Air conditioning hose is used for automotive or domestic air conditioning system. It is a textile-reinforced rubber hose with a thick inner liner.

Air conditioning hose can be single braided with reinforcement layer of rayon or similar textile or it can be a two textile braided layers, separated from each other by a layer of bonded rubber compound. Both types have an outer cover, which is pricked to allow any refrigerant gas that has permeated through the reinforcement layer to escape without causing the hose to blister. It can also be made with a wire-reinforced with an inner liner, a wire reinforcement layer, and an outer layer of heat-resistant textile reinforcement.