- 1. [Shop-talk] Air hose reel opinions (score: 1)
- Author: pj_mcgarvey at hotmail.com (PJ McGarvey)
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 09:01:59 -0400
- I've had enough with tripping over my air hose in my tight garage, so I'm looking into an air hose reel. Learned my lesson once by trying the Harbor Freight cheap-o model and it leaked right away, so
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- 2. [Shop-talk] Air hose reel opinions (score: 1)
- Author: tputland at charter.net (Tim)
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 09:39:02 -0400 (EDT)
- Please make sure all replies go to the list as this is info I am curious about as well. Thanks for head's up on the HorribleFreight item! tim
- /html/shop-talk/2012-05/msg00001.html (10,903 bytes)
- 3. [Shop-talk] Air hose reel opinions (score: 1)
- Author: eric at megageek.com (eric at megageek.com)
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 09:49:43 -0400
- Last summer I plumbed my whole shop for air. I ended up with a total mis match of air hoses and I got to learn alot about them. First, the cheap HF are not worth even trying. Many leak right out of t
- /html/shop-talk/2012-05/msg00002.html (11,445 bytes)
- 4. [Shop-talk] Air hose reel opinions (score: 1)
- Author: doug at dougbraun.com (Doug Braun)
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 10:15:14 -0400
- I got one of the generic Chinese retracting 50-foot ones at a swap meet several years ago, and and it has been a joy. It leaks a little bit in really cold weather, but that is not a problem in practi
- /html/shop-talk/2012-05/msg00003.html (10,121 bytes)
- 5. [Shop-talk] Air hose reel opinions (score: 1)
- Author: pj_mcgarvey at hotmail.com (PJ McGarvey)
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 10:23:45 -0400
- Honestly the $40 HF one would've been fine for me except for the 90 degree brass swivel fitting leaked. probably a bad o-ring, or poor tolerances - didn't open it up to even look... There didn't appe
- /html/shop-talk/2012-05/msg00004.html (11,023 bytes)
- 6. [Shop-talk] Air hose reel opinions (score: 1)
- Author: hillman at planet-torque.com (David Hillman)
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 11:17:36 -0400 (EDT)
- In my opinion, a reel doesn't fix the right problem here. I was in your boat for years, until I finally put a loop of copper lines in my 2.5 car garage last year. I could kill myself for not doing it
- /html/shop-talk/2012-05/msg00005.html (10,086 bytes)
- 7. [Shop-talk] Air hose reel opinions (score: 1)
- Author: marka at maracing.com (Mark Andy)
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 12:33:32 -0400 (EDT)
- Howdy, 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 And I like it a lot. No leaks, cheap as
- /html/shop-talk/2012-05/msg00006.html (10,158 bytes)
- 8. [Shop-talk] Air hose reel opinions (score: 1)
- Author: pj_mcgarvey at hotmail.com (PJ McGarvey)
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 13:22:21 -0400
- That first one is the one I bought. With my luck, if I went back I'd probably grab the same one I returned a few weeks ago, just in a new box LOL. As far as plumbing the "shop" for air, I think I'll
- /html/shop-talk/2012-05/msg00007.html (11,572 bytes)
- 9. [Shop-talk] Air hose reel opinions (score: 1)
- Author: mbarre at juno.com (Matt)
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 17:37:14 GMT
- 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.
- /html/shop-talk/2012-05/msg00008.html (9,464 bytes)
- 10. [Shop-talk] Air hose reel opinions (score: 1)
- Author: shop-talk2 at mcfetridge.org (Ian McFetridge)
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 15:24:04 -0400
- I've gotten good service out of a rotating, retracting, 50 feet reel from McMaster-Carr: about 8 years of hobby shop use. Sorry I can't recall the model or cost. - Ian
- /html/shop-talk/2012-05/msg00010.html (11,229 bytes)
- 11. [Shop-talk] Air hose reel opinions (score: 1)
- Author: dmscheidt at gmail.com (David Scheidt)
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 16:31:20 -0500
- B I and Milton still sell them. -- David Scheidt dmscheidt at gmail.com
- /html/shop-talk/2012-05/msg00011.html (9,858 bytes)
- 12. [Shop-talk] Air hose reel opinions (score: 1)
- Author: cavanadd at frontier.com (David C.)
- Date: Thu, 03 May 2012 19:43:19 -0700
- I have 3 of the generic HF retractable reels in my shop. They've been there for several years with no problems other than one of them springing a leak on the hose that connects the reel to the main a
- /html/shop-talk/2012-05/msg00014.html (9,769 bytes)
- 13. [Shop-talk] Air hose reel opinions (score: 1)
- Author: doug at dougbraun.com (Doug Braun)
- Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 00:15:43 -0400
- Here's a tip: After a few years, the last few feet of my reel's air hose stared getting beat up. So I swapped the hose end-for-end on the reel. The beat-up end moved to the inside of the reel, where
- /html/shop-talk/2012-05/msg00015.html (9,670 bytes)
- 14. [Shop-talk] Air hose reel opinions (score: 1)
- Author: PJ McGarvey <pj_mcgarvey@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 09:01:59 -0400
- I've had enough with tripping over my air hose in my tight garage, so I'm looking into an air hose reel. Learned my lesson once by trying the Harbor Freight cheap-o model and it leaked right away, so
- /html/shop-talk/2012-05/msg00143.html (11,480 bytes)
- 15. Re: [Shop-talk] Air hose reel opinions (score: 1)
- Author: Tim <tputland@charter.net>
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 09:39:02 -0400 (EDT)
- Please make sure all replies go to the list as this is info I am curious about as well. Thanks for head's up on the HorribleFreight item! tim I've had enough with tripping over my air hose in my tigh
- /html/shop-talk/2012-05/msg00144.html (13,957 bytes)
- 16. Re: [Shop-talk] Air hose reel opinions (score: 1)
- Author: eric@megageek.com
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 09:49:43 -0400
- Last summer I plumbed my whole shop for air. I ended up with a total mis match of air hoses and I got to learn alot about them. First, the cheap HF are not worth even trying. Many leak right out of t
- /html/shop-talk/2012-05/msg00145.html (13,722 bytes)
- 17. Re: [Shop-talk] Air hose reel opinions (score: 1)
- Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 10:15:14 -0400
- I got one of the generic Chinese retracting 50-foot ones at a swap meet several years ago, and and it has been a joy. It leaks a little bit in really cold weather, but that is not a problem in practi
- /html/shop-talk/2012-05/msg00146.html (13,697 bytes)
- 18. Re: [Shop-talk] Air hose reel opinions (score: 1)
- Author: PJ McGarvey <pj_mcgarvey@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 10:23:45 -0400
- Honestly the $40 HF one would've been fine for me except for the 90 degree brass swivel fitting leaked. probably a bad o-ring, or poor tolerances - didn't open it up to even look... There didn't appe
- /html/shop-talk/2012-05/msg00147.html (14,243 bytes)
- 19. Re: [Shop-talk] Air hose reel opinions (score: 1)
- Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 11:17:36 -0400 (EDT)
- In my opinion, a reel doesn't fix the right problem here. I was in your boat for years, until I finally put a loop of copper lines in my 2.5 car garage last year. I could kill myself for not doing it
- /html/shop-talk/2012-05/msg00148.html (13,976 bytes)
- 20. Re: [Shop-talk] Air hose reel opinions (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Andy <marka@maracing.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 12:33:32 -0400 (EDT)
- Howdy, Thanks for head's up on the HorribleFreight item! 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-
- /html/shop-talk/2012-05/msg00149.html (13,389 bytes)
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