Winston Products Recalls 5/8-Inch HydroTech Expandable Burst-Proof Hoses Due to Risk of Impact Hazard and Temporarily Impaired Hearing

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled hoses. Consumers that purchased products from Ace Hardware, Do It Best, Home Depot or Walmart should bring their hoses to those stores to return them for a full refund. Consumers who purchased products from other retailers should cut off the regulator-end of their hose and contact Winston Products for a full refund. To receive the refund, consumers should submit photos of the cut hose, showing the date code location with the consumer's initials and the date written in permanent marker on the regulator, to Winston Product's online form at https://hydrotechproducts.com/recall.

Ace Hardware, Amazon, Do It Best, Home Depot, Target, Walmart and other stores nationwide and online from January 2021 through April 2025 for between $20 and $136.

About 3.6 million

The firm has received at least 222 reports of the hoses bursting, resulting in at least 29 injuries, including one bone bruise, two sprains and five reports of temporarily impaired hearing from the sound of the hose bursting.

Cambodia, China, Vietnam

Refund

HydroTech 5/8-inch Expandable Burst-Proof Hoses

Winston Products toll-free at 888-412-2396 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, by email at HydrotechVoluntaryRecall@hydrotechproducts.com, or go to https://hydrotechproducts.com/recall or https://hydrotechproducts.com/ and click on "IMPORTANT SAFETY RECALL INFORMATION" at the top of the page for more information.