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Title: Gardiners hose reel
Post by: Ian101 on December 22, 2011, 06:59:23 am: Anyone got one of these ??

http://www.gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/acatalog/info_REEL_METAL40.html

Any good ??

Need a new one as the legs on my old metal one keep falling off and all bent out of shape as tried to fix it by standing on it to realign the legs ::)
Title: Re: Gardiners hose reel
Post by: EandM on December 22, 2011, 07:13:19 am: Yes - 6 months plus and it's excellent
Title: Re: Gardiners hose reel
Post by: Ian101 on December 22, 2011, 07:14:21 am: thanks !!
Title: Re: Gardiners hose reel
Post by: Pope vader on December 22, 2011, 07:42:55 am: i have one, i prefer it over the other type of reel that i think pure freedom sells, its smaller plus when i am walking away from van it doesnt catch on the gaps on the reel, i will be getting a other one in january
Title: Re: Gardiners hose reel
Post by: a900 on December 22, 2011, 08:53:42 am: Not really used mine yet but it squeaks. I think from the plastic bearings. Nice and compact. Good price too
Title: Re: Gardiners hose reel
Post by: EandM on December 22, 2011, 09:16:53 am: The compactness is a real advantage too. Mine lives in the back of pickup and is low enough to sit under the top.
Title: Re: Gardiners hose reel
Post by: LWC on December 22, 2011, 10:49:01 am: Looks a tidy hosereel, but i cant knock my original plastic hoselock one. Really robust.

(http://www.gardencentreonline.co.uk/admin/ProductImages/2475_2n1_main_600.jpg)

And at £15 from a local shop you cant knock it! Theyre about 3 years old now and still going strong. Comfortably holds 100m 6mm on it.
Title: Re: Gardiners hose reel
Post by: DaveG on December 22, 2011, 02:30:23 pm: Quote from: Ian @ H2o Ho Ho Ho Window Cleaning on December 22, 2011, 06:59:23 am
Anyone got one of these ??

http://www.gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/acatalog/info_REEL_METAL40.html

Any good ??

Need a new one as the legs on my old metal one keep falling off and all bent out of shape as tried to fix it by standing on it to realign the legs ::)

Ive just bought one and is sooo much better than those hose reels with the stupid "unround" sides like these

http://www.windowcleaningwarehouse.co.uk/shop/hose-reels/free-standing-microbore-hose-reel-100m.html
Title: Re: Gardiners hose reel
Post by: Dave Willis on December 22, 2011, 02:35:02 pm: Quote from: a900 on December 22, 2011, 08:53:42 am
Not really used mine yet but it squeaks. I think from the plastic bearings. Nice and compact. Good price too

Grease them?
Title: Re: Gardiners hose reel
Post by: jonboywalton75 on December 22, 2011, 06:12:24 pm: Quote from: Ian @ H2o Ho Ho Ho Window Cleaning on December 22, 2011, 06:59:23 am
Anyone got one of these ??

http://www.gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/acatalog/info_REEL_METAL40.html

Any good ??

Need a new one as the legs on my old metal one keep falling off and all bent out of shape as tried to fix it by standing on it to realign the legs ::)

Ian, you hamfisted Git. Stop breaking stuff ;D