pneumatic hose reels
Discussion
I've just bought a large 300l, 20cfm] compressor and all the bits to plumb air around my workshop. I need 2 x pneumatic reels, but have no idea what is good or bad. the closed type ones i have seen look crap, and have had bad experiences previously. are the open type better? what's a good brand? they'll be used daily for general mechanic air tools.
cheers.
cheers.
I have one of these, a Clarke closed reel from Machine Mart.
https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-9-metre-ret...
Originally, I intended to pipe air all around my two garage workshop, but by mounting the reel in a central position, that faff proved unecessary. The closed reel works well, don't understand tyour "crap" comment. My experience elsewhere is that dust and grit get all over the stored pipe on an open reel. The only problem was once, when I dropped the hose and cracked the rubber ball on the end! MM provided a new one, gratis.
But your choice, of course.
John
https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-9-metre-ret...
Originally, I intended to pipe air all around my two garage workshop, but by mounting the reel in a central position, that faff proved unecessary. The closed reel works well, don't understand tyour "crap" comment. My experience elsewhere is that dust and grit get all over the stored pipe on an open reel. The only problem was once, when I dropped the hose and cracked the rubber ball on the end! MM provided a new one, gratis.
But your choice, of course.
John
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