Hose storage?

[Uranium235]

Ok. This isn't "in-garage" so much as right outside the garage. What are you car guys doing with the car wash hose? My requirements:
1. That portion of the house has siding, so nothing that screws into the siding.
2. QUALITY, QUALITY, QUALITY. I am done with the $20 boxes that leak, won't roll the hose up correctly, and just generally ****.
3. Must not be unattractive to the eye. It doesn't have to be a work of art, but not an eyesore.
4. The closest thing I've found is from Griot's, and it costs $225 and is borderline ugly, so let's set a price goal under that.

What does everyone use?

Matt

 

[j p smith]

My neighbor gave up and got a fancy pot from HD and just coils up the hose inside the pot, does over/under so it pulls out with out kinks.

 

[theoldwizard1]

I gave up years ago. i happen to have brick pavers by one spigot so I just coil it up right there. I place a 24x24 paver by the other one and the coil sits on top of it.

Still haven't learned that "over-under" trick !

 

[aka Larry]

I have one of those the auto-rewind deals and it works like a champ. It was pricey but I've never regretted it.

 

[ChrisH]

Eley Rapid Reel. Love mine and planning to buy a second for outside the garage.

http://www.eleyhosereels.com/

 

[buening]

The Griots one you are looking at is likely a Rapid Reel stand up 2-wheel cart. They make a 4 wheel version as well and is a bit more stable.

By not allowing anything mounted to the wall, you are pretty much limited to the carts or reel boxes (which ****) unless you want to self coil on the ground or in the pot.

I plan on getting a cart and using a quick disconnect on the spigot, and just move the cart to storage when done to keep it out of the elements and out of view. This depends on how close your storage shed is from your spigot though. The quick disconnect saves the hassle of threading the hose leader on every time.

 

[Kaizen]

keep it simple. don't know why screwing through the siding is a big deal. I have a 20 dollar hanger on my house for 10 years. simple and won't break. not the lazy option

 

[Strouty]

Eley Rapid Reel. Love mine and planning to buy a second for outside the garage.

http://www.eleyhosereels.com/

This for sure, I recently became a member of the Eley fanboy club.

Just get one on wheels and you can move it out front when needed. The quick connects are awesome as well.

 

[Squankum]

Not only could you mount the hose on the wall with screws through the siding to the wood, you could also mount a reel box inside the building and have a hole in the wall to tug the hose out of.

Here's a picayune little tip I discovered a few years ago, and I can't be the first: it's less work if you put less loops into the hose as you put it back on the hanger. For some reason, I kept trying to put it up on the hanger in a circular pattern, then one day, I realized, the bigger the loops, the fewer times I've got to do this, so less hassle on or off. Same went for my air hose. (Until I bought a reel for that.)

Not really having answered your question, I'll leave now.

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[sc186]

I cemented a 4x4 decorative deck post into the ground about a foot from my house and used a cheap hose hanger to keep the garden hose off the ground. No holes in the house. Probably $20 in materials.

 

[BeachBoy]

Eley Rapid Reel. Love mine and planning to buy a second for outside the garage.

http://www.eleyhosereels.com/

Just bought that last week, it's in the mail.

from every review it's simply the best, bar none

 

[BeachBoy]

also, I have contacted eley and you can simply buy another attachment and move the reel inside/out to mount on the different wall attachments.

I have a perpendicular one for outside (summer) and will put a parallel one in the garage (winter)

but only one reel/cylinder and one hose.

 

[Mr. Roboto]

I cemented a 4x4 decorative deck post into the ground about a foot from my house and used a cheap hose hanger to keep the garden hose off the ground. No holes in the house. Probably $20 in materials.

I did the same thing, only I put a vinyl sleve over it. I think within the next year or 2 I will change out the hanger I have on there now and swap it for a rapid reel, but this has done the trick for now. The picture is sideways for some reason, but you get the idea.

 

[Steevo]

I like the hose reels that are inside a semi-attractive box, with a level-wind mechanism that keeps the hose from getting balled up on the reel. The good ones are $100 or more, but worth it.
I take the whole thing inside in winter to prevent freeze-cracking.

What I need is to find a good quality garden hose.

 

[Squankum]

What I need is to find a good quality garden hose.

Have you not seen that subject pummeled into a fine dust on GJ yet?

I'm from the "black rubber Craftsman hose" camp. But I haven't tried the other kind people like.

 

[buening]

Be forewarned, the heavy black rubber craftsman hoses don't play nice with the water-powered auto reel hose boxes from Suncast (what I currently own). Too heavy of hose for those plastic gears. I've not had a single issue with the craftsman hoses (including kinks).

 

[Dick in Wisconsin]

Eley Rapid Reel. Love mine and planning to buy a second for outside the garage.

http://www.eleyhosereels.com/

WOW! Those things aren't cheap. But if they are well made and last a long time, they are worth the investment. $260 for the four wheel version. Plus a hose!

