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Which ever Hozelock is the right length. Ideally the one in the wall mounted container if you have the cash.
Gardena also make excellent kit. My folks had a collapsable one that lasted a good 20-30yrs.
What exactly is a 'starter hose' anyway?
The levels don't refer to your watering abilities, they related to your buyer grade. Most people on here would typically be looking at semi-pro to pro-buyer products - see Japanese shears and Rapha totes (sorry musettes).
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Can anyone recommend a decent garden hose (~30m)?
I'm in Edinburgh which is not (yet) subject to a hosepipe ban. If you heard a voice scream "Oh no!" at around 7:30pm last night that was me the moment my expandy hose exploded. The sound carried for several miles.
I won't buy another expandable hose though it did have its advantages: it was lightweight, it never kinked, and it came with a spray gun and connectors, both of which I needed at the time. I'm hoping to reuse them with the new hose. The downsides are a) you can't use an expandable hose with a sprinkler, and b) it has a very slight tendency to explode. I had it for 4 years which isn't too bad going I suppose.
There so many different hoses on the market. Even if I went with the obvious choice of Hozelock they have several different ones on the market. What exactly is a 'starter hose' anyway? Is it for beginners who've never watered a plant before?