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Subject: [Shop-talk] Air hose reel opinions
From: pj_mcgarvey at hotmail.com (PJ McGarvey)
Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 10:23:45 -0400
References: <SNT127-W45864556D0CF7FA012C5AD9A2F0@phx.gbl>, <CAOtbU9Vrfm012tS_m-bQukF56Px+w1SOphitR3E6u5OyCNKZiA@mail.gmail.com>
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 appear to be *any* swivel
fittings online I could find (which may be a bad sign for things to come).  I
can see this being a wear item on any of these reels.  One leaky fitting and
the whole thing is junk.

Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 10:15:14 -0400
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Air hose reel opinions
From: doug at dougbraun.com
To: pj_mcgarvey at hotmail.com
CC: shop-talk at autox.team.net

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
practice.  I can't imagine having piles of hoses

all over the place.  I think I paid $65, but that was 5 years ago.

I bet the Craftsman ones come from the same factory in China...


As the price of raw materials climbs, the Chinese stuff had gotten more
cheaply made.  I bought

a HF welder cart about 3 years ago, and I was happy with it.  It was pretty
sturdy.  Then I
bought a second one recently.  It was the exact same design and model number,
but
all the sheet metal pieces were about 15% thinner, and the entire thing was
about 15% lighter.

It was definitely flimsier, and I was sort of bummed.

Doug



On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 9:01 AM, PJ McGarvey <pj_mcgarvey at hotmail.com> wrote:

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 I returned it.  Craftsman

has some nice looking ones in the $100-150 range and there's a sale ending in

3-days I might jump on.  When I search Amazon, there is a ridiculous array of

them at many price points....



I'm looking for one that can handle 50 ft. of 1/2" hose.  Self-retracting is

not a requirement.  If they sell it with out the hose that would be great.

Something that can handle typical DIY use.



I know alot of people on this list use air in their shops, so I figured it's
a

great place to ask.



Thanks

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