An original old style video is always very welcome. Giving a real nod to core values. It’s where OG started and a very popular format that is timeless. Authentic and informative. Thank you.
The new style vids with the camera guys and fancy edits are great, but I love a good old school 20+ minute long Matty and his camera video. Keep it up!
Awesome you’ve given me the motivation to install mine that’s been in my garage sitting in the box for the last 4 years. This video really helps . Thanks !
One thing I have learned from OG, not so much about perfection, but more about having everything about improving the user experience. Some things I follow OG, and also do things somewhat different to make it right for me.
It is an amazing hose reel! You introduced me to Eley in an old video. Since then I've added two more, one with wheels and upgrade the original with their updated swivel pipe. Everyone asks about them, and I hesitate before answering because I forget they are Eley, so I just say they are from OG!
That original ELEY video is one of the first videos that brought me to the channel. I was flipping the through the Northern Tool catalog for a rolling reel and just knew they were all junk. I ponied up the cash a few years back and got an ELEY hose reel with two 60' Griot's water hose because I needed more than a hundred feet and the black matched well. I immediately swapped out for the OG inlet hose because I could customize the distance too.
@@ObsessedGarage I’m surprised you don’t like the eley QD’s, machining on them is superb. I have some that are over 6 years old with daily use and still work like new. I just keep the o rings greased.
If you're installing any more of those concrete anchors, tapping the anchor fully into the drilled hole before placing the screw in it will allow the anchor to set more securely. The screw causes the anchor to expand to the point that it will become tight when fully seated and it won't free spin. Hope the tip helps...still owe you about a thousand more for all I've gotten from the channel.
I found Eley reels probably around the time Matty did, at least 10 years ago. Back when they were under $150. Long before I ever heard of OG. But I never got around to getting one. Now my front yard reel is falling off the wall so I just might finally pull the trigger.
Dang it…I was gonna buy an eley hose reel from you for the gt3rs giveaway …guess I gotta figure out something else to buy…I bought the 50’ continental hose from you last year…it’s great
A 3/4" size would be ideal for us professionals who have to drain water heaters and pump out flooded areas to access for work. Not all hoses are used for watering gardens. You're also likely to find more willing spenders for higher quality goods if they use them for work.
Not sure the OG handles cold Tennessee winters. Had mine 3 years snd inside of hose coming apart. Small black rubber pieces come out. Ordered new as the rubber could clog foam gun filter. Will store in winter and use cheaper one then. Summer only for OG.
Why not the bucket filler nozzle? I gave up on pistol grips. But I've not had an Eley. I did retrofit an industrial trigger nozzle years ago. It worked... kinda.
MacNaught makes the best retractable reels. The problem with retractable is that they don't handle heavy duty hoses like my Continental Frontier very well. Hoselink hoses are junk.
@@ObsessedGarage I’ll have to compare the macnaught to the giraffe tools for the gardening water points. The Eley looks like it will do the trick for the driveway.
@@ObsessedGarage almost pulled the trigger on this one, but saw several bad reviews on Amazon. They don’t make a retractable reel that you can put your own hose on??
By all means - this isn't a correction, you do you. But those backflow preventers are there for when a firetruck connects to a water source, turns on the pump, and begins to pull large volumes of water out of the city supply. The pump on the truck is powerful enough to cause negative pressure to surrounding homes and entire neighborhoods (if multiple trucks are connected, it's not uncommon for the effects to be seen nearly a mile away from the scene). That device prevents contaminated water from being sucked up into your homes drinking water, or worse, the supply to the neighborhood. For hose reals used outside, around plants/pesticides/fertilizers, the risk far outweighs the benefit, IMO. I'm sure you knew this, and are ok with the risks, but others should know how dangerous that really is. Love the videos, love your store, love your products. So please don't take offense to this.
Great post. I wasn't aware of that. I always thought it had something to do with backfeeding from the actual hose hooked up, but never understood why. Now I know.
Thanks for that. The one on my house always spits water out all around it when turning the faucet off. If there’s pressure in the hose it’s even worse. Is it supposed to do that? It’s annoying as hell.
