This is the swivel that the Eley hose reel should have come with. I have two Eley units and have gone through four of the copper style swivel units. If there is ANY water left in them during the winter and it freezes you can say goodbye to the swivel unit. I have since come up with a workaround that fixed this problem. Also, I still have an American made Rapid Reel design from the early 2000s that I have left out in the winter that still works flawlessly! The new Eley units are good but not as good as their original Rapid Reel units.
Nope. It actually costs more to produce this design. The change in the shape of the garden hose swivel gooseneck does have a "theoretical impact" on water flow, but it is so minimal that our digital flow meter with a resolution of 0.01 gallons per minute (GPM) and our pressure drop gauges cannot detect it.
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Thanks for the video; I’ve been enjoying my Eley hose reel cart!
This is the swivel that the Eley hose reel should have come with. I have two Eley units and have gone through four of the copper style swivel units. If there is ANY water left in them during the winter and it freezes you can say goodbye to the swivel unit. I have since come up with a workaround that fixed this problem. Also, I still have an American made Rapid Reel design from the early 2000s that I have left out in the winter that still works flawlessly! The new Eley units are good but not as good as their original Rapid Reel units.
That looks like it would reduce water flow compared to the original design, was this done to cut your cost ?
Nope. It actually costs more to produce this design. The change in the shape of the garden hose swivel gooseneck does have a "theoretical impact" on water flow, but it is so minimal that our digital flow meter with a resolution of 0.01 gallons per minute (GPM) and our pressure drop gauges cannot detect it.
I can connect my Flexzilla hose to this, right?
Yes.