Following a garden redesign we had no room for a clothes line, so after a lot of research I decided on the Brabantia 50m Liftomatic. It's brilliant and my wife loves it. A doddle to put up and down, plenty of drying space, a good quality piece of kit and a 5 year guarantee. Quite expensive but I believe in the saying 'buy cheap, buy twice'. The slight downside is the ground spike, although excellent quality, I had to drive it into my lawn with a sledge hammer, so be prepared!