Wrap Hoses Like a Pro! Never Get Tangles or Knots Again
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- Опубликовано: 10 май 2024
- Learn the unknown secrets to wrapping hoses like a pro and say goodbye to tangles and knots for good! In this video, we demonstrate step by step techniques to keep your hoses organized and easy to use. Whether you're a gardener, a homeowner, or a professional, these tips will save you time and a LOT of frustration.
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I really encourage you to go and try these two methods out for yourself! I really think you will be amazed. If you could, let me know how well they worked for you here in the comments!
I just tried it. I will never wrap a hose like I used to again! Thank you, it works so well!
Better you offer a free brain with this, very few understand hoses, but you understand ebegging.
Most people are going to use a hose reel for garden hoses, especially for home use but the figure eight over under methods work well for contractor work. The only problem I see is getting the water out of the hose which you didn’t elaborate on but a hose reel uses simple Archimedes Screw mechanics to remove most of the water from the hose providing you open or remove the nozzle from the male end of the hose. You are going to have to walkout the hose with the hose over your head to get the water out or you’re going to be manhandling a heavy hose full of water.
When I was a contractor using air hoses for the pumps, we would lay the hose out straight then whip it in loops to quickly coil it up. Never had any tangle issues and the hose automatically adjusted to its coil diameter and orientation. It only takes less than thirty seconds to coil a hose this way. When I first started working there I was coiling your way but my coworkers showed me their method and I was immediately convinced.
I would use the second method I know it from my guitar cables and are used to do that but since I am not the only one using the hoses on our ship and because it takes ages to learn old dogs new tricks I decided that the easiest way is to simply take up the hose and lay it out on the floor untangled.
Never fails and is fairly quick.
With something as large as a hose, there is one HUGE caveat you should note with using cross-coiling (over/under). When you go to pull the hose out, make absolutely certain that you don't pull the wrong end through the loops, because if you do, every loop becomes a knot. It's uncommon, but it does happen, especially to newbies in the cross-coiling technique.
2nd method is like over under method for wrapping audio cables. Neat!
You are absolutely right! Very similar. Works great on the hoses too.
a.k.a. french loop... good to keep this ancient knowledge alive, thx
When I was about 10 (1962) my grandfather showed me how to spool hoses and ropes so they wouldn't tangle. It was a skill he had learned in the _Great War_ trenches in 1914 or 1915. I remember that second technique. He also taught me how to darn socks (a skill I have been delighted to unlearn), cut heavyweight thread by hand, using the thread to cut itself, and many other useful skills.
I wish he written all his techniques down, and possibly published them.
Over/under works like a champ. He makes it harder than it is. Learned this technique 35 years ago on the fire dept.
I used the second method in the fire dept. We called it a half-hitch roll. Can be used with extention cords and 550 cord also. Good video!
Can verify this works with stiff air compressor hoses too.
Professional “grips” in theater or film will also do over/under loops when they’re wrapping wire cables. The theory is that you can just toss the cable bundle in the direction you want to go, and it just unwraps itself naturally. And they use the same types of Velcro wraps. I’m not a professional grip, butn8 have learned from them.
Over under is the best, even shorter charging cables. Pro tip: If you’re using an XLR cable, you can skip the straps and lightly tie off the MALE end of the cable so it doesn’t kink near where it plugs in a mic. Start with the female end pointing away from you.
Always good information from this channel. 32 years as an engineer in the merchant marines coiling air hoses and extension cord incorrectly. Could have used this method when it came time to string them out. Well, I'll go show these new methods to my wife. I'm sure she'll be enthused;-} Good stuff. Ps.Gotta get back to Amazon, in the middle of ordering your 12 assort Wrap-it straps. Thanks.
Wow, that makes me want to go out and undo my hose and then re-wrap it just to check it out. You can bet that I will be doing this. 👍👍👍👍👍
😂 not going to lie, I just tried it and it actually works so well!
I have a Gardena cart with a reel and a handle to wind a hose. Works like a charm. Stores easily and, as it comes with wheels, is easy to move around.
I've used the third method for years and it's great.
Just don't let the ends mix in the loops, let it hand down lower or put the ends together.
Also when un"coiling" it i just hold both ends and toss the whole loop away and it unravel easy
Your third method, Over and under is my way to go for my garden hose, my 100 foot electrical extention and also for the central vacuum cleaner hose. Works great!
Nice! I was immediately reminded of your extension cord wrapping video. These are great techniques, and certainly worth another video to reinforce the idea that there are better ways to manage our cords and hoses.
Thank you!
