So great! Honestly, when I opened it, I was worried our hose would be too long and heavy (the water must be on for it to work) for it, but it works like a champ. It comes with a stopper to clamp onto your hose to stop it, but our hose is too thick for it. Wish I could post a video of it working...is it strange how excited I am about this thing! I hate winding hoses back up, so this is the best. 
It does expel water as you wind it, the pamphlet suggests saving it for watering plants, I’ll just placed the hose that dispels the water into a near by garden bed, or into a rock bed. 
I forget how long our hose is...not that I was smart enough to worry about about that, but maybe you are.