Discovered metal garden hose the other day at my local Menard's store. 50' long, 1/2" diameter. Was kind of leery of the smaller diameter but bought one anyway. $19.95 on sale.….regular price $29.95.
Used it the other day......watered some stuff, washed the car. Liked it so much, went back and bought several more before sale ended.
No kinks, light weight, easy to handle. I can see easy storage in the fall. No heavy rubber hoses to drain. It's so lightweight that cranking up 100' or so on a hose reel would be enjoyable vs the heavy rubber hose type.
Anyway, just thought I would pass this along as I've had rubber hose issues for years and I'm thinkin' this is the solution.