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Title: Ionics rapido hosereel
Post by: robert mitchell on November 06, 2025, 10:52:40 am: Hi ,

Does anybody else have one of these reels ? Mine is one of the first run built and i only paid £600 for it ........but its underpowered and a bit slow . I notice it has a 24v motor , anybody have a newer version thats been updated ? wondering if the newer ones have a different motor.
Title: Re: Ionics rapido hosereel
Post by: Simon Trapani on November 06, 2025, 12:08:39 pm: Are you sure it’s not slow because your battery is old?

Also, I wouldn’t want it too quick in case it snags on something. Or they can soon whip up causing damage or injury, especially with a rectus 21 or similar on the end.
Title: Re: Ionics rapido hosereel
Post by: Scottish Cleaning Service on November 06, 2025, 03:51:34 pm: My reels were rapid and eventually slowed down. Found out it was to do with the wire connections. Ended up using connector block rather than spades and made a vast difference.
Title: Re: Ionics rapido hosereel
Post by: robert mitchell on November 06, 2025, 08:11:23 pm: Battery is brand new lithium , stays above 13v .

Connections are all good ..
Title: Re: Ionics rapido hosereel
Post by: dd on November 06, 2025, 10:14:16 pm: Do you use 6mm hose?
Title: Re: Ionics rapido hosereel
Post by: robert mitchell on November 07, 2025, 08:06:51 pm: Quote from: dd on November 06, 2025, 10:14:16 pm
Do you use 6mm hose?

Yes
Title: Re: Ionics rapido hosereel
Post by: Tam1872 on November 09, 2025, 08:02:46 pm: I bought a water works one and the thing would take your hand off it was that quick. Kept blowing its fuse, like 2 everyday for a week.

The speed it was coming in was dangerous, I thought this cant be right.

Window cleaning warehouse were useless trying to sort it. Waterworks on the other hand were brilliant.

They exchanged it for a new one for me.
Title: Re: Ionics rapido hosereel
Post by: Ian Sheppard on November 13, 2025, 10:50:08 am: Quote from: robert mitchell on November 06, 2025, 08:11:23 pm
Battery is brand new lithium , stays above 13v .

Connections are all good ..

Is the battery also 24V ?

Also agree with Simon regarding snagging.
Title: Re: Ionics rapido hosereel
Post by: robert mitchell on November 13, 2025, 02:12:29 pm: Quote from: Ian Sheppard on November 13, 2025, 10:50:08 am
Quote from: robert mitchell on November 06, 2025, 08:11:23 pm
Battery is brand new lithium , stays above 13v .

Connections are all good ..

Is the battery also 24V ?

No , the motor says 24v on it , battery is 12v. i did ask mionics about me using say an 18v battery to run it but they said it wouldnt be a good idea.

Also agree with Simon regarding snagging.
Title: Re: Ionics rapido hosereel
Post by: dazmond on November 15, 2025, 01:19:38 pm: Pure freedom have got a new reelmaster lite reel out. It might be worth a look. Its a little bit cheaper at £700+ including VAT and a lot lighter than the original.
Title: Re: Ionics rapido hosereel
Post by: dd on November 15, 2025, 06:26:58 pm: Reading the description on the PF website the standard reelmaster, although more expensive, is a better reel.
E.g. the lite version does not have snag detection.
Title: Re: Ionics rapido hosereel
Post by: robert mitchell on November 16, 2025, 06:38:58 pm: Quote from: dd on November 15, 2025, 06:26:58 pm
Reading the description on the PF website the standard reelmaster, although more expensive, is a better reel.
E.g. the lite version does not have snag detection.

Im not overly worried about snag detection, never had a problem so far.

There does appear to be some kind of beef between purefreedom and waterworks about PF copying there reel.