Actually, State Farm is still giving out hoses, but not these. They give out good quality rubber hoses (not braded metal), and recommend changing out hoses whether regular or braded metal at least every 4-5 years. They have had engineers study all or the hoses available on the market and decided on the rubber ones they give out due to price and quality. The problem in the past with rubber hoses, was that washer hose manufacturers switched from a nylon reinforcement to polyester reinforcement (to save money)and after a few years they had many of the hoses burst. I think this manufacturing flaw has long been corrected, but who knows if still manufactured in China.