Customer Reviews

Amflo 510HR Retractable Hose Reel, Includes 25 of 3/8-Inch Hose

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I was looking for an inexpensive hose reel for my home shop. This was the most afordable one I could find on-line. It works just great.

I found this product here on Amazon.com but bought it for less at HD. I mounted it on the ceiling of my 20X20 shop and it reaches everywhere I need for it to go. I bougth a 25' hose to run from the reel to my compressor. The tension was a little tight but the instructions explained how to losen it up, no problem. No seal leaks, rewinds fine. If you have a small shop and need quick and easy access to a retractable hose this is the unit to get.

For the home workshop, Dollar for Dollar I think this set up is great. I had no problem with the tension that was set for retracting the hose back into the reel. I did not use the template for the drilling of the holes. I just held the reel where I wanted to mount it on the wall marked out the hole pattern for the two bottom holes, put the two bottom bolts half way in set the reel on them and traced out the two top holes and drilled them. It took all of about 20 min. to complete the whole task. The only draw back is the hose is set up is for a 3/8 connector so I had to get a reducing coupling that took it down to 1/4 inch. No big deal coulping costed all of a $1.85.

I bought this reel and was disappointed. First of all, the template they provided for the mounting bolt positions did not match the actual mounting plate. Four more large holes in my wall I had it installed. Then the real complaint. The tension is very difficult to adjust. I felt like I was going to break the hose I had to pull it so hard to get it fully extended. Then, after it retracted, it coiled off of the reel, making a huge kinked mess of the hose and created a job of resetting the hose tension, etc. I returned the unit and have ordered a Rapid Reel hand crank unit. It isn't as sexy as an auto rewind reel, but it works!

This is a good product. My template holes were exact and I had no problems adjusting the tension. I haven't used the product really yet. I didn't like the 3/8" fittings. Like the other person said, they should have went with 1/4". Also, Mine's mounted on my ceiling, but hangs a bit low for my liking. They warn that it's for a 10' ceiling. Mine must be a bit lower. It's still "sexy" though and worth the addition. Take a look at it at http://www.camerawebpage.com/rzrob