A reel or simple hose holder that isn’t anchored to a wall or post is bound to put more stress on the connectors and the associated parts.
SUNCASE HOSE REAL PLUS
Plus the leader hose (rarely of high quality) is going to almost always be under stress and likely to be kinked or twisted. Stuart’s post and the comments bear that out. The most likely weak points for any reel are the leader hose and the four connectors on the leader, pigot, and reel, even if all are fitted with QR fittings (which, of course, raises the price of the whole setup).
My property isn’t large enough so that I need to wheel 150′ of hose around from place to place. It’s cheaper to buy different hoses and keep them at the spigots. And when it doesn’t I’ll throw it away and do it again to another one.įrankly, I’ve never thought that a wheeled hose reel makes sense for most homeowners unless the reel is frequently moved from location to location and then connected to different spigots. Retracting is done with a pole with a hook attached to the old handle. Added a few pieces of saftey chain (not needed but heavy cheap chinease box hanging above my head lol). Rotated the box 90 degrees and screwed the whole contraption to a beam. Built a wood frame around base of the box. Someone gave me another suncast hose in a box. Reelcraft is the go to commercial but $$$. In the garage I wanted a hose to wash off salt on the truck/equipment in the winter. Cheap hose it comes with from the spicket to the box kinked all the time and eventually I put a 90 degree brass hose fitting to better orient the connector hose.
Box seems to rack easily but no issues with intended usage. I also have the suncast reel in a box type one. My vote for all of $5 just buy a new connector hose. It’s leaked for a while and it’s really a POS, but it works and he probably paid $30 for it. My neighbor has been using the same plastic reel From the big box store for the past 10 years too. But it’s hard to blame anyone for not wanting to swallow the price. If you can stomach the price, you will not be disappointed. It’s a really tough sell, but I haven’t found anything else that compares. In fact I think it’s now only available direct from Eley. Since then the price has gone way up and I can no longer get them at my coop. But the prices back then were around $120 and I could apply coupons at my local coop to get the price down near $100. Never needed a warranty repair and they live outside 24/7/365. I’m going on 10 years on my two reels and they have been flawless. Considering the price, they have built up huge margins and they have eliminated a middleman in the process, although they cover shipping. Let’s hear your garden hose reel experiences and recommendations!Ĭorrect, I was just going to point that out, the reels are manufactured in China and have been for a long time.
SUNCASE HOSE REAL PORTABLE
I can pick up a 20″ to 24″ stone for the ground-sitting model to rest on (it has 4 feet), but the portable one can be more easily moved if or when needed.
I figure that a portable garden hose reel is more traditional, but I do like the simplicity, lower stance, and lower price of floor-sitting/standing models. I’m not just looking for a more durable product, but a better product experience. I could try to get Suncast to replace the failed parts under warranty, but it’ll still be a hassle to use. Why? Because the darned thing has always been a pain to use for quick watering or cleaning tasks. The other day, I loaded my 6 planter buckets onto a cart and hauled it to the hose. Now that I think about it, most of my watering and cleaning tasks have involved my going over to the hose or spigot and filling up a bucket or water can from there. The only question now is whether I want the shorter free-standing model, or their portable model. Their hose reels are quite pricey, but I like that they’re made here and the components are all lead-free. Yep, “you get what you pay for” probably applies here.Ī lot of you offered recommendations for Eley, and so I’m going to give them a try. But how long until another leak appears, or something breaks after I replace the 50′ hose with a longer 75′ hose? I could replace the feeder hose, which seems to be what’s at fault here. Reviews on plastic hose reels are more or less similar, with a number of positive user experiences, and then those who experienced leaky feeder hoses, leaky connections, broken spindles, or other broken parts in the mostly plastic construction. A post shared by Stuey was aware of the many negative reviews when I bought this hose reel, but there were plenty of positive ones as well.
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