Okay: some concerns I have; most everything I needed to see was concealed and he stood between the hose and camera which didn’t help. I’m still a bit troubled with the ‘jumper’ hose that comes from the tap on the wall and goes into the body of the reel and connects to the elbow to feed the water into the long hose. I’m wanting to get the 4 wheel cart so that I can pull it around to wherever I want. If I use the 6.5 foot jumper connection, how does that work if I want to move the cart further away from the water source? If I want to move the mobile reel further, how do I feed the water source to the elbow connection point on the reel? Am I missing an idea here? Because isn’t the point of buying the 4 wheel free moving reel to take it to different places? Also I feel awkward about that blue hose that would be used in place of the ELEY hose. He said it doesn’t kink but that is the very first thing it did. Can someone tell me what the advantage would be to use the blue hose instead of the Eley hose? I’m looking at $1,000 of parts from Eley in my shopping cart at their site. I want to be able to move that cart around.
Eley has a 6.5', 12', and 20' inlet hose option. The Continental Frontier hose is much, much thicker being rubber instead a hybrid poly. It also does grab itself when winding up. The hose won't kink like the Eley does. It naturally unkinks as you pull on it.
Matt, was this 100’ or 125’ of hose? Eley’s website shows standard capacity for this unit as 125’ (you mentioned 100’ in the video). However I like how this quantity of hose looks on the reel spool.
My dad got a little Ryobi 1.2 GPM pressure washer a few years ago, and never could get it to work at his house with a 5/8 hose. It would always surge all the time. With a 3/4 hose it was fine. But at my house I hooked it up with a 5/8 hose and it works fine. Pretty bizarre.
"I don't have time for lifetime warranties... Just buy another one. It's only. $80. Just work for a few more hours to pay for it" I don't know man, sending an email put is probably faster than working a couple extra hours to pay for an $80 garden hose nozzle. 😂
It's more about supporting the brands that I like. I'd rather just buy a new one. People often act as if warranty replacement is free. It's on free to the person making the claim. Someone has to pay for it.
When your rewinding, bring the end of the hose back to the reel first so you’re only dragging half of it as you rewind. Also keeps the hose end or spray nozzle from being drug across the concrete driveway.😳
Excellent point! I’ve been doing that in my driveway for years. My reason was that our rubber hose kept getting caught behind the tires. So now I got a new hose that doesn’t crimp and curl, and bring it into the garage and roll it, and it doesn’t scrape the nozzle.
While Eley makes great Reels, I do think a 5/8" retractable hose would be a more OG Solution. Hose Link does a decent job but uses subpar hoses that are too small and the quick connects they use are great for granny in the garden but not for us. That said, my grandma loves hers and has used it countless times over the last 3 years. I've only had to replace parts for the actual fittings once.
@@ObsessedGarage i was able to fit a quality 65 foot 3/4 inch hose on a blu-bird retractable reel , if you want a longer hose, zero g makes a 3/4 inch kevlar style hose that doesnt lose inner girth when it isnt filled and you can add maybe 20 feet and still fit and it fills quickly without ruptures. the blubird is heavy duty /industrial with a quality all metal crank/ratcheting system. i just dont like the blu bird hose
Don’t open it that way!😂 I did the exact same thing with my first one a week ago. The quick disconnects are legit! A little large but the best I’ve ever seen! Their spray nozzle is also top notch!
Great. You are standing in front of the camera when mounting the unti on the wall, so we can't see what the hell you're doing as you are giving a verbal descritpion.
www.eleyhosereels.com/products/wall-mount-garden-hose-reel. I don't love the Eley hoses. I do this hose. www.obsessedgarage.com/products/garden-hose?_pos=1&_sid=f94da51f8&_ss=r&variant=15839097651272
I seen previously where you were demoing one of your quick connects and you had a length of the eley hose and you were saying that the quality was unbelievable. What is it that you do not like about the e l e y hose and how is yours superior? Thanks in advance
These are the best videos. Just you and the camera. No techno beatzz and no quick jump cuts. Just you sharing your thoughts.
