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The idea was that you repacked the rope by pushing it back into the bag in a seemingly hapazard manner, but you were really heaping rope on top of rope. Huge plus is the extra mounting bracket to be able to move to other locations at will.I will follow up with another report after I use it some more this summer (electric mower, blower, hedge trimmer, grass trimmer). That may be true, but if one carefully chooses the correct wind side, and either makes sure one is always winding straight in, or making sure the cord is positioned to alleviate misdirection in rewinding (pile the cord in front of the product, or direct it to the correct position with a leg or such), it seems to work wonderfully. I used to paddle whitewater, and we always carried a throw rope in a bag for rescue. I have tried many, many methods of controlling and storing extension cords, all more or less unsuccessfuly.
I wound it in numerous times today, and pulled it out the same, and I had no problem, given the precautions mentioned. When I saw this in a car care catalog, I was intrigued. When it came time to toss the rope for rescue purposes, it came out with no hesitation. My gut reaction is the score will go to five stars. This product uses the same concept: the cord piles in on top of the cord below, and when you pull it out, it flows in the reverse with no kinks or catches.The only reason I don't give it five stars is that I read that there may be wear on the intake.
It does not take heavy cords, like a 12/3. Like from my spare garage to the house garage. I like it being able to move it to two different places. It works good for my purposes. A 16/3 it works very well. The best thing I have found yet. It sure beats twisted, kinked cords.
I super glued the belts on which seems to have solved the problem. The metal wall bracket and pin were not included. I recently purchased two of these units and both came the same way missing parts. I called Wonder Winder and they are sending them out to me. I have a unit that is about 10 years old and it seems to be better built. A second issue it that the soft rubber belt on the cord roller is too loose and wonders off the roller as you reel cord in.
I wouldn't want to be without it. I have two on either side of the area which gives me unmatched accesability to power whenever I need it. The Green Leaf Wonder Winder is one of the simplest and most useful tools I have ever installed in my work area. In addition I have an extra mounting in another area of the room and one just outside the door which makes it even more flexible. I recommend it to anyone. Sometimes I have to play a little with the traction mechanism, but I consider that a small price to pay for the huge benefit of this tool.
Here are the two complaints that I have with it:1. It is definitely an improvement over hand winding extension cords. I need one hand to hold the tab that gives it the friction to wind, and my other hand to keep the cord straight as it is wound in. It would be great if there was a mechanism you could use to lock the winding tab in place to free up your hand.
We have two cords taped together with electrical tape rather than buying a whole new longer one, and they unwind just fine for use. I have to stop winding and feed the plug in, and then sometimes I still have a little trouble getting it to resume winding quickly. If you use two extension cords attached together they get caught when you wind them back up. I purchased the Wonder Winder in December 2008 for our garage. I would say it gets used about twice a month, so we aren't very rough on it. I don't like that it takes two hands to wind it. However, the plug gets caught when trying to wind it back up.
Even with these two minor complaints I am glad I made this purchase. Even though the plastic feels cheaply made, it has not broken yet. This is normally not a problem, but it gets annoying when the cord gets caught elsewhere on my garage floor and I don't have both hands to try to fling it loose. It was a useful addition to our garage. 2.
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