Comments on: Suncast SWA100 100-Foot Garden Hose Capacity Wall Mounted Sidetracker Hose Reel, Taupe http://easygreenhouseplans.com/2010/03/suncast-swa100-100-foot-garden-hose-capacity-wall-mounted-sidetracker-hose-reel-taupe/ ...Build Your Own Greenhouse And Grow All of Your Favorite Plants All Year Round! Mon, 06 Jun 2011 08:24:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Frederick L. Blount http://easygreenhouseplans.com/2010/03/suncast-swa100-100-foot-garden-hose-capacity-wall-mounted-sidetracker-hose-reel-taupe/comment-page-1/#comment-3742 Frederick L. Blount Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:25:37 +0000 http://easygreenhouseplans.com/suncast-swa100-100-foot-garden-hose-capacity-wall-mounted-sidetracker-hose-reel-taupe.html#comment-3742 The minimal assembly required for the Suncast Hose TReel is easy and the instructions are good. Because it is side mounted, it is easy winding and unwinding the hose. I recommend this product. Rating: 4 / 5 The minimal assembly required for the Suncast Hose TReel is easy and the instructions are good. Because it is side mounted, it is easy winding and unwinding the hose. I recommend this product.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> By: A Kaiser enthusiast http://easygreenhouseplans.com/2010/03/suncast-swa100-100-foot-garden-hose-capacity-wall-mounted-sidetracker-hose-reel-taupe/comment-page-1/#comment-3741 A Kaiser enthusiast Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:29:06 +0000 http://easygreenhouseplans.com/suncast-swa100-100-foot-garden-hose-capacity-wall-mounted-sidetracker-hose-reel-taupe.html#comment-3741 I have used the Suncast Hose Reels at my home for several years. This reel attaches to the house with four screws into the siding. Very easy to install and has a finished look. It is an excellent product to keep long garden hoses rolled up and tidy. Purchasing through Amazon is quick and easy...and reliable. Rating: 5 / 5 I have used the Suncast Hose Reels at my home for several years. This reel attaches to the house with four screws into the siding. Very easy to install and has a finished look. It is an excellent product to keep long garden hoses rolled up and tidy. Purchasing through Amazon is quick and easy…and reliable.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: M. Grodin http://easygreenhouseplans.com/2010/03/suncast-swa100-100-foot-garden-hose-capacity-wall-mounted-sidetracker-hose-reel-taupe/comment-page-1/#comment-3740 M. Grodin Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:32:59 +0000 http://easygreenhouseplans.com/suncast-swa100-100-foot-garden-hose-capacity-wall-mounted-sidetracker-hose-reel-taupe.html#comment-3740 This was a replacement for a previous model. It's fine, but less hose capacity than the previous model. Rating: 3 / 5 This was a replacement for a previous model. It’s fine, but less hose capacity than the previous model.
Rating: 3 / 5

]]> By: Gil Silberman http://easygreenhouseplans.com/2010/03/suncast-swa100-100-foot-garden-hose-capacity-wall-mounted-sidetracker-hose-reel-taupe/comment-page-1/#comment-3739 Gil Silberman Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:21:57 +0000 http://easygreenhouseplans.com/suncast-swa100-100-foot-garden-hose-capacity-wall-mounted-sidetracker-hose-reel-taupe.html#comment-3739 It's a well designed, fairly well made product that can save a lot of trouble organizing your hose. The positive things are that it doesn't leak, it attaches and detaches very easily, it's very simple to install (as long as you're not afraid of punching screws into the side of your house), and it winds and unwinds smoothly. The minus side is that the molded plastic has a lot of burrs and imperfections, and is a quality and color that doesn't exactly say million dollar mansion - it's fine for out back or the side of a shed but I wouldn't put it in an obvious place on the deck. Also, the fittings are not high quality - the connector hose is thin, too short, and cheap, and the way it installs it's almost guaranteed to form a kink. I bought an extra hose fitting to get around that. Also, as other have noted, 100 feet is optimistic. I have a 25 foot hose that takes up half the reel if I wind loosely. You would have to wind it very carefully to get 100 feet on there. <br /> <br />Amazon shows a list price of $128, which is ridiculous. I would call my congressman and ask for an investigation on that one. When I bought it, it was $30, which is a steal - well worth that price, a bargain really. Today I see it's listed at $56.95, which is too much. I would pay $40-$45 for this item. Any more than that and it's a pass. Rating: 3 / 5 It’s a well designed, fairly well made product that can save a lot of trouble organizing your hose. The positive things are that it doesn’t leak, it attaches and detaches very easily, it’s very simple to install (as long as you’re not afraid of punching screws into the side of your house), and it winds and unwinds smoothly. The minus side is that the molded plastic has a lot of burrs and imperfections, and is a quality and color that doesn’t exactly say million dollar mansion – it’s fine for out back or the side of a shed but I wouldn’t put it in an obvious place on the deck. Also, the fittings are not high quality – the connector hose is thin, too short, and cheap, and the way it installs it’s almost guaranteed to form a kink. I bought an extra hose fitting to get around that. Also, as other have noted, 100 feet is optimistic. I have a 25 foot hose that takes up half the reel if I wind loosely. You would have to wind it very carefully to get 100 feet on there.

Amazon shows a list price of $128, which is ridiculous. I would call my congressman and ask for an investigation on that one. When I bought it, it was $30, which is a steal – well worth that price, a bargain really. Today I see it’s listed at $56.95, which is too much. I would pay $40-$45 for this item. Any more than that and it’s a pass.
Rating: 3 / 5

]]> By: B. Clark http://easygreenhouseplans.com/2010/03/suncast-swa100-100-foot-garden-hose-capacity-wall-mounted-sidetracker-hose-reel-taupe/comment-page-1/#comment-3738 B. Clark Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:47:59 +0000 http://easygreenhouseplans.com/suncast-swa100-100-foot-garden-hose-capacity-wall-mounted-sidetracker-hose-reel-taupe.html#comment-3738 The above hose reel was installed approximately one month ago. Bear in mind I have owned a similar hose reel from this company for over 20 years before it stopped working. <br /> <br />Yesterday I went to use the garden hose and the inner and outer wheels of the hose reel are severely warped to the extend the inner wheel rubs on the house. I will be returning this item but am very skeptical about accepting another product as I feel this is a manufacturing defect which will be consistent with another hose wheel. <br /> <br />I could not under any circumstances recommend this product. Rating: 1 / 5 The above hose reel was installed approximately one month ago. Bear in mind I have owned a similar hose reel from this company for over 20 years before it stopped working.

Yesterday I went to use the garden hose and the inner and outer wheels of the hose reel are severely warped to the extend the inner wheel rubs on the house. I will be returning this item but am very skeptical about accepting another product as I feel this is a manufacturing defect which will be consistent with another hose wheel.

I could not under any circumstances recommend this product.
Rating: 1 / 5

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