Gardena CleverRoll L Easy Empty Hose Trolley

Tim 25/08/2026 09:09:46

I bought this because it looked thoughtfully designed. The roller that travels from side to side as you reel in the hosepipe works pretty well and the hose ends up evenly on the reel. The kick out leg works well to keep things stable and the angled inlet fitting reduces the sharp bend on the inlet end of the hose. A degree of common sense is still needed to make the system work well. If your hosepipe is tangled it won’t magically untangle it for you. I have a 60m hose but bought the 100m reel. Not much difference in cost and I don’t have a problem with the hose slipping off the edge of the reel as it gets full as I had before with a smaller reel. Overall very pleased.

Peter 18/11/2025 19:24:20

Good piece of kit, I had hoped that the revolving orange hose laying wheel would lay the hosepipe evenly on the drum, but it doesn't. I understand that the kit will accept different sized hoses and the wheel may lay a different size evenly, but for a 12.5 mm hose it travels too quickly and the laid hose on the drum has large gaps between coils.

George 01/04/2024 18:13:44

Excellent product for the money.

J 21/12/2020 17:57:02

Good strong hose trolley.

Janet 23/07/2018 15:18:05

I really wouldn't want to be without this hose reel ever again. It has made watering my garden so much easier. I am totally satisfied with my purchase and would recommend it to anybody considering buying one.

David 26/06/2020 23:09:08

This is described as suitable for 50m of the 19mm bore hose. This is not entirely accurate because the last few metres causes the hose to get caught under the spool. In reality, I needed to cut a few metres off anyway to make the tap to reel connection. The next minor niggle is that the feeding spool is on a thread which is geared to the 12mm bore hose and as such does not really traverse enough to keep up with the thicker 19mm hose as it wounds into the reel. My final complaint is that although described as also for the 19mm hose, this only comes with the screw on connectors for the smaller hose. Seriously Gardena, having spent this much on a plastic reel, it wouldn't have hurt to include both types of fitting.