Air hose picks on bore first, because the bore sets what the tool receives. Eight millimetre suits most single air tools on runs up to ten metres, ten millimetre carries the flow that air hungry tools and long runs need, and six millimetre serves the light, short jobs. The grid here runs all three bores in five, ten, fifteen and twenty metre lengths, quarter inch BSP ends throughout, so bore then length is the whole pick.
Reels answer the tidiness question. Retractable reels rewind the line after every use and mount to wall or ceiling, swivel forms follow the work around the bay, and the Sealey reel range leads the shelf with Draper alongside. A reel is picked by the hose it carries, bore and length again, and by where it mounts, with reel spares themselves sitting in the brand sections by model.
The whip hose is the short leader that takes the wear: six hundred millimetres of hose between tool and line that absorbs the vibration, saves the main hose from twisting at the tool end, and costs a fraction of what it protects. PCL double ended connectors, sold loose and in packs, join lines in five sixteenths, three eighths and half inch bores, and the coupling and adaptor leaves carry every end the hose might need.
Bore is printed on the hose wall alongside the imperial size, quarter inch for six millimetre, five sixteenths for eight, three eighths for ten, so a replacement reads straight off the old line, and length is measured or generous. Rubber hose stays flexible in the cold where PVC stiffens, the character stated per listing, and anything uncertain, an odd end or an unmarked reel, goes over WhatsApp on 07754288583 with a photo.