻana i ka ʻikepili ʻenehana, ka hui ʻana i nā paipu a me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana iā lākou ma kā mākou kahua hoʻāʻo o hope.
ʻO kā mākou mau ho'āʻo lima i kālele ʻia i ka hoʻohana ʻana, me ka maʻalahi o ka hose e hoʻopili ai i ka faucet a me ka spout. Ua loiloi pū nā mea hōʻike i ka maneuverability, me ka ʻike ʻana i kekahi ʻano e kink a māwae paha, a me ka maʻalahi o ka hose e hoʻopili ʻia i loko o kahi waihona. ka paipu kīhāpai kūpono iā ʻoe.
Inā he nui kāu mau hiʻohiʻona wai - hiki ke hoʻolaha ʻia ma nā kīhāpai meaʻai, nā kumu, a me ka nui o nā perennials make wai - ʻo ka hoʻolilo ʻana i $100 ma ka hose māla he mea hoʻopukapuka naʻauao maoli ia, ʻoiai inā mai Dramm 50-foot workhorse. Hana ʻia me ka lāʻau ultra-durable, ʻo kēia puʻupuʻu no-nonsense ua pale aku i ka hana ʻino ʻana a me ka huki ʻana i kā mākou mau hōʻike. nā lako keleawe (pololei ka "no-squeeze"). Ma kā mākou mau ho'āʻo hoʻohana, ua hana ka 5/8″ hose i ke kaomi nui, ua maʻalahi ke hoʻopili i nā faucets a me nā spouts, a ua maʻalahi ke hoʻomaha a hoʻi i loko.Eia nō naʻe, kūkulu ʻia ia no ka poʻe me ka wai nui a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe pono.
ʻO kēia ka ʻuala māla maikaʻi loa ma kā mākou papa inoa, a manaʻo ia, e hoʻomaka me ka hana vinyl, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka kink (mai loko o ka pahu, ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi curl maikaʻi ma kekahi ʻaoʻao). nā paipu ʻē aʻe. Akā naʻe, inā ʻoe e mālama pono iā ia (e mālama iā ia mai ka lā wela kahi e maloʻo ai, a mai hoʻokele i kāu kaʻa ma luna o laila), pono ia e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kekahi mau kau o ka lawelawe ʻana me ka ʻole o ka wai.
Hoʻohana ʻia nā hose kīhāpai inflatable i ka ikaika o ka wai e kahe ana i loko o lākou e hoʻonui i ko lākou lōʻihi piha a laila ʻaelike no ka mālama ʻana. He nani paha lākou, akā mahalo kā mākou poʻe akamai i ka maikaʻi holoʻokoʻa o kēia mana mai Knoikos. Inā ʻaʻole i hoʻohana ʻia, emi ka 50-kapuaʻi i ka 17 kapuaʻi a hiki ke pelu ʻia i loko o ka puʻupuʻu Knoikos nona wale nō. he paipu kūpono a maikaʻi loa a mākou e makemake ai e ʻike mai nā mea hana hou aʻe. I kā mākou mau hoʻāʻo ʻana, ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka pilina, a ua hoʻopuka ka hose i ka mana nui ma o nā hoʻonohonoho hoʻoheheʻe he ʻumi o ka nozzle. ʻO ke kūkulu ʻana, ua paʻa a paʻa nā mea keleawe paʻa, ʻoiai ʻo ka latex hose he māmā, maʻalahi ka hoʻolālā i hiki ke pale aku i nā kiʻekiʻe 13it a hiki i ke kiʻekiʻe Fahren1.
Ua lawe ka Flexzilla i ka hanohano Best Overall i waena o kā mākou mau mea hōʻike, e hāʻawi ana i ka Dramam i ka hoʻokūkū. ʻO kā mākou mau ho'āʻo lōʻihi, ʻo ka pahu ʻeleʻele i loko he alakaʻi ʻole a palekana no ka inu wai, ʻo ia ka mea maikaʻi inā mālama ʻoe iā ʻoe i ka wai ma waho o ka lau nahele, a inā ʻoe e hoʻohana ia mea e hoʻopiha ai i ka wai ʻauʻau keiki.
Ma waena o kāna hana kila kila a me nā mea paʻa keleawe paʻa, ua hui kēia paipa Bionic Billing i kā mākou mau hoʻāʻo. Ma muli o kona kūpaʻa, ʻo ka 50-foot hose he māmā a maʻalahi hoʻi e paʻa. Akā naʻe, ua ʻike kā mākou mau mea hōʻike no ka maʻalahi o ka hose, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hose ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe.ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hōʻoia i kēia hoʻopiʻi, hoʻopiʻi ʻo Bionic i kona kūpaʻa kūʻokoʻa i ka wā, me ka sub-zero Temperature.Ma muli o kā mākou ʻike ʻē aʻe me 304 stainless steel (ka mea no ka hose), ke manaʻolana nei mākou e hoʻokō ʻia nā koi, e lilo ia i koho maikaʻi no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka makahiki a puni i ka piʻi ʻana o ke anuanu (e hoʻopaʻa pono iā ʻoe he faucet antifreeze, a i ʻole e loaʻa paha ʻoe i ka paipu poha ʻia).
