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carpmart

posted on 16/8/13 at 08:51 AM Reply With Quote
Retractable Airline hose reel

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I want a 20m retractable airline hose for my garage. There appears to be much tat on eBay and I want soemthing of reasonable home workshop quality, any ideas what to get?

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Ben_Copeland

posted on 16/8/13 at 09:07 AM Reply With Quote
Machine Mart do nice ones, but a tad expensive.





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carpmart

posted on 16/8/13 at 09:15 AM Reply With Quote
Thanks for the reply, any links?

When you say nice, you're talking from a quality perspective correct?





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thefreak

posted on 16/8/13 at 09:36 AM Reply With Quote
I bought mine from Aldi/Lidl (whoever were offering them at the time) and it's perfect. Heavy duty enough to be dragged around the garage and pulls out in stages with a ratchet to hold it in place.
Bolted to the wall under the bench out the way hooked upto the compressor as well.

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MikeRJ

posted on 16/8/13 at 09:37 AM Reply With Quote
Beware that many of the cheap ones have quite a narrow bore that can significantly reduce airflow when using tools with a high demand (e.g. impact gun).

[Edited on 16/8/13 by MikeRJ]

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carpmart

posted on 16/8/13 at 09:41 AM Reply With Quote
Mike's cautionary advice is the sort of thing I worried about.

There is a plethora of 'cr@p' out there and I'm after a bottom of the range workshop grade one, but can't fathom which to get!





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Carbonman

posted on 16/8/13 at 09:43 AM Reply With Quote
I use the Sealey SA85 its 20m with 10mm bore hose. It ain't cheap but its metal bodied and the locking and retracting mechanism won't screw up in no time like the cheaper ones I have had in the past. Suppose it really depends how much use it's likely to get. Mine gets dragged in and out all day.





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carpmart

posted on 16/8/13 at 09:47 AM Reply With Quote
It won't get too much use, but I hate junk tools with a passion.

The sealy one looks great, but blows my budget a little. Anyone get anything in between as recommendation please?





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adithorp

posted on 16/8/13 at 09:48 AM Reply With Quote
We're running 2 Aldi ones in our workshop. They're in constant use and have been no trouble.

They cost less than the hose would have on it's own.





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Ben_Copeland

posted on 16/8/13 at 09:51 AM Reply With Quote
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/clarke-9-metre-retractable-air-hose-reel-car-2?da=1&TC=SRC-air+line+retractable

Nice but expensive for what it is.

Very good quality, dont buy the Adli/Lidl ones they have cheap nasty airline connections on them and they are smaller bore. If you have all aldi kit and compressor its fine, but not if you have decent compressor and tools.





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blakep82

posted on 16/8/13 at 09:55 AM Reply With Quote
I've had quite a few machine mart hoses over time, they perish and split quite easily. The last one I bought (can't remember what make) did the same.
I wouldn't spend money on retractable ones if they're not going to last long
Or maybe I'm doing something wrong with them?





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carpmart

posted on 16/8/13 at 10:06 AM Reply With Quote
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20M-Metre-66FT-Retractable-Walll-Mountable-Garden-Air-Hose-Reel-Extra-Long-/120797036807?pt=UK_Home_Garden_GardenEquipment_H andTools_SM&hash=item1c20108107

Cheap and cheerful then?





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FuryRebuild

posted on 16/8/13 at 10:12 AM Reply With Quote
+1 for the machine mart hoses.

I have two, mounted on the ceiling either side of the garage and they're perfectly placed for what I need.

It's a real convenience rather than mincing around with the coiled hoses which became a pain very quickly.





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adithorp

posted on 16/8/13 at 10:25 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by carpmart
It won't get too much use, but I hate junk tools with a passion.

The sealy one looks great, but blows my budget a little. Anyone get anything in between as recommendation please?


The Aldi ones we use are the same product as the Sealey SA85 but painted blue.





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carpmart

posted on 16/8/13 at 10:26 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by adithorp
quote:
Originally posted by carpmart
It won't get too much use, but I hate junk tools with a passion.

The sealy one looks great, but blows my budget a little. Anyone get anything in between as recommendation please?


The Aldi ones we use are the same product as the Sealey SA85 but painted blue.


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Power-Craft-PCAHR-08-Spring-Powered-Retractable-15m-Air-Hose-Reel-NEW-/130967947870?pt=UK_Air_Tools_and_Compressors&hash =item1e7e4c4a5e

Does it look like this?





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thefreak

posted on 16/8/13 at 10:29 AM Reply With Quote
That's the one I bought from Lidl.
Very happy with it 2 years on.

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hobbsy

posted on 16/8/13 at 11:23 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by adithorp
quote:
Originally posted by carpmart
It won't get too much use, but I hate junk tools with a passion.

The sealy one looks great, but blows my budget a little. Anyone get anything in between as recommendation please?


The Aldi ones we use are the same product as the Sealey SA85 but painted blue.


I also have one of these, can't check as it's some distance away but seem to recall it's 10mm bore. They may of course have sold inferior versions as well so check the specs carefully.

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mcerd1

posted on 16/8/13 at 11:50 AM Reply With Quote
I've got a normal hose wrapped around an old wheel which will shortly be mounted to the wall on an old caravan hub - total cost £0 + the hose

ok its not quite as good as a proper reel - but its free !!!!



and just to add a bit of bling the wheel I'm using is a 8"x18" OZ mag. wheel from a 99 focus WRC (the 5 spoke tarmac kind)

[Edited on 16/8/2013 by mcerd1]





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Mikef

posted on 16/8/13 at 12:19 PM Reply With Quote
This is very similar to the one I have. Has been very good , not sure if it's exactly the same.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/50-FEET-3-8-INCH-AUTO-RETRACTABLE-WALL-MOUNTED-REWINDING-GARDEN-AIR-HOSE-REEL-/321053833127?_trksid=p3284.m263&_trkparms =algo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D21%26pmod%3D310669618138%26ps%3D54

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adithorp

posted on 16/8/13 at 12:26 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by carpmart
quote:
Originally posted by adithorp
quote:
Originally posted by carpmart
It won't get too much use, but I hate junk tools with a passion.

The sealy one looks great, but blows my budget a little. Anyone get anything in between as recommendation please?


The Aldi ones we use are the same product as the Sealey SA85 but painted blue.


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Power-Craft-PCAHR-08-Spring-Powered-Retractable-15m-Air-Hose-Reel-NEW-/130967947870?pt=UK_Air_Tools_and_Compressors&hash =item1e7e4c4a5e

Does it look like this?


Yes, thats the one.

When we got them, Sealey had an offer on... 10m of hose from Sealey (@ offer price) was dearer than the whole reel (inc 20m hose) from Aldi.

Wehad to alter the bracket position on one just to fit it where we wanted and that was a bit fiddley and the fittings supplied with it are an odd design so we swapped them for PCL to match all the other stuff in the workshop.





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hobbsy

posted on 16/8/13 at 01:53 PM Reply With Quote
Yeah that's the only downside with some of the stuff I've picked up in the German supermarkets. Odd airline fittings. No big deal though!

For the amount of use I give them vs the more expensive stuff they are fine. And as pointed out sometimes they look exactly the same as more expensive brands, just different packaging / colour etc.

Air hacksaw, finger file, compact air drill have all got me out of the poop on numerous occasions.

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carpmart

posted on 16/8/13 at 02:14 PM Reply With Quote
Some barsteward has bought that bloody eBay item before my daughter could buy it for my Birthday!!!





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