Wall hose reel is perfect!

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After years of struggling with a floor winder water hose, I came across the answer this afternoon - a wall mounted self-winding hose reel.



I paid my NZ$99 (about US$65), brought it home and proceeded to set it up on the wall. In 5 minutes I was running out the 66 feet of hose and walking it back in again... what a change from all the effort I had winding my last hose up before!



I mounted the whole unit just inside my garage, as the tap is just outside the garage door. So now I can open the door, clip the feeder hose on to the tap, and pull the hose out straight away ready to use.



The unit swivels on the wall so I can push it back to stay out of the way when the garage door comes down again.





(This pic shows the feeder hose draped over the unit, mounted on the wall above my garbage bin)
 

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Here is the unit swivelled out with the feeder hose going to the tap outside.
 

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That is really nice and wish I could fine one in the US. I am also tired of winding my hose up. Were did you get it?
 
I went to ace hardware and spent $20 dollars or so on a deal that hand crank the hose up and it mounts to the side of the house. It works very well, had it for over a year now.
 
I too have used the old hand crank plastic thing for a number of years but the only drawback is that they all seem to attach to the reel itself so that when you wind it up the hose gets crimped and unless you unwind the whole thing, you have a pinched hose.



Is this automatic reel the same kind of connection or do you get a straight connection? I can't really tell from the picture
 
rlspringer said:
That is really nice and wish I could fine one in the US. I am also tired of winding my hose up. Were did you get it?
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At a local hardware shop here - not much use to you in the States. It's one of two brands available, but this one was made in Japan and one and a half times cheaper than the other!
 
Spotty-Dog said:
...Is this automatic reel the same kind of connection or do you get a straight connection? I can't really tell from the picture
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It actually has a feeder at the front which goes back and forth and winds the hose evenly over the reel inside. No kinking!
 
I leave the water house on the ground as well, outside at that :nervous:



I need a new reel for the water hose, the last one broke which is why the hose is on the ground, really :o



For air, I recently bought this one from Lowes. I haven't mounted it yet, hopefully this weekend or next.



Taskforce at Lowe's: 3/8" x 50' Retractable Hose Reel



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There were a couple of huge threads over at Garage Journal on these...



Taskforce Air hose reel $23.99 Lowes - The Garage Journal Board



How to mount air reel ? - The Garage Journal Board
 
BearValley said:
WANT! WANT!
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You're not the only one ;)



I've been able to get free replacement parts for my (POS) plastic Suncast unit. They've finally beefed up the connectors so it's not breaking annually. The heavy hose I use puts too much stress on the frame of the Suncast. However, next time it fails I'm gonna get one of these metal units - - they're real nice.



BTW, that company is the OEM for Richie Griot's hose reels.



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I'm on my 3rd Suncast rolling reel. It is the biggest piece of crap ever. My biggest pain with it, is it leaks water from where the hose connects to the reel and I have tighten it down as far as I can get it. It sucks and won't buy another.
 
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