Hecho en Israel
It’s not a better mouse trap that the world needs, but a better hose reel. I think I have been through them all. There is:
• A coil of hose on the ground (certainly the cheapest solution).
• The ceramic hose pot, decorative, but a pain to get the hose in and out of.
• The hose reel with a crank handle.
• The hose reel with a crank handle and hose guide.
• The hose reel with a crank handle, hose guide, and gears to move the guide as you crank.
• The hose reel with water power to reel in the hose, hose guide, gears to move the guide.
The last is the one I just got. Instructions in English and Spanish, made in Israel. Earlier in the summer I bought a reel with a crank, guide, and gears. The first time a wind of any strength blew through here, its lid was stripped off and sent flying. No matter how many times I reattached it or tried to fasten it down, it kept flying off. So, finally, I just left it off. Also, the hose comes off the top of the reel. This means when you are about 70 or 80- feet from the reel and pulling out the hose, the reel topples over. Useless.
Today I bought the new reel. The hose feeds out the bottom, there are stakes to hold it in the ground to prevent tipping, and to reel the hose back onto the drum, you move a handle and water power brings it in…slowly…but brings it in.
So, is this the reel deal?
• A coil of hose on the ground (certainly the cheapest solution).
• The ceramic hose pot, decorative, but a pain to get the hose in and out of.
• The hose reel with a crank handle.
• The hose reel with a crank handle and hose guide.
• The hose reel with a crank handle, hose guide, and gears to move the guide as you crank.
• The hose reel with water power to reel in the hose, hose guide, gears to move the guide.
The last is the one I just got. Instructions in English and Spanish, made in Israel. Earlier in the summer I bought a reel with a crank, guide, and gears. The first time a wind of any strength blew through here, its lid was stripped off and sent flying. No matter how many times I reattached it or tried to fasten it down, it kept flying off. So, finally, I just left it off. Also, the hose comes off the top of the reel. This means when you are about 70 or 80- feet from the reel and pulling out the hose, the reel topples over. Useless.
Today I bought the new reel. The hose feeds out the bottom, there are stakes to hold it in the ground to prevent tipping, and to reel the hose back onto the drum, you move a handle and water power brings it in…slowly…but brings it in.
So, is this the reel deal?
posted by Bud Hirsch at 3:10 PM
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