Ruvup Retractable Garden Hose Reel

I purchased the Ruvup Retractable Garden Hose Reel after getting to the breaking point with my old, horrible hoses. It arrived quickly and the packaging was neat and organized. I love that the entire reel is already assembled, and all I had to do was mount it. I chose to use a wooden post mount, which was quite easy to do. Once set up, I found the product to be very nice looking, with its vibrant colors. This thing is lightweight in a good way. The hose is not heavy or overbearing in any way, nor is the nozzle. I was able to retract it, swivel it and move it around my entire yard very easily. The product itself seems very durable yet lightweight. It sits strongly on its metal mount and never have I felt like it was unstable. It retracts very smoothly, and another nice feature is the fact that it will lock into place, if you want, every foot or so, to keep the hose in place while using it. Once in place, the hose works great, and no matter how far you have it retracted, the pressure seems to flow through the hose smoothly. The hose is 100ft in length, and 5/8" in diameter, making it very powerful and water flows through smoothly. The nozzle is great! I was using the ole finger nozzle for too long, and this nice looking nozzle is lightweight, strong and has like 10 different settings. I was able to power rinse dirt off of the patio with one setting, all the way down to gently watering some flowers with the shower setting. There are even a few settings that will aim the spray in a specific direction. I have yet to find a use for those nozzle settings, but I thought it could be useful at some point. The nozzle is a nice orange color and has a good solid grip to it as well. When it came time to retracting the hose, a light tug on it got things started. I walked slowly towards the reel base and the process was very smooth and due to the way it was craftily designed, the hose winds without worrying about it tangling or anything like a traditional hand reel would do. It was so easy to do, and once it was fully retracted, it was perfectly neat and organized, unlike all my ugly bent-up hoses in the past. The swivel feature is game-changing. You can be extracting the hose while swiveling the base at the same time. This makes moving around the yard/garden seamless as you are watering your grass, plants, flowers or dog. The swivel goes a full 180 degrees so you can hit just about anywhere you want with the hose. Once the hose was retracted into the base, I found it also very easy to store it for later use. As the weather is getting cold, I decided to store it in the garage, so I simply remove the retractable hose reel from the base and place it away for the winter. Overall I am extremely satisfied with the Ruvup Retractable Garden Hose Reel, and would highly recommend it to everyone!