This is a great unit - comes pre-assembled which I loved.  It winds the hose back and forth so it goes on and off the reel evenly.  It's quite light and looks good.  One note I had a "heavy duty" full size hose and 100' did not fit - I had to buy a smaller hose that expands and contracts so it's considerably smaller and wound much easier - but it's fine I used the heavy duty hose as a more permanent run from my rainbarrel to one specific garden.  I do recommend this product seems very well made