A reinforced flexible hose includes at least one inner tubular layer (2) of plastic or rubber, a knitted reinforcement (3), which has substantially , parallel rows (4) and lines (5) of substantially parallel stitches, with respective stitch counts per unit length of the hose (Nm, Nr); and an outer layer (6) which is superimposed on the reinforcement layer (3) to protect it. The knitted reinforcement layer (3) is provided in the form of a single tubular layer and is wrapped around the outer surface of the inner tubular layer (2); the rows (4) and lines (5) of stitches are substantially helical, with respective longitudinal pitches (P.sub.m, P.sub.r) and inclinations which are mutually opposite with respect to the longitudinal axis (Y). The longitudinal pitch 2 (P.sub.r) of the lines (5) of stitches is substantially proportional to the square of the outside diameter (.phi..sub.o) of the inner layer (2), whilst the number of lines (N.sub.r) of stitches per unit length of the hose is directly proportional to the outside diameter (.phi..sub.o) of the inner layer (2).

A garden hose assembly includes an elongated and flexible tubular member that includes an open first end, an open second end and a peripheral wall extending between the first and second open ends. A cross-section taken traversely to a longitudinal axis of the tubular member has a generally oblong shape when the tubular member is filled with a fluid and a substantially flattened shape when the tubular member is not filled with a fluid. The tubular member has an outer surface colored a fluorescent color. A threaded female coupler is fluidly coupled to the first end and a threaded male coupler is fluidly coupled to the second end.

A method and system for managing mesh network devices. A mesh network device with integrated features creates an N-way mesh network with a full mesh network topology or a partial mesh network topology.