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(More customer reviews)I just got this hose reel, so I'll just go over my initial impressions.
Out of the box you get the hose, a package that contains the circle piece that goes around the end of the hose, two stakes, leader hose, and drain hose. Pretty standard to get it all setup.
After I got it setup, I had it pull in my 100' of commercial grade hose. Now the instructions say this is too thick of hose, but it wound it up without issue when the hose was coiled up right there. However because there wasn't any tension on the hose when I did this, it caused the spool inside to be wrapped too loosely, causing issues getting it back off. I then pulled all the hose out (which slides out nice and smooth, far easier than pulling off a pile), and went to pull it in again. Through grass it couldn't reel in my 100' with the water power, but again this hose probably weighs twice as much as the hose they recommend you use. Had to give it a little extra help, and when it got down to 50' or so it pulled it on it's own. I'm also wondering if the leader hose wasn't kinked, causing it to have less power to pull. Either way it wound up nice and tight on the reel this time.
Couple of things I wish these automatic winders had.
- Designed for thicker hoses, ie more power.
- A manual way of winding. I don't think the water power ever would break, but it would be nice to have a manual way as well.
- A way to attach a normal hose to the dump hose. 12 gallons of water each time you reel up your hose is a lot, would be nice to move it somewhere else with a standard hose.
Overall it seems to be about the same as the other suncast hose winders, other than the outside is a bit more attractive in my opinion. It also is quite narrow, and doesn't include a tray/storage like some others do.
Edit: Tried it with a more standard hose, works most of the time, occasionally gets caught and needs some help, but mostly hands off.
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