Liberty Garden 709 Steel Wall/Floor Mounted Hose Reel, Holds 200-Feet of 5/8-Inch Hose - Tan, 17.6 x 22 x 15

This is one of the greatest presents I have ever given myself. It's more than easy to assemble and it works beautifully. If you're a senior citizen struggling with your hose, you need this. It's absolutely worth the money.

Works great, heavy duty hose reel, no leaks and no issues. 100ft 5/8 rubber hose. I am going to purchase a second one for the front yard.

Update: Liberty garden products quickly responded and have already sent a replacement part the next morning. Very impressed to find a company that actually does customer service right! You don't find this often.The brass swivel threads are bad. I tried 4 different hoses including the included leader hose. None will thread into the swivel and all thread into every other hose. At the moment it's useless for installation in my brush fire truck. We'll see if the company responds to email or phone. They are already closed for the day. Everything else about it seemed fine, for such a low price the metal seems sturdy and it was easy to assemble and mount to the bed of my truck but when I tried to connect the leader it does not fit the threads on the swivel.

Great item, easy to assemble and very sturdy just sitting on the ground with a very heavy 50ft hose on it.

This was the least expensive wall-mount garden hose reel I could find that conformed to my specifications. I wanted a sturdy metal reel that would hold a lot of hose because I have only one hose bib and often have to pull 150' of 5/8" hose to reach areas in the garden around the other side of the house. I also had the old reel mounted on a pivoting post (made out of old well pipe and scrap lumber, but that's another story) and to preserve this system I needed to bolt the new reel to a chunk of vertical 2 by 10 about two feet long. I prefer this post arrangement because it allows the aforementioned swivel and because it puts the reel a few feet from the house, whereas a wall-mounted reel inevitably drips and sprays right up against the house, which is bad for many reasons. Also, given standard 16" wall stud spacing in USA, mounting a 14" hose reel baseplate across two studs often requires a scab board affixed to the exterior wall.First positive, this reel adapts well to different mounting arrangements because the large, heavy-gauge back plate, which comes with 8 pre-drilled mounting holes, can be drilled in other positions if the stock holes don't fit your mounting profile.Second positive, the reel turns smoothly and has a good wide drum area.Third positive, the rotary union is tight and leak-free (it's only been two weeks, but if you read the reviews, a lot of the cheaper reels leak right out of the box).Sole possible negative, the reel flanges of this reel are stamped and spoked, which means that the inside surface looks like it could wear and fray the hose over the long run, at least in comparison with the solid, spreading flanges of some (much) more expensive reels. On my reel, these spokes appear finished and smooth, so I hope it won't cause trouble.First question, I haven't found the spec for replacement O-rings for said rotary union. I may yet hear from the seller on this.Second question, and this is not limited to this brand, the hose drum core diameter is pretty small, causing the inner windings of hose to be tighter than is good for the hose material and water flow. If manufacturers would offer a hose drum of, say, 8" core diameter, we would lose only a few feet of small inner windings and the hose would be less stressed.

1) I purchased 5 of these because the reviews seemed positive. Sadly, every single one leaks after unwinding and rewinding the hose back up a few times. This is because the unit's brass fittings wiggle loose no matter how many times I remove the hoses and take everything apart to tighten. This process is a pain and time consuming. Try doing it over and over with 6 of these and you may understand my frustration. 2) A quality hose line with a decent female fitting will not attach to the frame's male fitting because of the tight bend leading to the male threaded part on the unit. There is a notch cut out on the core cylinder to allow for the hose fitting, but it's not big enough to do the job it is supposed to do. So, your only option to attach a lead line other than the cheap, short, small diameter one that comes with it, is to buy another cheap, but longer and wider diameter lead line that probably won't hold up and may leak at the connection. 3)Because the unit does not swivel, you can only unwind and wind in a straight line. 4) The unit falls over when unwinding or rewinging unless you bolt or screw down to a heavy, heavy, heavy base, or drive u shaped spikes into the ground over the legs to help keep it from flipping over and in one place which means you can't move it somewhere else by even a few inches. After spending close to $600 to tidy up the good quality hoses in my yard, I am more than disappointed in this winder. I expected a great deal more at this price point. A quality hose winder would be a blessing, but this one has serious design flaws that can only be overcome by redesigning the unit with the above problems in mind. So now I am stuck with these winders around my yard and miles of unwound hoses because I just gave up. When time permits, I will have to search for a better solution.

The media could not be loaded. I’ve included a video of how to fix a slight design issue concerning reinforced sleeved hoses. Once you get past that minor hiccup it’s a fantastic hose reel. If the hose you are using does not have a sleeved reinforced end, you will not have an issue. It rolls up very smoothly and does a great job. It made short work of a heavy 80 foot hose. It’s also very well built. However, if you’re using a high-quality hose, you will not be able to get anywhere near 200 feet on there. I’ve included a picture of my hose completely rolled up. It’s 80 feet long and there might be room on that reel for another 20 feet. But if you’re using a very thin hose, or collapsible flat hose, I’m sure you could get 200 feet on there.