I bought the kit first but the hose was kinked and Revain made me return it then I bought this hose. I think he's a bit expensive expensive. I'm glad I was able to return the 6ft hose which would have been very disappointing. I've done a lot of research on this and wanted to try "beat the man" and buy 10ft 2 1/2" clear tubing. I've spent a lot of time researching to no avail, I was afraid that was clear The hose would compress a lot when sucking, and some reviewers said the 2 1/2" hose actually has a 2 1/4" ID, so I decided to swap the man for an expensive standard black pay vacuum hose replacement business.