What is the best garden hose storage?
The short answer: it depends on your needs.
After reading this article you will discover the best garden hose storage option for you.
Discover Your Hose Storage Needs.
In order to decide which hose storage option is best for you, answer the next questions:
1. What is the length of the hose you need to store?
2.How strong are your hands?
3.Do you need to use the same hose with two or more outdoor water faucets?
4.Is it important for you to use your own hose? (for example you want to use a true non-toxic hose, but automatic hose reels come with their own hoses for retraction to work).
5.What’s more important to you: aesthetic or function?
6.Do you value your time?
7.What’s your budget?
Answered? Great! You are about ready to pick the best garden hose storage solution according to your needs.
Hose Storage Options
There are different kinds of hose hangers and hose reels, and the best one for you will depend on your individual preferences (which you figured out by answering the questions above).
Hose holders, hangers, stands, and pots
There are plenty of garden hose holders and hose hangers to choose from to fit your budget and décor requirements. They can be made of plastic or metal and look plain or quite decorative. You can easily pick the one that fits your house color and style.
What unites them is that you wrap your hose on a hanger or place your hose in the holder manually, carefully winding or looping it for a neat look.
Hose Reels
Hose reels can be
1.Manual, where you crank your hose on a cylindrical spindle, or
2.Retractable (automatic), where spring, or motor is doing a hose winding for you.
Manual hose reels
Manual hose reels have a crank handle that assist you in winding your hose neatly on the spindle.
They will work well with longer hoses. And as long as you have a strong back and strong hands, they can be a good solution for your hose storage needs.
Retractable garden hose reels
A retractable garden hose reel is the most convenient solution for your hose storage. Spring driven and battery operated retractable hose reels always come with the hose included: hose length usually ranges more or less from 65 to 115 feet.
You pull the hose from the box attached to the wall, water your garden, give it a tug and the hose winds itself back to the box. Easy-peasy-clean and neat! If you have weak hands (or if you want to save your time and your back) definitely get this kind of hose.
Post time: Jul-15-2022