Best hose for gardening?

[Bugbear]

A 50 foot nylon with reinforced ends with heavy brass couplings.

Those are good hoses. I really don't like the plastic ends on hoses; hate them for going on a brass hose bib. Nylon is fine, but my favorite is the rubber based, non-tangling/crimping type hose. They are very heavy, but it is so nice to not have to work out all the crimps every time you move it. Also, those kind tend to work a lot better with hose winders because you don't have to take all of the hose off the winder every time you use it. Other hoses expand so much that they cause problems if partly wounde.

If the hose isn't being moved around a lot, the black 1/2" PVC hose that is often used for main lines of drip systems seems to last for ever out in the direct sun. It is, however, very very crimp prone and the crimps stay crimped to a degree. The sun does a number on a lot of the other hoses out here.