Been doing the figure 8 for years...😉
I use the second method for air hoses.
I buried telephone cable for years. Since you can't cut fiber, we used the figure 8 method for years. Even had a figure 8 machine. Did miles and miles using this method. Always works great.
My son taught me the over/under method years ago, for coiling up XLR audio cables. I use it for extension cords, hoses, and anything else like that which needs to be coiled up.
I was about to describe your second technique - you beat me to it!
I have worked in video for decades and we had to be very careful with the cables between the production vehicle and the cameras, when they switched from copper wire, to fiber-optic cables. The manufacturer showed us your second way, coil in front, coil in back, repeat. I have a contractor-style worm-drive saw with a 25 foot power cord. I wind the cord around the saw body in a figure "8" like the first technique using the two ends of the saw to hold it. I'd draw you a picture if the comment would allow it!
Nice, you have answered one of life's' mysteries, thanks.
Haha you are very welcome! Really glad to hear you liked it. Thanks a lot for the feedback!
I kept my eye out for garden hose reels in the trash. Used those to make reels for rope and pressure washer hose etc.. Also feeding lines into a bin with no attempt to make loops works. reaching underneath and twisting works but feeding on to a reel always works for everybody.
Haven't even looked at this, but I always figure eight my garden hose rather than coiling it. Much more efficient for using the hose.
Cool. I'm going to do this today.
Great tips!
Thank you
Well-done, sir!
Brilliant
That viburnum is looking healthy! Video idea for hoses in commonly used areas: hose reels. So many of them are junk.
Yeah I didn't mean for it to be there. I bought them to put somewhere else and never did. Now they are in the ground! 🤣. Thanks for the idea Corey! I have a retractable hose reel that I have been meaning to make a video on that I bought last year. Definitely need to get it done. Hope you are doing well!
Dude, Excellent tip! Thx so much!!!🎉
You are very welcome! Really glad to hear you liked it so much. Thanks a ton for the feedback!
I learned to do this wrapping many power cords for AV and film productions.
THANK YOU!!!!!! 👍
What a hoser,
Editing is a wonderful thing! Lol
It is. Otherwise the video would have been an hour and a half long 🤣
I usually use the over/under. Also works great for extension cords.
These are great tips that are useful. The only problem at my house is that my wife of 49 years will never be willing to do this. I love her dearly but she only wants to use the garden hose not take care of the garden hose. What would work for her would be a light weight short hose at every location she plants things. That ain’t happening. So I’m working on a hose storage system of two wall hooks that are 20’ apart so one loop is 40’. She only has to make two loops to store the 75’ hose.
Cool.
We use the over-under technique in the fire service for storing our spreaders’ hydraulic cables
I’m assuming you get similar results? Would make sense to me, you all depend on your equipment to work in those emergency situations.
The figure 8 or ocho as they are referred to is the method of storing power cables for electric drills and shovels used in the open pit mining industry. I was introduced to this at a copper mine in southern Az in the 1960's. Keeping these power cables untangled is important as the cables (large diameter extension cords) range from around 2 1/2 in to 3 1/2 in in diameter.....I've used this for my hoses all my adult life
Thanks!
You are very welcome! Really glad you liked it. Thanks a lot for the feedback and the Super Thanks David!
If you keep your hose connected to your hose bib, I find doing the figure 8 method with 2 of those wall mount standard hose holders mounted a short distance apart to be pretty effective.
Great input! Thanks a lot!
Well that was cool, thank you.
You are very welcome! Really glad to hear you thought it was cool. Thanks a lot for the feedback!
This method is called reverse coiling. It’s been used on ships for hundreds plus years I’m a painter. This is the way I wrap up my sprayer hose although you don’t have to separate the two coils you can stack them as your wind, and it will still lay out without any kinks or tangles.
Daddy always said the hos will get you in trouble 😇
I love the all the advice on hose gathering. You can tell he is pro.......just look at the green hose on the ground behind him at about 5 mins. I guess you can't use his methods all the time! lol
Ahhh. I like your way. I gotta remember figure 8
Thanks for the tips. My life will be easier.
Lay it out and pull arms length as you twist the hose. By the end you should be able to clip the ends together. Perfect wrap. But it's a slow process. I like wrapping it around a bucket of I'm lazy. When i want it, i lift the bucket. 😊
My 100 foot garden hose is Figure Eight. I am having trouble getting the wife to coil it back the same way. I like to be able to grab as much hose as I think I will need and toss it out into the yard. It unravels in the air without any tangles. So nice!
The second method (over/under) is familiar from wrapping lines on a sailboat. Again, if you need to toss a line it won't tangle. Also they won't get twisted in the winches.