100%
An original old style video is always very welcome. Giving a real nod to core values.
It’s where OG started and a very popular format that is timeless. Authentic and informative.
Thank you.
Matt dialing in his garden hose setup on the old-style video format is awesome.
People always pick and choose video styles. Honestly I love all the content I can pick and choose what to watch and enjoy. Thank you Matt and OG.
The new style vids with the camera guys and fancy edits are great, but I love a good old school 20+ minute long Matty and his camera video. Keep it up!
Awesome you’ve given me the motivation to install mine that’s been in my garage sitting in the box for the last 4 years. This video really helps . Thanks !
One thing I have learned from OG, not so much about perfection, but more about having everything about improving the user experience. Some things I follow OG, and also do things somewhat different to make it right for me.
Well done Sir! I was just looking at installing 3 of these. No more hose on the ground… yes! TY
It is an amazing hose reel! You introduced me to Eley in an old video. Since then I've added two more, one with wheels and upgrade the original with their updated swivel pipe. Everyone asks about them, and I hesitate before answering because I forget they are Eley, so I just say they are from OG!
The best videos looking forward to the Friday podcast
So relaxing. I always feel these videos can get long until I find myself at the end of the video lol. Good ol’ Adam’s days!
"Just bought a ...." You made my week with this hose reel, AND what you bought! :)
That original ELEY video is one of the first videos that brought me to the channel. I was flipping the through the Northern Tool catalog for a rolling reel and just knew they were all junk. I ponied up the cash a few years back and got an ELEY hose reel with two 60' Griot's water hose because I needed more than a hundred feet and the black matched well. I immediately swapped out for the OG inlet hose because I could customize the distance too.
These are my favorite, just you chillin doing your thing.
Btw, I went grain free 5 months now, helped my head out. Wanted to tell you.
great video! Did you have a video detailing how you did that garage floor? Thanks!
No only is the eley reel and awesome product, they have amazing customer service.
Yep I got one of them and LOVE it.
Under your prior tutelage I installed one in my new house when I built it, and my parents’ shore house on Father’s Day this year 👍
Extremely interesting video, thank you
Eley makes the best garden nozzle by far imo. Can’t wait to add one of their hose reels to my house.
Agreed
@@ObsessedGarage I’m surprised you don’t like the eley QD’s, machining on them is superb. I have some that are over 6 years old with daily use and still work like new. I just keep the o rings greased.
If you're installing any more of those concrete anchors, tapping the anchor fully into the drilled hole before placing the screw in it will allow the anchor to set more securely. The screw causes the anchor to expand to the point that it will become tight when fully seated and it won't free spin. Hope the tip helps...still owe you about a thousand more for all I've gotten from the channel.
I have same plans for the hose reel and the quick connects.
I just bought the ELEY as well. Watching you put it together, so I can cheat. 😂
I always put anti corrosion lube on the threads of all my hose connectors which makes it easy to disassemble hose connections years later.
I found Eley reels probably around the time Matty did, at least 10 years ago. Back when they were under $150. Long before I ever heard of OG. But I never got around to getting one. Now my front yard reel is falling off the wall so I just might finally pull the trigger.
Dang it…I was gonna buy an eley hose reel from you for the gt3rs giveaway …guess I gotta figure out something else to buy…I bought the 50’ continental hose from you last year…it’s great
A 3/4" size would be ideal for us professionals who have to drain water heaters and pump out flooded areas to access for work. Not all hoses are used for watering gardens. You're also likely to find more willing spenders for higher quality goods if they use them for work.
I used to do the 3/4”. It is super heavy.
Yeah watering my lawn takes too damn long with my 5/8" and I only came across this video while looking for a good 3/4". Darn now I gotta keep looking.
Not sure the OG handles cold Tennessee winters. Had mine 3 years snd inside of hose coming apart. Small black rubber pieces come out. Ordered new as the rubber could clog foam gun filter. Will store in winter and use cheaper one then. Summer only for OG.
