On Fri, 23 Aug 2013 11:42:02 +0100, News wrote:

I was seriously fed up with manual retraction to a reel that seemed to
always end up with hose left over; and always having to be bent double
to do it; and never managing to get the reel to stay put when winding
hose in.

What you are used to. My day job involves laying out and collecting
back in dozens of cables from 1/4" to 1" dia and up to 50 m in
length. You don't want to get that lot in a tangle if you can help
it, delays getting to the pub!

So handling a 50 m hose is second nature. B-)

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Cheers
Dave.