I had previously a plastic tube as a feed extension on my machine and always a latent feeling uncomfortable because the connections were also made of plastic and you did not really know even during installation, how hard you should tighten them or can, without causing damage. That has now done with this hose. Everything budge, and the material appears so resilient that probably even with the greatest force previously around everything else was going to break, rather the hose or its connection parts would be damaged. I can only recommend!