Our water pressure isn’t high enough to expand the expandable hoses - I need the full 100’ - but I got a collapsing (flattening) hose last year when I had to fill the trough for a few months. The hose doesn’t hold that much water and once unhooked mostly forces out what it does hold, and is fairly light, so it is easy to carry into the mudroom - in a 5-gallon bucket last winter, and now on a smallish hose reel. (Usually my husband lugs buckets by choice but last year he had back problems and right now he’s across the country visiting family.)
After reading the alternatives discussed here, and in the previous thread about draining/blowing out hoses, I remain happy with my solution. Especially the thought of handling a wet hose with the temperature in the teens does not appeal to me!