Originally, my bathroom did not have a hand shower. The shower head was sticking out above my head on an angled chrome pipe. I used an adapter to hook up this hose and a hand shower - a very common arrangement. In this arrangement, both ends of the hose are close together above one's head, and the hose makes a loop that hangs along the bathroom wall. I prefer the loop of the hose to be flexible enough to hang freely and and not to curve inside the bathtub.This is not the case with this hose. It curves into the bathtub a little, and when I take a shower, I can sometimes touch it. I do not like touching the hose. I bought Whedon "Metal-Stretch Shower Hose" instead - and I am happy with it so far.