possible to use skimmer hose for backwash instead of flimsy backwash hose?

[armyofda12mnkeys]

So those blue hoses are pretty flimsy and develop holes in them pretty quickly once a little kink forms when backwashing.
I was thinking we already have so many 'hard' skimmer hoses lying around that can be connected to form a 100ft+ hose... Is there an small attachment we can add onto the exhaust backwash port of the filter to make this possible (the exhaust port is 1.5" diameter and 'ribbed' a bit [so currently we slide our flimsy hose over it, may need some grease/vaseline to make sure it gets over without alot of effort]).
I saw some better high-rated backwash hoses like the Gorilla brand, but i want to see if we can just use our 'hard' skimmer hose. Let me know what attachment I would need to add to make this possible.
PS i think we have some skimmer hoses that came with our Zodiac Barracuda G3 suction cleaner and some other hoses as well (those are slightly different sizes, think the Zodiac is a smaller diameter).

Thanks!,
Ari

 

[PoolStored]

Ari,

This is what I use.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/EZ-FLO-1-1-2-in-Inner-Diameter-x-1-ft-PVC-Spa-Flex-Hose/1000180599?cm_mmc=shp-_-c-_-prd-_-plb-_-ggl-_-LIA_PLB_142_Pipe-Fittings-_-1000180599-_-local-_-0-_-0&ds_rl=1286981&gclid=CjwKCAjwrZOXBhACEiwA0EoRD68vOmSzuN8BovCh68bAfemSAdfkuwlU2_-oPpazmWSNWAqb2DIY1hoCAioQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[Bill1974]

I plumbed mine with SCH 40 PVC and a pop-up in the lawn.

I also used this when I was waiting for the lawn to get established. It worked well as long as bends did not kink the hose. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08K79JVJY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1