Product review (5 stars): Initially intimidating, but actually a well engineered extension for the GE factory drain hose
This is actually a drain hose *extension* for GE washing machines. It was initially a little intimidating as the instructions included with the extension tell you to cut the standard GE drain hose.

You might wonder why you would do that. The reason is that the factory standard hose has a 90 fitting at one end to connect to the machine and the other end of the factory hose has a nozzle intended to insert into your home laundry drain pipe. Cutting the factory hose allows you to insert this extension in the middle, preserving the special fittings at each end.

The extension kit is supplied with rubber gaskets and steel hose clamps, so it is all perfectly water tight.

The extension is 3' long giving you a total of 8' with the supplied factory drain hose of 5'. If you need more than 5' but less than 8' of drain hose, the factory hose actually has two different spots where the factory hose can be cut allowing you to customize the length when you add in this extension hose.