Just as gardening tools have become high tech, so have hoses. You can buy PVC-reinforced hoses with UV coatings. You can get flat hoses or curly ones that look like old-fashioned telephone cords.

The hose is made of clear PVC with a steel-wire reinforcement completely encased in the tubing that lets the hose resist kinking, crushing, and collapse. Vardex has a mirror-smooth inner surface ...