Gardena Automatic Hose Reel Review - Is It Really That Good & Would I Buy It Again?

so guys so today i'm going to be taking a look at the wall mounted gardenia hose reel it's an automatic system so it rewinds itself back into the hose box so i'm going to be having a little quick look at the quality i'm going to explain how i found it to use up to now uh whether i recommend it i'm also going to talk about how easy it was to install this hose box on the wall which is very easy so the first thing i start with is i bought the 35 meter real version now i think this is the largest one you can also get 15 meters 20 meters 25 meters i think there's even a 30 meter one uh something i will point out is that this particular model is a new model that has come out relatively uh recently to the old one i think it looks a lot more sleek but it does miss a couple of features so one of the things that they haven't included on the latest model for some reason is there's no handle on the top the previous model also it came out the bottom here and you could put a padlock on to lock it in place the design is slightly different now you've actually got a screw if you was to undo that screw then you can lift the whole box off the wall i suppose you could do that you want to store it in windsor inside a garage or a shed so that's something else you put the screw back in that obviously make sure it stays yours and someone doesn't pick it up and walk up your hose reel now quality wise i think gardenia are above the best when it comes to quality i just think uh you can't beat it if you compare it to a holes lock and some of the cheaper brands i just think i think it has the edge when it comes to quality now what i will say about the gardenia products in general is they are quite expensive now this particular model that i bought i managed to source it and i used to get it for about 150 pounds it is expensive i do think that the quality of the gardening products are far more superior than a lot of brands out there so in terms of features it will swivel 180 degrees like this 90 degrees you also have the option to hang up some of the accessories so that's a holes like i've had for years it's a steel one but the one that comes with it is this one it's just the normal general one you can pick them up anywhere again it's gardenia so it's very good quality so in case anybody doesn't doesn't know gardenia is actually a german brand and uh they were they actually the ones who invented the quick clip connections so they actually invented this uh now i assumed it was a hose lock but after doing a bit of research it turns out that gardenia were the ones who invented the uh quit locking system on the euro holds connections there so something else this does come with a five year guarantee so again multiple products you'd be lucky if you get two year guarantee on products like this but this does come with a five year guarantee that means should anything go wrong four and a half years down the line the mechanism breaks then if you contact adenia they will replace the units again that's something to bear in mind as you you've got the backup of gardiner's customer service personally i've had quite a few gardenia products and none of them have ever broken so i've never had to take advantage of their five-year guarantee so what i will say about this as you probably already know it's a sort of quick lock system so you can pull it and then it will lock now this is 35 meters which is plenty for my garden but if you want if you keep pulling it i've used it in my garden quite a bit now i've been quite happy with it i will get a new attachment which is better that's fine for most people but i do like a trigger one like i said i do have one sugar one that i bought is made of steel and rubber like i said you won't have to worry about getting parts because the so all the quick connections are all the same so i can use my original hose on it or i can use the one that i actually come with so that's not a problem there now in terms of installing this to the wall it comes with three large bolts or screws to screw into the wall and it also comes with three plugs that you have to put into the brick wall now for those who are just wondering what what you'd actually do is you want to make sure that when you drill the holes you drill the holes into the actual brickwork and not into the motor if you put the plugs and screws into the monitor then what you find is after time this can break away and it can end up falling off the wall so do make sure that you that you screw directly into the brickwork so i've been using it i do quite like like the idea is i can pull it all the way out it will it will retract on its own it's nice and quick as you can see so if you can see that if i pull it you can see it slowly moves you can see it's slowly moving across then we've locked it in position then if we pull it it clicks if we let go and then just let it go in [Music] you can see it does go in sorry about that just just caught the camera there by letting that in so there's not really much more to explain about it but something i will mention about the gardenia halls as well is uh hoses is the other eighteen german letter between one and ten ten is really king resistant number one would it kink like hell but as you can see you know you really do struggle to get it to kink but something else you will notice is uh they haven't just put any any sort of holes on here there's a hose that's actually designed with a wind-up system is a uh original gun in your system roll up 13 mil by a half inch that's the size of the hole but it actually says that it's meant for a roll-up system so as you can see the hose is designed for the holes reel but also there's a big difference between the cost of a quality holes and a cheap hose and what you'll find with guiding your products is they have used uh quality holes in this case if you find products that are quite a bit cheaper then what they usually do is they use a cheaper type of hose that's not really uh ideal for rolling up it could cause issues down the line with kinking like i said i've been using this and i've had no issues with her kinking whatsoever that's it for my review i'll perhaps put a few situations on the screen now where you can see it being pulled out you can see it's been put back in you can see him watering a bit in the garden you can see what the spray is like of the actual hose end that comes with this particular hoof pipe like i said this is the 35 meter one to do do smaller ones if you enjoyed this video don't forget to subscribe to the channel click that little bell to get notified when i release new reviews a new video just like this don't forget to smash that like button it really does help me out thanks for watching foreign

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Length: 8min 28sec (508 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 23 2021