[Shop-talk] Air hose reel opinions

[mbarre at juno.com (Matt)]

I have the same manual one as Mark and it works fine.If not the same as the
retractable it is a clone - may have come from Homier vice HF but it is cheap
chinese.They both work fine for what I need. My only concession is I have a
few ball valves in the shop that allow me to control/isolate legs.  I
generally turn the compressor and main ball valve offtill I need to do work
because there are small leaks and I don't want the compressor to cycle several
times a day forever. MB


---------- Original Message ----------
From: Mark Andy <marka at maracing.com>

I wasn't going to suggest it since the OP had a bad experience, but I have
this reel:

http://www.harborfreight.com/100-ft-steel-air-hose-reel-46342.html

I also have this one in the trailer:

http://www.harborfreight.com/50-ft-retractable-air-water-hose-reel-with-3-8-e
ighth-inch-hose-93897.html

Its fine.