I received the green version of this hose. It was neatly packaged but the hose had a permanent kink in it that didn't let much water through it. It didn't leak or anything, so it was good in that aspect. Since I didn't need such a long hose I was able to just cut it off where the kink was and it's working now. I just can't use the attachment at one end, but it serves it's purpose for me. I guess other people get different colors of this hose and some seem to be better than others.