Product review (3 stars): Why is there no universal drain hose?
The only reason you have to buy this drain hose vs. what's readily available at the hardware store is because Frigidaire wants to make some money off of it.  I thought about just building this hose myself with plumbing parts because frankly I'm not that enthusiastic about an accordion-like tube for use in plumbing, but I was lazy and purchased this instead.  It works fine, attaches fine, all that jazz.  I just do not understand why something that involves water that can potentially flood your kitchen must be "ordered" instead of just making available or configuring to already existing universal dishwasher drain tubes and calling it a day.  I have the hack job plumbing work the previous owner of my house did to thank for ruining the original drain hose - not Frigidaire's fault, I guess.  This is a cheap dishwasher - when it breaks (key word, when), I'll hard plumb the drain.