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How to Pick the Perfect Replacement Hose

By Jon Hoch, Founder (Bolingbrook, IL)

High-pressure hoses are a lot like car tires. After so much use (or misuse), they eventually wear down and need replacing.

Consider these four options as you try to clone your broken hose:

1. Length
This is a no-brainer. Get a long hose or a short hose. That’s easy.

2. Diameter
Diameter is a little trickier. Hoses come in three widths: 1/4”, 5/16”, 3/8”.

Small (1/4") hoses are the most common. They are designed for consumer-grade electric and small gas power washers with pressure less than 2700 psi.

Mid-sized...

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