Suttner hose stiff

I am getting my rig put back together (stripped/stained the deck) and put a new reel on (trying out the bandit from PT). The suttner hose was stiff as anything, and the the strain relief wouldn’t flex leaving a big ole hump on my reel. I left it sit in the sun for a bit before putting it on the reel.

Anyone else have this issue with the suttner hose? I think I bought it off a Pressure Tek sale about a year ago or so (maybe longer). Been sitting on the rack in the shop. It’s 27 degrees out right now, not rushing out to work on it yet. Was 72 on sunday, I hate the end of March. Rain, sleet, ice, snow, warm weather, back to rain, sleet, ice, snow.