Flexeel hoses - Contractor Talk - Professional Construction and Remodeling Forum

Mike Finley · 08-21-2006, 11:01 AM

Anybody upgraded to these compressor hoses? Do you find them worth the money?

**Cole** · 08-21-2006, 11:23 AM

Mike:
http://www.contractortalk.com/f40/flexeel-3541/#post29329

RobertCDF · 08-21-2006, 12:07 PM

It amazes me that there are still people who dont use flexeel hoses. I think they are worth more than they cost. Once you use one you will never go back. I have 2 100' and 2 25' (those 25's used to be 1 50'

) I need to get another 50'. BTW stay away from the stanley bostich knockoffs at lowes. I bought one when I melted a hole in my 50 with a sawzall blade... I get the new hose back to the jobsite and put the ends on it... It leaks so I try to tighten a little more... well the threading attached to the hose breaks off. What a hunk of junk.

Mike Finley · 08-21-2006, 03:54 PM

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Once you use one you will never go back.

That's what I wanted to hear. I'll make sure to avoid the knock-offs.

Mr. D · 08-21-2006, 04:28 PM

yes! great hoses! i use my old heavy ones to get me close and the flexeels for my guns. they eliminate the need for popeye forearms.

ApgarNJ · 08-21-2006, 07:35 PM

mike, i have a lot of their hoses. great stuff, i'll never buy another hose again.
what I do is run my compressor out of the way, so we don't hear it that much where we are working. i run normal makita brand heavier hose up to a splitter near where we are working and then use the flexeel to each gun.
that way i'm not spending money for the flexeel on long runs that are just lying on the ground.
you don't even feel the hose when you pick up the gun.

my only gripe, and it's not a deal breaker, is that they are a pain to coil back up sometimes. they kinda get a memory if you know what i mean. so it's good to walk them out completely straight before there is any pressure in them, so they don't get all coiled up and snag on everything when you trying to work.
when i first got mine, i laid them all out straight for a while in the lawn. they didn't get so coiled up as easily after that. the factory packs them in a tight coil, so you gotta get that memory out of the hose.

Bradracer18 · 08-22-2006, 12:55 PM

If you and another guy take these hoses, when first new......walk away from eachother and actually "stretch" the hose....it will stop them from coiling up a little......don't get carried away.....but you'll feel it stretch quite a bit.....

**Double-A** · 08-22-2006, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ApgarNJ

so they don't get all coiled up and snag on everything when you trying to work.

If I ever fall out of a plane, I hope I have an extension cord in one hand and an airhose in the other. I know those will catch on something. Screw a parachute.

ApgarNJ · 08-24-2006, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Bradracer18

If you and another guy take these hoses, when first new......walk away from eachother and actually "stretch" the hose....it will stop them from coiling up a little......don't get carried away.....but you'll feel it stretch quite a bit.....

good tip. i never tried the stretch thing, just layed them out straight in the grass. i'll have to try that.

RobertCDF · 08-24-2006, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Double-A

If I ever fall out of a plane, I hope I have an extension cord in one hand and an airhose in the other. I know those will catch on something. Screw a parachute.

That is so the frickin truth... just the other day I was less than 5' from the compressor with a 100' hose (streached out into the grass nicely so it dont get tangled) and I could not even get the nailer to where I needed it.

gtdail · 08-27-2006, 08:55 PM

They are worth their weight in gold. Every time I buy a new one I stretch it till all the reinforcing cords on the inside pop you can feel them pop. I start on one end and stand on the hose about 4 feet from the end and pull till I don’t here any more popping when you get done they will lay flat. This might make them weaker but I have never heard one break and I have pulled on them pretty hard.

Fauker_9 · 08-28-2006, 08:19 PM

Not a big fan of flex eel . I go down to my local hardware store a buy a 100' box of polywhatever hose for 9.99 put a couple ends on it and I've got a good no worry free hose that any one of the guys can cut, nail, burn, or break without ruining my day. They are horrible when they are new for the first two days, after the slinky effect wears off, I would rather use them than flexeel even if they did cost more. They have no rubber qualities whatsoever, for example, plywooding a roof, you are heading up about four sheets high, the flexeel is going to get snagged on the first row just be friction the plastic stuff will not.

Bradracer18 · 08-29-2006, 10:25 PM

kinda true.....but you learn to work around/compensate for that......when you are the one holding the gun and the hose, believe me......they are worth it........

krw-wcbd · 08-30-2006, 07:51 AM

Is there any other kind of hose? Flexeel hoses are the best around. They dont get stiff in the winter, they roll up easily, and if you happen to shoot through one you can cut out the hole and repair it in just a few seconds ( unless you shoot the middle of a 100' hose -- then you just make to 50 footers out of it)

johnclark · 09-12-2006, 05:17 PM

Flexeel is awesome, well worth the money.

They are so light weight and they never tangle. If you buy online you can get them for great prices. I have found the best prices at tooldomain.com.