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

Official action

Source. US Consumer Product Safety Commission

Official identifier. 25-394

Date. 2025-07-24

Jurisdiction. United States

Hazard (official). The recalled hoses can burst, posing an impact hazard and a risk of temporarily impaired hearing.

Action / remedy (official). 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.

Product. HydroTech 5/8-inch Expandable Burst-Proof Hoses

Identification details. This recall involves HydroTech 5/8-inch Expandable Burst-Proof Hoses either manufactured on or before August 31, 2024, or identified with a specific UPC code. The hoses were sold in lengths of 25, 50, 60, 75, 100 and 200 feet in various colors. Date code markings are located on the end of the hose that attaches to the spigot, visible when the black rubber washer is removed. Hoses with no markings or a marking ending in -211, -212, -213, -214, -221, -222, -223, -224, -231, -232, -233, -234, -241, -242 or -243 are included in this recall. The UPC code can be found on the back side of the product packaging below the barcode or on a receipt or other purchase documentation.The recalled hoses are listed below:Hose DescriptionHose ColorHoses Included in Recall5/8-inch x 25-footBlueUPC 8492780898875/8-inch x 50-footGreenUPC 8492780898945/8-inch x 100-footYellowUPC 8492780899175/8-inch x 60-foot, included in “Auto Care” kit with tire glidesGrayAll hoses manufactured on or before August 31, 20245/8-inch x 75-footOrange5/8-inch x 200-footRed

Units. About 3.2 million

Incidents reported by CPSC. 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.

Remedy type. Refund

Sold at. 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.

Official record

Licence: US Government recall data made available for business and application reuse

Attribution: Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall notice