GARDENA CANADA 8009 Wall Mount Hose Reel with Hose

Ran a small biz out of a bedroom using this. Worked excellent.

All Gardena products are excellent. As a 110 lb. woman I can't handle a big hose holder and hose, not strong enough. This one along with the Gardena hose I can take anywhere. With the light weight hose it rolls up in a minute. I did need help putting it together, holding the stand in place while screwing to the holder. Love all the attachments too, they do everything with a snap on, no screwing, just snap. The products are made well and will last a lifetime if taken care of properly.

Poor packaging, I received my order and It was packed in a big box. To big for the product and it was not properly packaged, during handling the hose and reel moved around and not being protected at all. When i opened the box i immediately inspected as i knew something could have broken during delivering and handling. And to my surprise, yes it had been damaged and broken. The handle to reel in the hose was cracked. Luckily it was not to bad. But still it will brake and wont function later on. If they would have packaged it been and appropriate box size, it would have prevented damae. Inspect product carefully. Everything else was fine, and i tested it. Is nice and does the job, just a matter of time till the hanlde breaks off.

Design and craftsmanship are outstanding and we are about to buy our second one for the other outside tap. The hose is lightweight and thin, making it a breeze to roll it up. Water throughput is the same as with any other hose I had. The Gardena click system is very useful for changing attachment such as sprinklers.

It works very well. This is the only hose reel that I have found that has the handle that does not pull at my skin when I am rolling up the hose.

An otherwise nice Gardenia hose reel set, but it was advertised as including a 5 foot leader hose and no leader hose was included. Very disappointing for the price point.

As some people have said this system can be a little fragile. Mine came apart as soon as the weather got really hot, over 90F in the sun. The fittings expanded and the hose material got softer which allowed water pressure to blow it apart. However, it is very easy to put back together and tighten up. When the weather cools, I'll bet it never pulls apart as it will shrink more tightly together. It hasn't leaked or come apart since I tightened everything up. The benefit is that it is very light weight to move around my garden. It's isn't designed to be high pressure for blowing dirt off a truck or pressure washing a patio. It's for gently watering a garden or sprinkling a small yard. And, it's a "snap" to change your spraying heads to the sprinkler. I use it more like continuous filling watering can.

It's alright. The build quality is not as solid as other Gardena offerings I've seen. The plastic flexes a bit on the handle as you're reeling the hose back in. The wall mounting system is pretty good and has held the unit without issue so far. The hose itself is not kink-proof. I was expecting it to be thicker with more resistance to kinking. It is a couple of steps better than the cheapest hoses you can find, but it is by no means very good. I have replaced it with a thicker hose and the system is working fine now.