HOZELOCK - Hose Reel 60m 2-in-1 (Reel and Wall Fixings Only) : Free-standing or Wall-mounted, Reel With Lightweight, Robust Main Body for Durability and Flexibility of Use [2475R0000]

Holds 50m of 12.5mm hose well. Easy to put together and runs smoothly. Hose lock quality is brilliant . Comes with tap attachment and quick connections for the ends of the hose too.Haven’t used the wall brackets, but they look easy to install and sturdy.

Very sturdy and holds 50m of hose no issue. The reel winds and unwinds really easy and does a fantastic job. However, building it wasn't very easy. The instructions written on the box were tiny and not completely clear. There are some self tapping screws that you need to screw through holes and into the metal frame. They simply dont self tap. You either need to drill a tiny hole or as i had to as i was in the middle of nowhere hit them in with a hammer to make a start. Once put together this is great, but for such a major leading brand they can do better than this for self build.

Great reel. Sturdy and easy to build. I just google searched a how to video. Worth the money.

This item requires you to follow the instructions exactly if you have mobility issues it could be a problem

This item does not come ready made. The assembly instructions for it are poor and difficult to follow. They are pictorial, only, and too small too see easily. On opening the box I immediately saw a long spring and wondered what it was for. I assumed it was to hold something in tension but could not imagine what that would be. When I reached the picture covering this it was too small to see what what was intended. After a great deal of thought I eventually realised that the purpose of the spring was not to provide tension but it was to be inserted inside the hose itself to prevent it from collapsing on itself in the first turn around the hub of the spool. Several of the parts are intended to be clicked permanently into place but it was difficult to make the "clicks" actually engage. The two screws intended to hold the bottom tube in place were too long (they could not be recessed sufficiently and would have projected) and I had to replace them with shorter screws from my own collection. The reel can be self-standing (which is what I wanted) or wall mounted. It could be that all of the screws provided were intended for the wall mounting but I found no screws of the right length for keeping the bottom tube in place My advice would be to take photos of all of the assembly pictures on a smart phone and then expand them to see better what is required. Far better would have been for the manufacturer to have given larger assembly pictures on the box and to have provided written instruction, especially including the purpose and location of the spring. A job which I had anticipated would take no longer than 15 minutes took far longer than this. At one point I was tempted to abandon the project. Having finally assembled the reel it seems to function well, at present. A final but important point: I had measured the length of my hose (25 metres) and so I had originally bought a 30m (pre-assembled) Hozelock reel. To my surprise its capacity was inadequate. A note on the reel said that its capacity was one length for one diameter of hose and a different, smaller, capacity for a wider diameter of hose. I had the wider diameter hose, which explained why it was inadequate. I do not recall this difference being explained on the website. I then returned the pre-assembled 30m reel and bought the 60m reel as a replacement, which is the subject of this review. I would advise checking on the diameter of the hose being used before making a purchase.

Easy to assemble, good quality product, as you would expect from Hozelock

The assembly instructions on the box are so small I had to use a magnifying glass to see them. Once fully assembled which was easy enough I was left with a long spring and no idea what it was for as it's not shown on the instructions. So I've just left it off. It seems to be robust enough and works well enough. So Hoselock, improve your instructions so we know what to do with that long spring and you might get 5 stars

Great, just what we needed for our hose, very sturdy and well worth the money