Anyone else love their new shovel?

[Bob_Skurka]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( if I make a purchase like a hose that I intend to keep for a long time, I'll spend a little extra to get good quality. I bought a hose about ten years ago with a lifetime warranty that has served me well. My father buys the cheap five dollar hose, and he's replacing it every two years or so. )</font>


I agree with you on buying the bets quality for the money and taking care of the item to keep it for a very long time. The Fiskars hose looks like a good one. The other brand I like is Swan, but only their commercial grade hoses. I find that I end up running hoses long distances so I regularily string 3 or even 4 hoses together to get water where I want it. It seems like a good hose will last me at least 5 to 7 years, but because I have so many, I probably buy a new one every other year to replace one of the 8 or 9 hoses I own.

I tried hose repair kits, but they restrict the water flow too much and create a pressure point. It also reduces the overall water output too much because the repair point is typically 1/2 the I.D. of the hose's interior diameter. So if I have an old hose that needs to be repaired, I find it best to replace it.

Last year I bought what I thought was good hose reel, it seemed well made, and cost me plenty. Now I am on a mission to find the world's best made hose reel. I think I found the right brand, and the cost is $10 more than what I paid last year, but is an industrial design rather than a spiffy design, I believe it will hold up for a decade rather than a season.

 

[PineRidge]

Bob I gave up on water hose reels years ago. I just never found one that lasted much over a couple of years and every one that I ever purchased quickly leaked. Now I plant a 4X4 treated post in cement ( I have 8 currently at differnt parts of my lot) and mount a simple plastic gadget on it that will hold 100 feet of coiled hose and nozzles. They never seem to wear out and they don't cost an arm and a leg. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Bob_Skurka]

Are you familiar with RAPID REEL? They make air hose & grease hose reels and seem to be of very high quality. Nothing fancy, just a good solid design. Recently they started making hose reels for garden hose. I am thinking of trying a couple of their units. They run (depending on if you get them on sale or not) about $100 for a wall mounted unit.

But I love your idea about using a 4x4 sunk in concrete with a hose holder bolted to it. Not sure if the lovely Mrs Bob would like it, maybe I can figure out a way to dress it up a bit or hide it?

 

[OkeeDon]

There was a thread here some time ago about water-operated hose reels. No time right now to search for it. But, they intrigue me, and I may give one a try. Anyone have any up-to-fdate experience?

 

[Bob_Skurka]

Don, send me your address and I will pack up the overpriced unit I bought last year and ship it too you. It leaks all over the place, only reels back in if you assist it, and basically is a pile of plasting just itching to hit the recycle bin! It did work well for ONE season, but for about $80 bucks, I think it should work for quite some time.

 

[OkeeDon]

Sure, send it to:

6120 GLADES CUTOFF ROAD, FT. PIERCE, FL 34981

/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif ...click on the link, first...

 

[PineRidge]

<font color="blue"> Don, send me your address and I will pack up the overpriced unit I bought last year and ship it too you. It leaks all over the place, only reels back in if you assist it, and basically is a pile of plasting just itching to hit the recycle bin! It did work well for ONE season, but for about $80 bucks, I think it should work for quite some time.

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Bob thats also been my experience with water hose reels to a T. Hey, maybe you can dress up a flower garden with it. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[jinman]

Bob, everything with the Fiskars brand I own is the best of that type of tool I ever had. I don't even look at the price, I just see Fiskars and buy it. If they are making dirt tools, it looks like I'll have to look into replacing some of my old "tired" tools.

Thanks for the heads-up. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[Bob_Skurka]

I saw several types of long and short handle shovels, spades & forks, plus some sort of gimiky looking weed puller. And the hose. I bought a short handled shovel and about a week later picked up the hose because I needed a new one and I was so impressed with the shovel after a weekend of planting.

 

[AndyM]

Fiskars Garden Tools product line

Here's the link for everyone to make their shopping lists! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Heck, there's even a Fiskars post hole digger!