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Title: Gardiners lightweight hose reel
Post by: mike1986 on July 02, 2014, 09:46:44 pm

Are these any good? Or are they as flimsy as they look in the picture?

http://www.gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/acatalog/premium-lightweight-metal-freestanding-microbore-hose-reel-cart.html

Title: Re: Gardiners lightweight hose reel
Post by: Clever Forum Name on July 02, 2014, 09:52:51 pm

Nope really good reels for the Wonga!

Title: Re: Gardiners lightweight hose reel
Post by: EandM on July 02, 2014, 10:29:04 pm

I have two and they are excellent !

Title: Re: Gardiners lightweight hose reel
Post by: oldman on July 03, 2014, 07:23:33 am

Not had a problem with mine, excellent value.

Title: Re: Gardiners lightweight hose reel
Post by: EandM on July 03, 2014, 09:17:27 am

They have a very lower centre of gravity so tend not to fall over and in the back of my pickup they don't stick up over the tub wall.
Extremely good product and the brass swivel connector and microbore reducer are brilliant. Very well designed and thought out product as you'd expect from Alex & Co.

Title: Re: Gardiners lightweight hose reel
Post by: mike1986 on July 03, 2014, 11:03:08 am

Great thanks for the replies, think ill get one.

Title: Re: Gardiners lightweight hose reel
Post by: lee_dewing on July 03, 2014, 11:49:25 am

Hi Mike.
I'm on my third one and wouldn't buy again.

Cheap enough and work well.

But as said fall over in van and once metal circular disc is dented they just get worse and harder to reel
In and out as disc rubs on frame.

I thought this was my thought and fitted last one to square wood base but yet again bent up.

I've been penny wise pound foolish for the price of 2 reels I have had could of got betting.

Cheapest I have seen is d'aqua water systems vat and deliveryb £86,
No hose.

Lee

Title: Re: Gardiners lightweight hose reel
Post by: oldman on July 03, 2014, 12:57:37 pm

Lee....think you'll find EandM said 'tend NOT to fall over'.

Title: Re: Gardiners lightweight hose reel
Post by: lee_dewing on July 03, 2014, 02:45:44 pm

Oops.  :D
Mine falls over.
Must be me.

Title: Re: Gardiners lightweight hose reel
Post by: mufcglen on July 03, 2014, 08:21:26 pm

dont they pull all over tha place being light weight when you reel the hose in?
i have the purefreedom heavy metal reel and even that wobbles about but i'd imagine a lighter reel being worse?

Title: Re: Gardiners lightweight hose reel
Post by: oldman on July 04, 2014, 07:10:02 am

Pipe Clips stops all that when winding hose back-in ;).

Title: Re: Gardiners lightweight hose reel
Post by: Mike #1 on July 04, 2014, 07:45:00 am

I Pulled mine over a few times and bent disc once a  piece of wood and a hammer to sort it out is all that is needed now on my second reel in 3 years and only had a disc bend on this one .

As for wobbling about when reeling in i just place a foot on the frame as reeling in . Mike