After years of hand cranking a hose reel, we decided to make our lives easier and get a retractable one. Purchased it on Amazon and I have to say it works very well. That being said there are a couple of things that would make it better. First, you can see I added a 90° elbow where the hose hooks to it. Without an elbow it would be a kink point for sure. Most water faucets are going to be below the hookup so a 90° elbow is a no brainer. I had a solid brass one but for whatever reason, it wouldn't tighten up. The second thing I'd change is to make the install bracket compatible with a 4 inch post. I had to add a 2x6 block to the post so I could use all four mounting holes. There was a review mentioning that but I missed it. I'm going to get a bracket to hang the nozzle on the post tomorrow. It has 90 feet of 5/8 hose. I soon remembered how much I dislike digging post holes
. The frost line in my area is 42 inches and this post is 43 inches. That close to the house though, frost really isn't a concern. Lastly I used post setting foam for the first time. It worked and the post is pretty solid, I think it would be even better with cement. Hopefully though that's my last post installation. 
They do make battery powered reels but I opted for a simple retractable one.
. The frost line in my area is 42 inches and this post is 43 inches. That close to the house though, frost really isn't a concern. Lastly I used post setting foam for the first time. It worked and the post is pretty solid, I think it would be even better with cement. Hopefully though that's my last post installation. They do make battery powered reels but I opted for a simple retractable one.
