Certified Appliance Accessories WI12SSFM Braided Stainless Steel Water-Inlet Hose, 1ft

I saw someone else mention this in a review and I decided to take a chance on this as well. I needed a short extension in order to attach my water heater to a garden hose so it could be drained. Because of how the heater was installed it was not possible to get a hose right on the drain. This short extension was perfect though and got the job done.

Well built works well.

sturdy product. does the job perfectly. flexibility is great.

I needed to run a cold-water line from my washing machine to a refrigerator in the garage. I connected one end of this hose to the cold-water line used by the washing machine. I connected the other end of the hose to a brass Y-connector. I ran the original hose that was connected to the washing machine from one end of the Y-connector. I connected the other end of the Y-adapter to a 3/4 in. FHT x 1/4 in. O.D. Compression Brass Adapter Fitting. I removed the compression fitting so that I could connect a 6-ft 1/4-in stainless steel hose from the Fitting. I drilled a hole through the wall between the garage and the house behind the washing machine. Be careful not to drill through the soil pipe! Next, I ran that 1/4-in hose through the wall to the garage. Next, I connected a 1/4 in. OD Compression Brass Valve Fitting on the end of the 1/4-in stainless steel hose inside the garage so that I could shut off the valve before I connected the refrigerator. Finally, I ran another 1/4-in stainless steel hose to my refrigerator in the garage.

These steel mesh hoses seem to work well, providing much needed flexibility and strain relief where a stiff hose connects to the supply faucets. The Garden Hose (GH) fittings are actually exactly right, fit perfectly, and include an appropriately thick washer. The manufacturing quality is unexpectedly high, given where it was manufactured. My only regret is that I could not find a made in the USA product and that Amazon choose not to tag "country of origin (COO)" on listings.

Added to the bottom of 2 water heaters. The drains bibs at the bottom did not provide a lot of clearance and made attaching a garden/drain hose difficult. Was able to install these to the water heater drain valve and leave attached. Now, during maintenance, it is easy to attach the garden/drain hose to th3 heaters.

Works great where you need a short connection and/or to connect flat soaker hoses to make u-shaped turns (obviously need ground stakes then to hold this 1ft hose in place). Wish more lengths were available up to 4 feet

Good quality, good price. I had trouble locating this hose with this combo of fittings at my local stores. Locally I could only find this with multi hose sets at a much higher price