Beautiful! Now only if it came in another color apart from Blue. Like Red ❤
Did you install Prier hose bibs on the outside of the house Matt? Is it an easy thing to do?
I did not. It's not something you can just do without chopping out the block.
I really like the giraffe tools reel
There is nothing good from them. The are just a Chinese knockoff company.
@@ObsessedGarage While I have no issue with Chinese manufacturing per se this is fishy I thought they were Australian. Thanks for the heads up
They aren't.
What length hose fits on this reel so perfectly? Is that a 50’, 75’ or 100’?
Never mind, I just heard you say 100’.
I'd buy 2 if Eley would let you sell them!
Why not the bucket filler nozzle? I gave up on pistol grips. But I've not had an Eley. I did retrofit an industrial trigger nozzle years ago. It worked... kinda.
Those can work too. I just prefer a single handed nozzle on a garden hose.
It would be way cooler if it was retractable.
I replaced 2 Eley’s w/Hoselinks. No comparison. Swivels and retracts!
MacNaught makes the best retractable reels. The problem with retractable is that they don't handle heavy duty hoses like my Continental Frontier very well. Hoselink hoses are junk.
@@ObsessedGarage I’ll have to compare the macnaught to the giraffe tools for the gardening water points. The Eley looks like it will do the trick for the driveway.
@@ObsessedGarage almost pulled the trigger on this one, but saw several bad reviews on Amazon. They don’t make a retractable reel that you can put your own hose on??
@@ChicagoAutoPros sure they do, even the ones that say they dont can be rigged
By all means - this isn't a correction, you do you. But those backflow preventers are there for when a firetruck connects to a water source, turns on the pump, and begins to pull large volumes of water out of the city supply. The pump on the truck is powerful enough to cause negative pressure to surrounding homes and entire neighborhoods (if multiple trucks are connected, it's not uncommon for the effects to be seen nearly a mile away from the scene). That device prevents contaminated water from being sucked up into your homes drinking water, or worse, the supply to the neighborhood. For hose reals used outside, around plants/pesticides/fertilizers, the risk far outweighs the benefit, IMO.
I'm sure you knew this, and are ok with the risks, but others should know how dangerous that really is. Love the videos, love your store, love your products. So please don't take offense to this.
Great post. I wasn't aware of that. I always thought it had something to do with backfeeding from the actual hose hooked up, but never understood why. Now I know.
Vacuum breaker.
Thanks for that. The one on my house always spits water out all around it when turning the faucet off. If there’s pressure in the hose it’s even worse. Is it supposed to do that? It’s annoying as hell.
@@Patrick94GSR Yep. It has a purpose.
@@ObsessedGarageThanks for the kind reply! Keep up the amazing content and get that GT3 up to OG spec!
Okay: some concerns I have; most everything I needed to see was concealed and he stood between the hose and camera which didn’t help. I’m still a bit troubled with the ‘jumper’ hose that comes from the tap on the wall and goes into the body of the reel and connects to the elbow to feed the water into the long hose. I’m wanting to get the 4 wheel cart so that I can pull it around to wherever I want. If I use the 6.5 foot jumper connection, how does that work if I want to move the cart further away from the water source? If I want to move the mobile reel further, how do I feed the water source to the elbow connection point on the reel? Am I missing an idea here? Because isn’t the point of buying the 4 wheel free moving reel to take it to different places? Also I feel awkward about that blue hose that would be used in place of the ELEY hose. He said it doesn’t kink but that is the very first thing it did. Can someone tell me what the advantage would be to use the blue hose instead of the Eley hose? I’m looking at $1,000 of parts from Eley in my shopping cart at their site. I want to be able to move that cart around.
Eley has a 6.5', 12', and 20' inlet hose option. The Continental Frontier hose is much, much thicker being rubber instead a hybrid poly. It also does grab itself when winding up. The hose won't kink like the Eley does. It naturally unkinks as you pull on it.
Matt, was this 100’ or 125’ of hose? Eley’s website shows standard capacity for this unit as 125’ (you mentioned 100’ in the video). However I like how this quantity of hose looks on the reel spool.