Inā he liʻiliʻi kāu mea e pono ai ka hoʻoinu wai - ka hoʻoinu ʻana i ka māla pahu a i ʻole ka ʻauʻau ʻana i kāu ʻīlio ma ka ʻaoʻao o hope - ʻo ka hose wili ʻia ke ala e hele ai. holoi i kou moku. ʻO ka hana polyurethane e hiki ai ke hoʻolālā maʻalahi a maʻalahi, akā i kā mākou ʻike me nā mea polyurethane, ʻaʻole hiki i ka HoseCoil ke lōʻihi e like me nā hoses ʻē aʻe o kā mākou puni.
ʻIke mua kā mākou poʻe loea i ka mākeke o kēia manawa e ʻike ai i ka hose kīhāpai āu e loaʻa ai ma nā papa hale kūʻai a me ka pūnaewele.
Hana ʻia nā hoʻokolohua lima ma nā hale o nā mea hōʻike like ʻole, i ʻae iā mākou e loiloi i ka hose i nā kūlana maoli.
A laila holo mākou i nā ho'āʻo ma ka hose no nā hola 12. No ke ana ʻana i ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻohana ʻana, hoʻopili mākou i kēlā me kēia paipu i ka faucet nui a me ka spout i nā manawa he nui, me ka ʻike ʻana i nā pilina paʻakikī a i ʻole nā ​​hōʻailona o ka degradation. kauo ʻo ia i kēlā me kēia paipu ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻōpala, me nā kihi o nā pou pōhaku a me nā ʻanuʻu metala;me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke kaomi like a me ke kihi, ua nānā mākou i nā hōʻailona mua o ka ʻaʻahu o ka hale. Ua hele pinepine mākou ma luna o nā paipu a me nā mea pono a holo me nā kaʻa kaʻa a me nā huila hoʻomaha lāʻau e ʻike pono ʻaʻole lākou e haki a nahā paha.
ʻO kā mākou mau hoʻāʻo lōʻihi, ʻo ia ka huki ʻana i ka hose ma luna o ke kihi ʻoi o ka pier brick ma ke kihi like a me ke kaomi.
Ua ʻimi pū nā mea hoʻāʻo i nā hōʻailona o nā kinks, no ka mea ke keʻakeʻa nei kēia i ke kahe ʻana o ka wai a hiki ke alakaʻi i ka pohā mua.
No ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hose kīhāpai maikaʻi loa no kāu mau pono, e noʻonoʻo i ka nui o ka waiwai a me ka nui o ka hose e hoʻohana ʻia a hoʻomāinoino ʻia.✔️Length: Loaʻa ka lōʻihi o nā hose kīhāpai mai 5 kapuaʻi a ʻoi aku ma mua o 100 kapuaʻi. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka nui o kāu waiwai ke kumu hoʻoholo.E hoʻomanaʻo, e kiʻi ʻoe ma kahi o 10 kapuaʻi ka mamao mai ka hose spray. ʻO ka minamina nui a mākou e lohe ai mai nā mea kūʻai aku, ʻo ia ke kūʻai ʻana i nā paipu he nui loa."E paʻa i ka hose a nīnau iā ʻoe iho inā makemake ʻoe e huki a puni."
✔️ Anawaena: ʻO ke anawaena o ka paipu e pili ana i ka nui o ka wai e hiki ke hele i loko o ia mea. E like me ka 3/8″ a hiki i ka 6/8″ iniha nā paipu kīhāpai. Hiki i ka hose ākea ke hoʻoneʻe i ka wai i ka manawa like, he mea kōkua nui ia no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe. nā koho:
E hoʻomaka kākou ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana e pili ana i ke ala hewa o ka mālama ʻana i nā paipu – i loko o ka ʻōpala ma lalo o ka faucet. ʻO kēia ka mea e hoʻonui ai i ka lole a me ka waimaka i ka hose a hoʻololi iā ia i mea pōʻino huakaʻi. ʻO kahi hanger hose, inā i kau ʻia ma ka paia a i ʻole ke kū kūʻokoʻa, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kāu hose a ma waho o ke ala, ʻoiai e ʻike mau ʻia ana. ʻO kekahi mau hangers he ʻano crank e kōkua i ka wili ʻana a me ka wehe ʻana, he mea kōkua inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi paipu lōʻihi o 75 kapuaʻi a ʻoi aku paha.
Hāʻawi ka Good Housekeeping Institute Home Improvement Lab i nā loiloi loea a me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo e pili ana i nā mea āpau e pili ana i ka home, me ka lau nahele a me nā mea kīhāpai.
No kēia hōʻike, ua hana pū ʻo Dan me Rachel Rothman, ka Luna ʻenehana a me ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Institute.