HF gem or fitting of the smell? 3/8s 50' retractable

[Bob10]

http://www.harborfreight.com/38-in-x-50-...il_s1021_c2516b



$59.95

[MarkSingleton]

Gem. I have two of them. They just work.

And, as someone pointed out awhile back, when the hose does
finally die, you can replace it with a new one and you are good
to go.

[Gregory of Sherwood Forest]

GEM!

I have 2 also. One in the garage and one in the woodshop. I've had both for over 5 years and no problem yet.

[Richard D.]

Flexzilla with reel for $86. on Amazon. Here

[ridgeline]

Richard D. said:

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Flexzilla with reel for $86. on Amazon. Here

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Ditto..

[sweensdv]

I have the HF in the garage and the Flexzilla in my shop. Both do the job but I do like the lightness of the Flexzilla hose over the HF rubber hose.

[jteneyck]

I have the HF one in my garage. I got it with the used compressor I bought, as part of the deal. I had to replace the hose after a couple of years as it had badly cracked and started to leak. I bought it on sale at HF for something like $30. The housing is very robust and works w/o issue.

I have the HF 20' one in my shop. Cost like $30 on sale and works fine, too.

John

[Bob10]

Is the flexzilla retractor as weak as many report?

[Richard D.]

The HF retract is probably stronger to be able to wind up that cheap hose. I haven't had a problem with the Flex.

[ridgeline]

Bob10 said:

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Is the flexzilla retractor as weak as many report?

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It is a bit weak but not too bad. It's not going to fully retract with your 1/2 impact gun hanging free. But then I don't let my tools hang from my hoses.

For me the quality of the hose offsets the weak retractor. Read the Amazon reviews there is a procedure to adjust the tension spring.