Product review (5 stars): Strong - Was able to connect two together for longer hose.
I needed to connect two hoses together.
I needed to connect one hose that I already had and the one I just bought (the one being reviewed).

Both hoses seem very study.  I had bough the 1st one locally a few years ago.  Recently I bought another one locally, but it was too flimsy to connect to the old one to make a longer hose.  Then I bought this one.  The long narrow section on the end away from the side you connect to the washer is hard, so I was able to connect another hose to it.  The host clamp around the other hose (with this hose's end inside the other hose) held well.

This might seem like an odd review unless you have tried to connect two newer hoses and found the hose clamp just crushed the inner hose.  That is because some of the new hoses are so flimsy.  This hose was not flimsy.