 

[snowman3]

I have a metal box Ames Neverleak and like it a lot. ~$120 at the big box stores. Mine was given to me as a hand-me-down and it replaced my $20 plastic hose reel cart. The new Ames is much much nicer. Keeps the sun off the hose. Pretty easy to wind/unwind.

FYI the ames has 4 metal feet, no wheels, in case that matters to you.

 

[thewatusi]

Composite flower planter that looks like a wooden barrel. $15 or so from Costco.

I drilled a hole towards the bottom to feed the hose through.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

I have two Ames manual reels. One on the front of the house and one on the back. Both going for at least 10 years.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_155650-302-2398110___?productId=3560784&pl=1&Ntt=garden+hose+reel

Tommy

 

[CT2012]

I recently bought this and it works well. No leaks, assembled in about 20 min., voila. However, it's steel, and I've already chipped it via my hose couplings and other abuse, so that means it'll inevitably rust at some point. Will keep my eyes on that.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Liberty-Garden-4-Wheel-Hose-Cart-840/100658971

I keep 100 of heavy duty 5/8" hose on there, no problem. The crank arm/wheel thing makes life so much easier when it comes time to bringing it all back in. So much better than hand-coiling.

It's the new version with solid wheels (prior model had inflatable tires, which is a bad design).

 

[Dick in Wisconsin]

We have an Ames plastic two wheel cart that holds lots of hose. We had an early freeze one year before we got it drained of water and the plumbing cracked.

Has anyone found a sources of Ames replacement parts? or do I have to replaced the entire machine?

 

[jwh]

Rope-handled mud bucket from Walmart. Coil up my black Craftsman hose inside it.

 

[MattVette89]

I cemented a 4x4 decorative deck post into the ground about a foot from my house and used a cheap hose hanger to keep the garden hose off the ground. No holes in the house. Probably $20 in materials.

I did the same thing, only I put a vinyl sleve over it. I think within the next year or 2 I will change out the hanger I have on there now and swap it for a rapid reel, but this has done the trick for now. The picture is sideways for some reason, but you get the idea.

I like that idea. Might have to steal that

 

[YZFMax]

Eley Rapid Reel. Love mine and planning to buy a second for outside the garage.

http://www.eleyhosereels.com/

+1

The best hose real around.

 

[rob1200]

If you don't want to mess with your siding, you can mount a hose reel like this:

 

[CT2012]

Postscript: rusting tubes, a clunker!

I bought that rubberized waterproof spray paint, and going to give it a coating in the spring. That'll probably get it 1 or 2 more seasons.

Unless i say the heck with it and buy a proper powdercoated or cast aluminum setup like i should have, albeit at 3x the price.

I recently bought this and it works well. No leaks, assembled in about 20 min., voila. However, it's steel, and I've already chipped it via my hose couplings and other abuse, so that means it'll inevitably rust at some point. Will keep my eyes on that.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Liberty-Garden-4-Wheel-Hose-Cart-840/100658971

I keep 100 of heavy duty 5/8" hose on there, no problem. The crank arm/wheel thing makes life so much easier when it comes time to bringing it all back in. So much better than hand-coiling.

It's the new version with solid wheels (prior model had inflatable tires, which is a bad design).

 

[OldNeons]

I have the Rapid Reels, the old US Made ones, before they sent thm overseas (.

LOVE both the wall mount and the portable wheeled version. Eley looks nice too! Do it right and do it once....

 

[NewShockerGuy]

Eley Rapid Reel. Love mine and planning to buy a second for outside the garage.

http://www.eleyhosereels.com/

Just bought that last week, it's in the mail.

from every review it's simply the best, bar none

I have two of these. I bought the first one which actually started it's life as their 2 wheel cart model 8 years ago, it was outside EVERY day and never brought in. When we moved to our new house that got moved to the backyard, and I ended up purchasing their wall unit for the front of the house. After liking the wall unit so much I called them and asked if I could convert my cart to a wall mount. He had me take some pictures of what I had and then gave me a list of parts I needed to convert my unit to a wall unit. It was only $20 or so... These are built extremely well, work extremely well and I for see them lasting 20+ years.

They are expensive. They are made in the USA, and the manufactures stands by their product. I will never own another hose reel again. I see my neighbors fighting with their cheap plastic pos they bought and then buying what appears to be the same one a year or two later. It's comical to me.
If you don't mind manually winding the hose this is perfect. I can reel in 75' of hose from the back yard in about 20 seconds. Keep the hose adaptor open, shut off the spigot, and then reel it in and there will be no water left in the hose which is awesome.

I can take a picture when we get back from vacation, but both are mounted in the brick of the house. Very solid, s/s hardware is provided.

-Nigel

 

[LS6 Tommy]

The Ely's are reelly nice. I just can't justifiy the cost. I have had two Liberty hose reels for Homey Depot for over 15 years that have never given me any trouble.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Liberty-Garden-Wall-Mounted-Hose-Reel-704/100658093

Tommy

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

Using this for long extension cords and another for my air hose near compressor.

Would work for this purpose but more labor intensive. On the other hand, it can't leak!