I think a watering can is ultimately easier to use -- and store -- than a hose.

Plus I have this funny visual in my mind of a dropped hose gone out of control and spraying all over the apartment while the user runs desparately back to the sink to shut the water off!

Hmmm -- definitely sticking to my watering can/

Spigot.

If you're lucky enough to have a washer / dryer hookup, you can actually attach a hose to the cold side - no modifications necessary! I snake mine out the back door and am able to hose everything down the deck, patio furniture, water plants, etc. Yes, it's a lot more labor-intensive than a watering can, which I use most of the time, but every few weeks things need a good soaking.

I use this in our kitchen and run the line outside for the kiddie pool. The cold is too cold so I can run a little hot water so the kids don't need to wait for the pool to warm down.

I think for everyday stuff a bucket would suffice; in case you REALLY need a good amount of water for X reason, going back and forth with a bucket wouldn't be easier, you'd make a mess and by the time you're done you'd be so tired you'd wish you had a hose. lol

I had our plumber run a cold water line from the basement to a SPIGOT (!!) on the front of our building, with a shutoff on the inside (no worries about neighborhood kids deciding to turn the water on when we're not home!).

I keep one of those coil-type hoses hooked up to it for watering window boxes, flowerpots, etc. in front of the building -- much easier than trying to deal with a giant garden hose. (Mid-C Frank, you can buy trigger sprayers for hoses, no need for I Love Lucy-esque garden hose mayhem!)

Spigot, not spicket.

Is anyone else getting fed up with the spelling and grammatical errors on this site? Some of them are absolutely cringe-inducing.

Molly, I also cringed at "spicket". How hard is it to use a spell-checker?