This is 100’
Does Cox reels not sell a garden hose reel ?
They don't. We can convert one, but it's not as good.
@@ObsessedGarage that Eley looks like a nice one
My dad got a little Ryobi 1.2 GPM pressure washer a few years ago, and never could get it to work at his house with a 5/8 hose. It would always surge all the time. With a 3/4 hose it was fine. But at my house I hooked it up with a 5/8 hose and it works fine. Pretty bizarre.
Cox makes a garden hose reel....has Matt tested it?
They don't make one. They just make an adapter for their reels.
"I don't have time for lifetime warranties... Just buy another one. It's only. $80. Just work for a few more hours to pay for it"
I don't know man, sending an email put is probably faster than working a couple extra hours to pay for an $80 garden hose nozzle. 😂
It's more about supporting the brands that I like. I'd rather just buy a new one. People often act as if warranty replacement is free. It's on free to the person making the claim. Someone has to pay for it.
When your rewinding, bring the end of the hose back to the reel first so you’re only dragging half of it as you rewind. Also keeps the hose end or spray nozzle from being drug across the concrete driveway.😳
Excellent point! I’ve been doing that in my driveway for years. My reason was that our rubber hose kept getting caught behind the tires. So now I got a new hose that doesn’t crimp and curl, and bring it into the garage and roll it, and it doesn’t scrape the nozzle.
Was that a 100’ hose length?
Yes
While Eley makes great Reels, I do think a 5/8" retractable hose would be a more OG Solution. Hose Link does a decent job but uses subpar hoses that are too small and the quick connects they use are great for granny in the garden but not for us. That said, my grandma loves hers and has used it countless times over the last 3 years. I've only had to replace parts for the actual fittings once.
Macnaught makes the best retractable, but all of them can't handle a heavy duty hose like this.
@@ObsessedGarage i was able to fit a quality 65 foot 3/4 inch hose on a blu-bird retractable reel , if you want a longer hose, zero g makes a 3/4 inch kevlar style hose that doesnt lose inner girth when it isnt filled and you can add maybe 20 feet and still fit and it fills quickly without ruptures. the blubird is heavy duty /industrial with a quality all metal crank/ratcheting system. i just dont like the blu bird hose
On another note I need to get one of these to install on the side of the house for the wife.
I remember
I hope someone makes a cover for it when it’s not in use, like the cover for outdoor grills. I don’t want that deteriorate fast by the Florida sun.
Eley thought of that and there is a cover available for about $35 on their site.
Matt I need my wife to help tighten the fittings lol…… jk Awesome vid
coxreel doesn't have a solution?
They don't.
Don’t open it that way!😂 I did the exact same thing with my first one a week ago. The quick disconnects are legit! A little large but the best I’ve ever seen! Their spray nozzle is also top notch!
I can’t figure out where to install this in my house so annoying
WOW! Just on their website and they don't ship to Canada! Come on it's 2023 get with the world!
120k salary back in days is like now making 250k…. And still not much if you have famil
Too much gaffy stuff! Plus Matt shielding the view of the reel most of the time. How can one see what's going on?
You better save that Allen key in a drawer
Should be good to fill my aquariums lol....
👌🏻🤜🏻🤛🏻
Great. You are standing in front of the camera when mounting the unti on the wall, so we can't see what the hell you're doing as you are giving a verbal descritpion.
Heavy breather
If only you could make your hose in the Eley hose tan color, would be perfect. The blue doesn't match right up against anyone's house...
Where can I get the same eley outdoor garden hose reel and does it come with hose or do I get the one from your store to fit onto it
www.eleyhosereels.com/products/wall-mount-garden-hose-reel. I don't love the Eley hoses. I do this hose. www.obsessedgarage.com/products/garden-hose?_pos=1&_sid=f94da51f8&_ss=r&variant=15839097651272
I seen previously where you were demoing one of your quick connects and you had a length of the eley hose and you were saying that the quality was unbelievable. What is it that you do not like about the e l e y hose and how is yours superior? Thanks in advance