Excellent quality garden hose. Mechanism works well, you have to be careful reeling back in as its quite strong, hose is sturdy, reel more compact and in my opinion better looking and designed than the comparable Hozelock model. Some people have commented on the screw in bolts. Once I screwed these in they are perfectly satisfactory and solid, frankly I wouldn't want to drill much deeper into the brickwork. Much tidier and easier to use than what I had before. Very pleased with this and would recommend.