Product review (1 stars): GE engineers were on crack - that's the only excuse you can come up with for a product this bad.
This is the single worst engineered product I have ever encountered.  My washing machine is about 8 feet from the drain and there's no way, outside of a major construction project to get the two closer together.  My previous GE washing machine had a different sized hose and Home Depot had a much longer hose that I could just attach - they didn't have one that fit the new washing machine.  So I reached out to General Electric, hoping to find a longer hose...  Unfortunately, I was told that my only option was this "extension."  Now, this already seems like a disaster waiting to happen...  I used to work as a sprinkler fitter - installing fire sprinklers  in buildings - so I know a thing or two about plumbing...  The first rule of plumbing is to have as few breaks in the line as possible - any fitting is a potential leak - but they assured me that this was the best way to make this happen.  I didn't necessarily believe them, but hey, I needed to use my washing machine...

So I get the thing and find out it's not just a matter of connecting 2 pieces together...  As many other reviewers here have now pointed out, GE instructs you to cut you original drain hose in half, then slap this in the middle...  So the "disaster waiting to happen" because I was connecting 2 hoses together just became 100% worse... Instead of a break in the line, I now have 2 breaks in the line...  And thankfully that part of my basement is not finished because it leaks...  I'm heading to a local hardware store later today in the hope that they will be able to find me a single hose that fits.  GE is usually known for their ingenuity, but this was designed by a complete moron... Worse yet, somebody decided that the moron's design was wroth selling.  Don't waste your money on this garbage!