The cost of the return of any faulty goods will be borne by Keengardener. We shall be entitled to charge you for the costs of returning goods which are not faulty. If these look a little expensive you don’t mind reeling in the hose manually, then the Claber Kiros is simply great value and performs well across our tests.

Scottish Highlands, Islands & Remote include the following Post Codes: IV, HS, KA27-28, KW, PA20-49, PA60-78, PH17- 26, PH30-44, PH49-50, PO31-41, ZE. As befits a product made by one of the best known names in hoses, the Autoreel has a real quality feel – although you’re expected to do some of the assembly yourself and it’s easy to get it wrong – as our damp trousers proved. Choose hose and reel sets that suit your garden size. For example, the Claber Ecosei Hose reel kit comes complete with 20 meters of 1/2 in hose, while the Claber Genius Pronto 30 Kit has 30 metres of hose. We also appreciated how much less effort it was to pull out the hose compared to other reels here and the rewind was well controlled too. But it is huge, and has a price tag to match. We couldn’t justify it unless you’re a professional user. Verdict

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Firstly it comes ready assembled, which saves at least half an hour of fiddling compared to some other reels here. It’s also usefully compact and can either be wall-mounted or unhooked and used on the ground. You can even peg it in place on the lawn so you don’t drag it around as you try to unreel the pipe.

The Kärcher’s other claim to fame was the fastest flow rate in the test. But it’s expensive and we’re not sure if we could justify the extra you’d need to spend compared to other wind-up reels. Kärcher 20m Auto Reel You can be completely secure in the knowledge that nothing passed to SagePay can be examined or decrypted including transaction information and/or cardholder data by any third parties, staff within our company or by SagePay. The main attraction of the self-winding Rotoroll is its looks. Call us shallow, but this stylish silver pod is the reel we would want on show if we had them bolted to the house.

Our stopwatch showed it also had our second-best flow score too, but it doesn’t do anything else better than the cheaper, longer and ready assembled Claber Kiros. Kärcher Premium Hose Reel It’s not perfect though. The reel is far bigger than the others tested here and battling against the spring to pull out the hose is hard work. Claber Kiros – Runner up It has other attractions though. Firstly, it arrives already assembled, which saves a half hour or so but also means there is no risk of leaks from a ham-fisted assembly. It’s efficient too. The Autoreel is available with several lengths of hose; we tested the version with 25 metres and found the flow rate was better than some others here which were five metres shorter.