Minky Homecare Outdoor Retractable Clothesline - Heavy Duty PVC Coated Line - Energy and Space Saving Removable Laundry Drying Line - 49 Feet (Gray)

I’ve had one of these and it works great! Just don’t leave it out in the sun or rain and it will last! I left mine out doors and it lasted three years! Now With $ tight and keeping that in mind “I plan on making this one last much longer!😊

Heavy Duty - Functional

As others have said in reviews here, those nubs on the bottom---the ones that are for wrapping the cords around a couple of times to keep them in place rather than to retract when the lines are in use---are on seams and do not appear to be all that sturdy.Rather than to experience what others have gone through with fracturing and splitting nubs, I cut to the chase and purchased a couple of three-inch hard-fiber cleats to use for cord-wrapping, mounting them outboard of the clothesline housing maybe 1.5 inches or so. They work very well and should outlast the unit and its cords. I of course will not use the nubs at all. The manufacturer should reinforce those nubs, which are scandalously flimsy. I'd give this five stars then rather then four.My need is in the laundry area for hanging smaller items that are not going into the electric dryer nor worth putting up the Brabantia Lift-o-Matic umbrella clothes dryer outside for---purchased, incidentally, from Amazon a couple of years ago and the best such device I've ever seen or used---so it's spanning only about 12 feet, which is just fine.But one thing briefly puzzled me, and that was how to get the lines relatively taut and non-saggy. It can be done, but if it's not organized but instead done by eyeballing the lines each time, the lines will either be too saggy or too taut to finish attaching to the cleats. But then I figured out how to do it just right every time. Here is the process for both lines:1. Pull out the lines and attach them to the hooks you have installed at the end of their run.2. Get a yardstick---easier to use for this purpose than a retractable steel tape rule---and hold the end against the orifice where one of the lines emerges from the device housing.3. With thumb and forefinger of the other hand, grasp the line right at the orifice where the end of the yardstick is. Pull the line out to 19 inches---this is a good place to start, because that is the distance at which I finally arrived after much experimentation---and hold the line against the yardstick at the 19-inch mark with your thumb and forefinger, keeping the yardstick firmly snug to the line orifice as you do so.4. With the hand that was holding the yardstick, let go of it and grasp the line right at the orifice. Now you have one hand holding the line against the yardstick at the 19-inch mark and the other hand holding the line against the edge of the orifice.5. Keeping the line taut between the 19-inch hand and the orifice hand, let go of the yardstick (now being held by the 19-inch hand) and let if fall.6. Holding the line in place at the edge of the orifice, and keeping it taut with the other hand, bring the line around against the side of the housing and catch it against the bottom of the cleat.7. Wrap the line entirely around the cleat, bottom to top and then top back down to bottom, and then bring the line back to the top again, which gives you one-and-a-half wraps. Hook the line at the top of the cleat as if to wrap it again, but don't.8. If 19 inches is correct for your setup, the line will be slightly saggy but about as taut as you can get it without putting too much tension on it. If it is too taut to catch at the top of the cleat, start over trying 20 inches the next time; if it is a little too saggy, try again with 18 inches.9. Whatever the correct length of the pull-out portion turns out to be, when you have the line hanging and secured the way you want it, take a magic marker and dot the line right where it bends back against the edge of the orifice. Then unwrap the line from the cleat, which will cause it to retract, and pull the line back out until you see the black dot. Take the magic marker and put a black ring around the line at the dot location so you can find it easily whenever you want to extend the lines for use. The black mark always goes right at the orifice edge.There may be another way to do this, but I could not figure it out. It's a minor hassle, but once the correct amount of slack line is determined to be correct for securing the lines at the cleats, and the lines are marked with the magic marker, it will be no problem to extend and secure the lines ever afterwards.

This thing is great! There is so much line in there that I could probably. I’ve tried to post a video but it won’t accept it. Plenty of line

UPDATE 09/18/2015 When I first purchased this clothesline I was thrilled. But a few months into the relationship and the honeymoon is over. The problem is that the blasted peg/knob things on the bottom of the unit are not durable. And those peg/knob things are essential, because that is the key to keeping the lines taut. Both of mine have broken so I've done more than my fair share of cussing trying to finagle a way to prevent the lines from sagging. I still think this is a great design, the lines are long, retract easily, and there is plenty of line to hang multiple loads; unfortunately, the material is simply not durable. Deducting one star for each broken peg.I've never had an outdoor clothesline, having always relied upon an electric dryer. But, in an effort to reduce our use of electricity (and, yes, save some money), I began looking at clotheslines. My husband was very much opposed to putting a permanent structure up, which I couldn't argue with. We looked at various clotheslines, including single string lines, as well as fold-down racks that mount to the wall, and those too, were either impractical (a single line won't be able to accommodate the volume of laundry we have) or unattractive. We wanted something that would provide quite a bit of space, but we wouldn't have to be walking to some remote area of the yard, because 1) we probably would be too lazy to utilize it, or 2) we'd forget to bring the laundry back in. This was the unit we settled on, for two reasons: 1) it has two separate lines which each provide miles of line (ok, 49 feet per line, but it feels like a lot!), and 2) though unsightly, it could be taken down easily when not in use. We've had this for about six weeks, and I have used it countless times since then, as have my husband and kids. It really works as promised. My husband mounted the base plate, which holds the unit, on the wall, and then put the two anchor/hook pieces to which the lines attach, in opposite areas. I think this is one of the best features of this unit. One line goes one direction, and the other line goes a completely different direction. We did this deliberately to utilize as much area under our covered patio, so the sun wouldn't fade the laundry (we are in the Phoenix area, therefore the sun is very intense), while also avoiding obstacles like the patio table, etc. The base plate and hooks are virtually unnoticeable when you are not using the dryer (meaning, I've taken the main unit down), which is wonderful. The lines themselves are easy to pull out and retract without any problem. The two little knobs on the bottom of the unit are used to keep the line taut. They are very easy to use and work perfectly. We placed the base plate and hooks high enough that we're able to hang our California King sized sheets without them touching the ground. I have found in the dry heat, the laundry - including jean shorts, socks, towels and thicker items - dry much, much faster than in the dryer. This was a really pleasant surprise. When it's a bit more humid (it is monsoon season here in Phoenix, after all), the clothes take about as long as the dryer would, maybe a bit longer. But for the vast majority of loads I have done, the laundry is dry before the washer has even completed its cycle for a second load. When I'm finished with the unit, it takes literally one minute to retract the lines and take the unit off the wall - which I prefer to do so it stays clean (and, as I mentioned, it's not the prettiest thing in the world). I wish I had done this years ago. I would highly recommend this retractable clothesline.