I recently purchased a Suncast Hose Hideaway that claimed to
hold a 100 foot hose. I can only assume
that 100’ hose was a really, really skinny hose. I could not get my 100’ 5/8” hose into the
box. The box would be suitable for a
75’ or 50’ hose but 100’ of quality hose does not fit.
Oddly enough my son purchased the same hose box from another
store and had the same difficulty.
Extrapolating, I suspect it is the box and not us. I have had good experience with Suncast
products in the past. I have no
complaints about the build quality.
Although I am concerned about the all plastic fitting where you connect
your hose, I haven’t used it long enough to determine if that will be an
issue.
I also want to point out that in their instructions (which
is nice since so many vendors have done away with instructions) they put in
bold print, “and keep hands free from the range of the rotating crank
handle”. This is a good admonishment as
I know have scraped the skin off of the back of multiple fingers on several
occasions. If you are right handed, the
natural inclination is to hold the box down on the right side when pulling out
the hose. There is a handy dandy foot
hold for your right foot that is supposed to keep the box still with your
weight on it. My weight is considerable
it was not enough to keep the box from moving as I pulled out the hose, thus
the scraped knuckles and more disgruntlement with the purchase. It seems like a slightly longer shaft on the
crank handle would have allowed enough room for fingers but I didn’t design the
darn thing.
At this point I don’t know what to do with the box, perhaps
put all my electric cords on it. I
don’t have a hose short enough to use it.
If your hose is 100’, I do not recommend this hose box. If your hose is 75’ or shorter, the build
quality is satisfactory as is the price.
Just keep your knuckles out of the way.
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