Back when I moved into this house because I knew that I do a lot of yard work and gardening, I wanted to have a decent garden hose setup. After some research, I picked up a Flexzilla hose and a hose reel. The Flexzilla hose is great and I don’t have any complaints. The hose reel, on the other hand, is just one of the ones you can get from Lowe’s. Don’t get me wrong, it does exactly what it’s supposed to, it winds a hose up. However, it’s a very simple design that offers some annoyances. I would say that my main problem with this thing is that although it has a system to guide the hose along, it’s manual so you have to physically wind up the hose and actively guide it from side to side to somewhat evenly distribute the hose across the width of the reel which realistically is pretty hard to do. Well, after almost 2 years of this, I’ve finally decided to upgrade to a retractable hose reel and the one that I’ve gone with is from Glahoden.
Installation of this reel is very straightforward. You’re essentially just mounting up 4 bolts to whichever surface you’ve decided on. These bolts are used to hold up the Glahoden mount, which itself holds the hose reel in place via a pin.
Once you get the hose reel installed, it’s just a matter of hooking it up to the spigot and attaching the multi-pattern spray handle that’s included. This is absolutely one of the easiest installs.
Now, I’ve only used this hose a few times over the past few days but I’m going to straight up say that this is one of the best purchases that I’ve made. The level of convenience that this retractable hose reel has added to my life is indescribable.
To use it, all you have to do is pull the reel out. There’s a ratcheting mechanism in the reel and you can hear it click as you pull the hose out. Each click represents a point where you can let go and it won’t retract or a point where it disengages and will retract. This may sound confusing but is completely intuitive and you get a hold of it after a try or two.
I can easily pull the hose out and water the nearby plants. Then when I’m done, I give it a slight tug and can walk the hose back into the reel. The reel itself does have enough power to pull the hose back in without me walking it back but I just prefer to walk it so I can minimize the hose dragging across my concrete and extend the life of this product.
This reel does have an automatic guide that moves the hose from side to side without any assistance. I’m sure it can malfunction and bind up but I haven’t seen any of that yet. This system is working great to wind the garden hose up.
If you couldn’t tell, I absolutely love this Glahoden hose reel. I’m not saying it’s the best that you can get or anything like that, I’m just saying that it’s functional and the price is great compared to some of the other options. The only thing with this is because it’s not from a super well-known brand, I’m curious to see how long it’ll last. I’ll continue to use it, pretty much every day, and will report back if anything happens with it.
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