My wife says the 8 is too hard to do LOL
Will try that on the hose I have mounted to hose holder on house.
Always fouls.
I use hoselink in the back of my house and the ely reel in the front. However it will use this advice for extension cords
What about wrapping hose on hose holder mounted on house? Will these work?
Yes, I've been doing the last method for years with my wall-mounted garden hose. It works for extension cords, also. Over-under, just doing it sideways instead of on the ground.
Didn't realize it was so complicated. I have never grabbed one end and just drag it around the property im working on. Unwind the damn thing, no tangles, no mess, and no extra wear on the hose.
Not sure what you think was so complicated about this.
I've been doing the simple coil method for years. But you can't pull or throw it out. Roll it out.. no knots or twists. Same for extension cords.
I do like the idea of cross-coiling, will give that a try. I expect you need to be 100% consistent as to which end you start from.
Been doing the 8 for years
Over/under coil is the same technique used for lines when teaching seamanship.
I never buy a hose over 50'. Same with extension cords. Not to say this is not a good idea, it is.
Just easier for me at age 70 to use short lengths.
The way your hose 'kinked' in that one spot tells me that you have a $20 hose. lol.
Were you buying 100 ft hoses for $20? Let me know 🤣. It was $40 and my truck sat on it for a couple days and once they get kinked like that they are prone to keep doing it in the same spot. I used that hose on purpose just to further demonstrate how well this works.
@@HowToHomeDIY It acts like one.
@@HowToHomeDIYWow….Hose shaming 😂 Wonders never cease.
Great video man!
Both figure 8 and over under are standards in the commercial diving industry, it's the very first thing you learn as a diver/tender. "Professional pressure washers" are starting to catch on to how real professionals handle hoses.
How well does it work when it is cold as in the fall?
the band roadie mantra: "OVER worked, UNDER paid"
🤣 I like what you did there
@@HowToHomeDIY oh, that one's WAY older than me
Saw a you tube guy remember the technique by saying “over worked, under paid” as he was coiling a long cord.
Method 2 is the way sound men coil their cables. Then hold one end and throw the coil
Wrapped a lot of dive hose that way
Similar results I assume?
I luh deez hose... tips.
@5:28 real life garden hose 👉
How do you cool a house that is attached to a house though?
They make these things called hose reels and hose caddies ...
Works on electrical cords, too.
Yup! I have a video on those as well.
"Overcook chicken, jail. Undercook fish, jail. Over, under.
I tried that two-loop approach. Found out that I couldn't ever get to the end.
Or, just use a $19.99 hose roller from HD. 😊
Step 1: Throw all vinyl garden hoses in the trash. Step 2: Buy Flexzilla hoses. Step 3: Profit!
🤣 They are great hoses!
Flexzilla is trash
@@coryb6730 Oh, well, since you said with no qualifying evidence, it simply MUST be true.
reverse harmonics
Or you can use a hose reel
0:59 That’s what we call a kink, at eleven o’clock…
1 tip the pros use is this : NEVER buy cheap crappy hose
I can tell you for sure that is not always true 😂. That said, I used the hose I did in the video to further illustrate how effective the techniques are. If you can do it with a vinyl house that can easily bend and kink you can definitely do it with a more premium hose. Most homeowners are buying the less expensive ones.
Buy and expandable hose.
Not for me.
IMPERIAL ENTANGLEMENTS?
Just buy a segment ed stainless steel hose. They NEVER get tangled and don't cost much more.
The new metal hoses solve all these problems and more. I won't buy anything else. They're lightweight, unwind and wind easily and never kink. They also don't get hard and ruined by sunlight.
You should review them. We buy the ones with quarter-turn back valves, so you can turn the water off at the hose end without having to run back to the spigot.
Do you happen to know a brand name or two? Thanks
@@JohnLee-jk5ew The best ones we bought were called Bionic Steel.
The old electricians cable pulling trick.
A hose reel is way better
Come on man 8 min long hose wrap video lol geezeeee ok
Not like I was talking about the weather.
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Just get a reel
Frig me 5 minutes fame to roll up a hose. I'm still waiting to see a video showing how to use toilet paper correctly.
You have issues with that huh? 😂
LOL
We saw that video already
? Not here you didn’t.
Might be the one he did on electrical cords. Same method just another way of trying to sell something.
@GentlemanMcmike while similar they aren’t exactly the same. And what am I selling? I don’t work for anyone and don’t have any products to sell 😂
You’re selling yourself. That’s what you’re supposed to do.
Sorry my mistake