I almost ended my 33 year old marriage before sending in this order. My husband was making a dump run and decided to throw in all my soaker hoses that were nicely tied, labeled and laying next to our house. When some warm weather hit our region, I turned over my cover crop into my raised beds and I went to get my hoses. GONE! He confessed he thought they were trash - He doesn't even garden! I'm the gardener! I couldn't speak to him for days. He scoured our valley looking for replacements bringing home inadequate hoses that I vetoed. To make his action even worse was the fact I had all my Gilmour snap-on hose ends still on the now absent soaker hoses. On Sunday, he sweet talked me into breakfast at a restaurant (a rare occasion) and we visited 3-4 stores in search of 5/8 inch hoses. AND lucky for him we found them. His eyes grew wide and wider when he saw the price! When I got home, I searched EBAY and found my favorite hose snap-ons at a terrific price. Peace has returned to our home. Gerry in southern Oregon