Customer Reviews

Suncast HRC200 Hosemobile 225-Foot Hose Reel Cart

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2 star:		(7)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

This basic model needs to be assembled unlike the ones available at local home improvement stores. I found the unit to be flimsy and leaking water compared to my next hose reel purchase at Sears for $19.95. If you are visiting Sears anyways, you can get a better one for cheaper price and YES, you don't have to figure out how to put all those plastic pieces together.

The hose connector assembly that passes through the frame into the hub of the reel and connects to the hose has stress cracks running longitudinally through the black tube of the connector. These cracks result in unacceptable leakage. I checked on the latest Suncast Hose Reel Carts and they use the same style connector. This is a part that is easily replaceable if replacement parts are made available. Ideally the part that cracks should be made of a thicker, stronger plastic. At first I was tempted simply to discard the hose reel with the cracked part, but when I saw the apparently same part on the new reels, I decided to bring it to your attention. Thank you for the opportunity to voice my concern about one of your products.

We've had one of these, or maybe the previous model, for close to 10 years, I believe. It has held up well, except that the elbow shaped out-tube splits every couple years and has to be replaced.

I'd like to let everyone who is looking for replacement parts know that they are readily available from suncast.com.

Very cheap. Handle is made of cheap plastic and will break. Leaks, but i did change the O-ring. Front of unit to light and lifts up when I wind up the hose. I don't recommend you buy this, but that's your decision. Needs to be made of stronger plastics.

I have had a number of these Suncast units over the last five years, and the reel is not sufficiently strong to hold 200 feet of the 5/8" Craftsman Best (rubber) hose which is very heavy. I have bought four of these units just to replace the reel assembly because it seems to be virtually impossible to get repair parts. Even though we do not use the hose that often because of the sprinkler system, the reel does not last much more than a year or so. At the time I bought these units, they were the only ones I could find that had at least a 200 foot capacity.

Also, I have replaced the wheels and installed a metal axle because of the hose weight.

This unit may be satisfactory if you use a lighter-weight or shorter rubber hose, but it definitely does not have the durability for 225 feet of rubber hose.

useful and economical. very straightforward hose reel. seems sturdy and does what is is supposed to do. only thing is be prepared for a little assembly time. this item arrives in several pieces.

the hose reel itself is ok, but the problem we have had is the plastic elbow itself splits. it has happened twice, the first one split during cold weather, after i had drained it, i ordered one from the factory and it split again this past winter, again after i had drained it. it split right in the 90 degree bend. now i need one and apparently they aren't available or are they. can the factory help????????? "thanks" loiscake@aol.com

I purchased this not too long ago. As soon as I opened the box and began to put it together I noticed that the main frame the "A" portion was exactly the same part as the other "A" portion. Therefore you couldn't possibley put it together at all. Save yourself some time, pain, and suffering and just buy one at Wal-Mart or something.

The manual is very unclear and confusing. There are numbers in the manual but not on the parts. It took me a long time to figure it out how to put it together. I ended up returning it to the store. Very frustrating experience!

The plastic connector leaks due to stress cracking. No replacement part is available. A previous reviewer indicated that recent Suncast models still use the same connector. I would not buy another Suncast hose reel for this reason regardless of the cost.