Hi all - the warmer weather meaning that I am back to laboriously looping and unlooping my 75 ft. garden hose, I have been eyeballing some of those spring-shaped ones, the ones that look like long plastic tube slinkies and are supposed to just go back where they belong when you let go. HOWEVER - having owned a few slinkies in my day and having seen how that ubiquitous little toy quickly turns into a tangled knot, I am wondering if any of you have ever tried one of these? Do they really spring back like they're supposed to, or do they tangle? Thanks!
I haven't ever tried one, so I'm interested in seeing what someone who has thinks. They are so skinny, I just wonder if they would flow enough water to make me happy. I've seen quite a few of them show up at yard sales, which makes me wonder why the owners didn't want to keep them?? :-?
I was going to get one for the back yard but, can't find one around here. For some reason the stores didn't reorder this year. Makes you start to wonder.
I tried one just to water containers on the porch what a joke just like a slinky tangled all the time ended up in the trash can also not enough water capacity.
Wrapping the hoses back up all the time is definately a bummer but I figured just like the rest of you guys that they would do exactly as englishrose said her's did! Boy if I had the money back for all my boy's tangled slinkies I would be rich!!
Thanks englishrose - that's what I thought might be the case. If it sounds too good to be true..... Back to shopping for a good sturdy wheel thing I can crank it up with.
Slightly bumping this to continue that thought... I'm looking for some kind of reel I can mount on the side of the house, one with a crank. Problem is everywhere I look all I find are very flimsy plastic ones that look like they'll snap the first time the hose gets tugged on... Have any of you found anyplace that sells something made of *metal*? There must be something more 'industrial' strength for those of us who do more than use the hose as a decoration.
