Woods Extension Cord Storage Reel - Holds Up to 150 Feet of 16/3 or 125 Feet of 14/3 Gauge Cord - Tangle-Free Design for Indoor or Outdoor Use - Side-Mounted Crank - Red & Black

I wasn’t expecting to be so impressed by something as simple as a cord storage reel, but the Woods E-102 has proven to be a surprisingly useful and frustration-saving tool in our garage. For the price, it’s absolutely worth it. We have several long extension cords, including older ones that have developed twists and kinks over time. Trying to manually coil them often results in a tangled mess—what I jokingly refer to as "the orange squid." This tool completely eliminates that problem. It rolls up cords quickly and cleanly, even those with existing twists, without any real effort. For messy cables, i sometimes run it across my foot to keep it straight, but this is for older cables that have noticeable underlying twists. The build quality is solid for the price point. It’s not a premium-grade construction, but it feels sturdy enough that I’m not worried about it breaking with regular use. It's clearly built for functionality over flash, which is exactly what I was looking for. It’s lightweight, easy to carry, and stores neatly on a shelf or hook without taking up much room. The most important part is that it makes cleanup so much faster—no more struggling to get cords untangled or stuffing them into corners where they get damaged. If you deal with long power cords, holiday lights, or even rope that tends to get out of control, this is an inexpensive solution that just works. Highly recommended for anyone who values time and a bit of garage sanity.

For years, I re-wound my long, anaconda thick, lawn cord around my arm and laid it on the floor of my garage. When no one was looking, this nicely coiled cord would always entangle itself so that it was another 5 or 10 minutes of untangling before I could use it again. I finally decided to buy something to wind this cord around. It's obvious from looking at this storage wheel, and others, that they can barely hold the laces from your tennis shoes, much less my anaconda. Not wishing to spend too much on a solution, I decided to buy a water hose reel instead of an electrical cord reel. I chose the Suncast TSA100M, about $30. It easily holds my cord, is relatively small, has a nice carry handle, a collapsable winding handle, and can mount on the wall if desired. This hose reel, as most others, have a swivel hose attachment coming from the center of the reel. It was easy enough to remove this swivel fitting and run the electrical cord receptable end through the hole. This worked fine until I tried to use my hedge trimmer. This trimmer, and some other yard tools, don't have long cords. They just have about a one foot stub. This probably makes sense because no amount of cord that they might furnish would be enough for some users. Also, you would have another cord management problem for each tool. Finally, it is obviously cheaper for them to not supply a cord. So, even with my hose reel storage solution, I needed yet another extension cord to connect from the hose reel to the trimmer. This is where THIS wheel becomes Part 2 of lawn cord management. I simple wrapped my second, shorter and larger gauge, extension cord around this wheel. On this wheel, I have the cord plug end coming out the "middle" (there isn't any real middle to this wheel - you just stick the cord out one of the side holes that will grasp the cord so it stays put). Then, I can connect this to the water hose reel's receptacle when I have to. Of course, this limits the use of this wheel to use with the water hose reel, but I have lots of small extension cords like this that I purchased around Christmas time to power my yard lights. This wheel is cheap enough and looks pretty sturdy, and is easy to use.

This cord reel came out of the box completely assembled. It is pretty straightforward and easy to use, though I will say it feels a little flimsy when I use it to roll up a hundred foot medium duty power cord. That being said, it is also very lightweight

This is a good quality reel with a strong handle that is designed the way the others should be. It functions well and that's all you need with this product. The only problem is it's smaller than a typical reel and their claim that it will hold 125 foot of 16 gauge cord (the typical orange one) is only correct if you're willing to wind up cord with extreme patience like you're winding trimmer line one row at a time. I even saw further down in the description they state it will hold 150 foot of 16 gauge. This is not true for standard use that you will likely want to use it for. I have a 50 foot 16 gauge orange cord on the reel and I have less than an inch of reel left if I want to try a 100 foot cord. It's doable but you're going to go over the edge with it unless, like I said, you're a perfectionist and are willing to go line by line winding cord in the middle of your yard in the summer heat. It's a great reel otherwise and I use it for my smaller 50 foot cord. But larger than that it's not practical.

Fonctionne tres bien, robuste et bien fabriqué

Se siente duradero, quedo perfecto.

It’s not Tough enough to Hold cables.. I’m really disappointed. The pictures don’t reflect the quality

Great for storing Christmas decorations. Well made and very useful

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