I’m with you, I hate frozen hoses, but hate dealing with keeping them from getting frozen.
So far, if I have the foresight to get Rocky’s trough full to the top before a hard freeze that lasts for a while, and get his heater in it, it’s enough to get me through for both horses, so I don’t need the hose.
Becky
Stuffing ours under the house works unless we have a really cold snap... if that fails, we’re hauling warm water from the house and that gets old in a hurry.
Our outside emergency water barrels are hard to use too, when it’s really cold. they’ll stay liquid, or near liquid, but as soon as you turn on the tap, it freezes in the tap. Same with the siphon. Like as soon as you ~move~ the water, it freezes.