This garden hose kinks less than a regular hose, mainly because, instead of being made of unyielding plastic or rubber, this hose is made from high quality material of hybrid polymer that makes the hose sturdy and flexible, the decently flexibility helps a lot with kinking less. This 25 ft. garden hose is flexible enough for no-fuss spooling onto or off of your hose reel, it's very easy to coil up. This 25 ft. hose has high quality, standard - size, 3/4 in., solid aluminum connectors which smoothly and easily screw on and off of all of your hose bibbs (AKA outdoor faucets), this anodized aluminum stands up well to corrosion. These fittings are well made and seal tight, the female end pre-built with a rubber washer avoids leaking, the male end has just enough threads to firmly connect hose nozzle and sprayer.