Having a hose reel is an effective way of tending to your garden and protecting your hose at the same time. If you don’t have a hose reel, your hose might be lying around somewhere and can easily develop cracks and splits in it. Once that happens, you’ll need a new hose. The hose reel helps to protect your hose from essentially breaking. A hose reel is also an orderly way of watering your garden because it prevents knots and tangles from happening, which occur if you drag around your hose instead of using a hose reel.