"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message
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"brooklyn1" wrote in message

I live near the world's leading reel company but I think their garden
hose reels are just too pricey for home use.

http://www.hannay.com/


Never saw them before. Look good but pricey at $339. A couple of years
ago I went with www.rapidreel.com. Not cheap either, but works great.
Hose does not kink and unwinds and winds easily. The one I have was $179
but they do have less expensive models.

Don't waste your money on the $30 plastic jobs at the big box stores.


Everything is being made cheaper except for prices. I bought three of those
plastic hose reels at Lowes 7 years ago for $20 each and they're still going
strong. I bought a similar one for my tenant a little over a year ago that
cost $30 and it cracked after a year... it's still usable but it won't last
much longer... the plastic is less than half the thickness of my older ones.
$339 is way too much, but so is $179... I don't think a decent quality
homeowner type hose reel should cost more than $50.