No Crank Crate 125 Water Powered Retractable Garden Hose Reel #RS12581
$74.99
- Rugged, 125-foot hose storage crate
- Water-powered rewinding
- Auto-sort guide for even winding
- Protects hose from sun exposure
- No batteries or electricity required
A wonderful thing! - The best dollars I ve ever spent. It delivers what it promises. This hose reel is just wonderful - no more back-breaking gathering up of the garden hose in the hot weather and sun. It works like a charm. After a whole season of use, I still say You little devil every time it effortlessly winds up 125 feet of hose while I simply watch! Some useful tips: Do make sure the hose is straightened out and not kinked before it starts winding so it enters the unit smoothly. Also, you may wish to place the hose nozzle on grass vs. the driveway so that it doesn t get beat up scraping along the hard surface.
Works great! -- so far! - I can only add to the other good compliments posted here that this unit seems to work very well. Far better than expected. You cannot expect it to pull a typical hose-end spray nozzle through the grass if its handle digs into the turf, but, other than that, it seems to rewind my 5/8 garden hose very effectively. I purchased two more after the initial one and have them positioned at three locations surrounding the house. I did not find it necessary to use pegs to secure the boxes to the ground. Everyone who has seen mine in action is impressed. Each unit holds 100-ft of this larger hose easily. The short hose section that is used to control the run off water as it is rewinding is no big problem -- I just direct it to the plants nearby, or use it to clean my hands or wash down the hose, itself, to remove grime or mud. This has solved a big irritating problem for me -- rewinding 100-ft of hose manually can be a pain!
Works for about 1 year... - I see many of the reviews on this item are high and are fairly current. I suspect that many of these same reviewers would come back in about 1 year and change their rating downward.I too was impressed with this unit.. a birthday gift for my wife. I guess it is a good thing her birthday comes around once a year because that is as long as this things seems to last.It no longer will rewind unless I manually turn the big reel. Stay away from this unit.. It is cheaply made.
No crank retractable garden hose reel #RS12481 - I love it. It is a little slow, but hey I don t have to wear myself out rolling up the hose in 90 degree weather. I would buy it again. In fact I may buy another one next year.
Genius! - This is an absolutely amazing invention and....it really works. My wife kept telling me not to get it, that nothing like this could ever really work. Well it does, and I am very happy with it. The only issue to be aware of is that it expels water through a 5 foot hose while rewinding, so that can affect where you keep it (or you can get a bigger hose). And if you want to conserve water, you can have it expel the water directly into buckets for use in gardening, etc. Do not hesitate to make this purchase!
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