Tool review in two-sentences: If you have one of those never-stays-flat thin rubber nail gun hoses and hate it, get a Flexzilla right now. Now here’s some nitty and some gritty if you want it(ty).
Possibly the awesome-est company name ever—-Zilla, you go girl; bring the Tokyo-crushing fiction to where I work—sent me a 50-footer. I used it inside, outside, in heat waves, in the rain, in the snow…you get the idea. In all conditions it remained flexible, easy to use and—my favorite—it laid almost 100% flat. Whether it was bunched up, pulled straight through a couple of rooms or snaking around an outdoor project, it was 1,000 times better than the skinny urethane hoses I’ve had in the past.
The fittings are tough—1/2-inch hose with 1/4-inch fittings and 3/8-inch ID (inside diameter). It doesn’t matter. It’s full-tilt fantastic.
I don’t use my compressor and guns every day, but I’ve had the Flexzilla in action from framing to trim for over a year and it is just like the day I got it. The fittings don’t hiss. I haven’t had to change them. They work. Kudos Flexy.
It also coils up easily—more like coiling rope than wrestling the Hydra of a gun hose that slithers its way to an infuriating entropy that could land a guy in talk therapy to sort out his frustration.
I find it’s best to use the coil-and-twist method which is impossible to explain, but it works. I’ll do a video like this social media breaker.
So when I clean up at the end of the day, the hose is just a pleasant routine. I hang it on the compressor or tie it up with my cords and it travels well too.
Bite that you monstrous other cords.
Flexzilla air hose: 50-Bucks — Uber worth it.
OK, it’s not perfect. It can kink from time to time, but when it does, it makes a heart. So, I still love it. Few other tools actually have charm as part of the parts list.
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