L8250FZ - Flexzilla Enclosed Plastic Air Hose Reel

I own three of these hose reels and they all work very well. Two of them 25 ft. in my wood shop, I have had for several years. I just bought a new 100ft for my garage all with no issues.

I have a small quiet compressor in my garage set up to inflate car tires when they get low. For years I used a conventional air hose that I coiled on a shelf near the compressor. It was always a pain to uncoil the hose, and then have to recoil it after inflating tires. I read reviews on this unit and decided to buy one. It installs easily on a garage wall (with two 1/4" x 1.5" or 2" lag screws, your length may vary). This is a vast improvement over the coil/uncoil hose routine. I plan to install another of these in the garage of our second home. Cheers.

I have the type of garage that always has a project going and tools that get used often, don't always get put away. My compressor hose used to live on the garage floor where I could just pick it up to blow something off real quick. Now it has a place on the wall and I have one less thing to trip on. Also this is much longer than my old hose, so I can pull this thing out to my drive way and air up all my tires, without having to drive into the garage. I also got an extension cord reel you can see above in the picture. Between these two items, my garage has become much less cluttered. After I first installed it, I pulled some length out and was bummed to find that it didn't lock out. I assumed it operated the same way retractable pull down blinds do. Pull down and let go where ever you want them to stop, then pull down again to release the lock and let it up. This reel requires you to stop pulling when you hear audible clicks, if you want it to lock out and then pull out until you hear no clicks, to release the lock. Hope that helps you.

First off, the idea of a flexible retracting air hose is almost a dream come true for someone with a shop that fights constantly with rigid hoses that you have to manually coil up. This product certainly appears to be that dream, and thus far it is meeting all expectations. One thing I learned was to let the hose feed back onto the coil without manually directing it. If I try to feed it evenly onto the coil while it retracts, it won't completely go back in. If I let it find its on way back onto the coil (of course, while holding some tension on it instead of letting it go), it will feed evenly and fully retract. Note, in response to some of the reviews/questions, I do not believe you could add any additional length to the hose and still have room in the housing. Also, a good tip would be to pull those out completely before pressurizing it. I pressurized it while the hose was retracted and found it difficult to pull out afterwards. This would just apply to the initial pressurization and is not an ongoing issue.PROS:Hose is very flexible and appears to be a well made product.It retracts smoothly and feeds itself back onto the coil evenly.The air connections are sturdy and the hose stiffeners/handles on each end at a nice touch.CONS:It claims to be a 50' hose, but you can only get about 40'-43' of useful range from itThe mounting holes are not well designed in terms of installation. You can't remove the bracket to mount it, which means you're stuck with a little bit of trial and error.The locking function is quite hit-or-miss. Sometimes you have to full on it several times to get it to lock.The supply air hose is only about 3'. It would be better at 5'-6' long.

i waited over a year before writing this and it’s been very durable and works well. it’s a little tricky to install, but not if you’re clever

Best hose in the shop just keep it away from the welding areas..

Homeowner purchase... BOTTOM LINE ... I like it. It works well.This replaces a 10+ year old Campbell Hausfeld reel that worked well until an internal plastic support/guide failed allowing the hose to rub-cut-leak at the transition from the reel to the central inlet hub fitting. This failure was probably do to my pulling the hose to full extension too hard too many times. I have no idea if this is still the internal configuration of that reel.I purchased this Flexzilla reel for the lighter more flexible hybrid hose. It is also slightly fatter.Unlike other reviews the reel retraction works well for its full length. I did fully extend the hose prior to first pressurization (100psi) and then allowed it to retract.A silicone lubricant wipe comes with the reel to be used if the hose ever becomes "tacky making retraction difficult". Silicone in moderation is the recommended cleaning agent. It warns against using "solvent and petroleum distillates to clean the hose which may damage the hose" humm?

I bought 3 of these for my home shop and have had them for 3 years now. I use them frequently but I would not consider the use "hard" by any stretch of the imagination. Overall, they are decent quality and I really like the hose that comes in them. The problem is retracting the hose is MISERABLE! My system has air in it all the time, and with the hose under pressure it will only retract about 2/3 of the way. If you want it to retract more, you have to wipe the dirt off the hose as it's being reeled in and you have to guide it back and forth in the opening to get it to reel up perfectly evenly on the spool. Even then, it's very rare to get the last 10 feet or so to reel all the way. I apparently should have gotten the triple priced open style reels for my application. Lesson learned.

llego justo a tiempo..... justo lo que se solicito

Pretty happy so far, used quite a bit light weight and feels durable.

Hose reel was exactly as described. Arrived quickly works fantastic. Considerably better price than any of my local retailers.

Compact and easy easy to put away.

I bought two of these for my shop and I like them. Good quality and easy to use.