Cheap half decent 10m hose reel?

[broona]

I'm looking for a 10m'ish hose reel to connect from an outside tap to a Nilfisk C110 pressure washer purely for car washing purposes, any recommendations please?

I keep seeing the expandable ones, but they either get fantastic or terrible reviews, anyone used one? Thanks in advance.

 

[Andre]

I've been using expandable ones for the past few years. They seem to last about 2-3 winters before they burst, and that is ensuring they are fully drained after each use. Make sure they are double-walled, or actually mention they are suitable for pressure washers (my last one does, and it's lasted 3 winters so far) Personally wouldn't go back to a normal hose just for the space saving!
Most of the expandable ones are a minimum of 25M, so probably better just getting the cheapest normal hose pipe you can

 

[Razor-BladE]

I needed a short hose for the same purpose and like you, read the expandable ones are either great or terrible so in the end I went for a 15m Gardena hose (£15) plus the connectors (£15).
Works great and quality seems like it'll last. Time will tell, but I'm happy with it.

 

[broona]

Thanks for the replies, think I'll skip expandable ones and go for a half decent normal hose, after googling, the Gardena Textile Hose Liano 10 m Set looks perfect, I'll see if I can find stock somewhere.

 

[SeatIbiza]

Half decent and cheap don't usually go together. Good hoses are expensive for what they are. My hozelock 30m on a reel hose is 5 years and counting now, so must be ok. Think it was about £60.

Next hose will be a wall mounted job with auto reel back, but they're around £130-140 on amazon!

 

[Martynt74]

I just got one of the Verve (?) ones from B&Q and it seems reasonable enough,

I have got an old Karcher which is considerably better but the reel broke and i couldn't seem to find a new reel that didn't feel crap.

 

[broona]

I ended up buying a cheap Homebase own make one, 17 quid for 20 metres on a reel and 4 quid for some extra fixtures, seems to be working OK to test the new tap and pressure washer for now.

If it dies, I'll invest in a decent one, just wanted to go cheap as I wasn't 100% sure I could get it all working as I wanted it anyway.

 

[M1k3H]

B&Q have a decent price on hozelock 25m. Comes with reel and wall brackets and fixings. £30!

Got one today to replace an Asda one I got a couple of years ago and it feels so much better. Much softer so shouldn't develop any lasting kinks as easily as my previous one.

 

[moon man]

i have a long garden so have a hidden hose pipe hiding in the bottom of hedge then a connecting one ,that has to go across a shared dirt road ,cheap ones like mine work ok bot kink annoyingly easily and can split ,with the odd split i just cut out and chuck a little connector in ,worh getting a decent one

 

[jpaul]

he already decided, but

I have the aforementioned hozelock standard ... they do kink easily ,
so always find have to spend time laying it out / snaking on garden before using, and store them with as large a coils as possible,
if you get a reel - these look like a kink nightmare too - can you recoil ity easily , and does it then unravel with twists in it.

 

[fobose]

he already decided, but

I have the aforementioned hozelock standard ... they do kink easily ,
so always find have to spend time laying it out / snaking on garden before using, and store them with as large a coils as possible,
if you get a reel - these look like a kink nightmare too - can you recoil ity easily , and does it then unravel with twists in it.

I had a hozelock 25m manual reel which was a right pain to wind up and would always kink. I had it for about 9-10 years and it has lasted very well. I recently bought a hozelock 30m auto reel which winds itself back in to its housing on its own when you give the hose a tug. Very convenient and the hose never kinks. It was not cheap mind you. £90 in B&Q on special. So worth it for me for the time saving.