It needs to be anchored! And the side hose will spray everywhere if it's not at the perfect angle.

Winds hose back up easily. Good addition to my gardening tools.

JUNK When your pulling hose out top box pops off the anchor base

Best feature is that it swivels

Love the swivel part. Not very heavy so it can move while pulling hose out. Takes forever to roll 100 feet back in!!

I bought 2 and had to buy new leader hoses for both before icoukd use them. I could not get the ones that were supplied to stop leaking.

Wasn't strong/large enough to handle our heavy duty 100 ft hose. The swivel bottom moves when you are trying to reel it up.

Great hose reel, four stakes located on bottom of base to nail into ground. Also love seeing Sams carry Made in the USA product

As others have noted the included leader hose is JUNK. Came home to find water pouring out from a broken coupling. And replacing the female to female leader hose was a hassle. Otherwise, I do like this model. I had an older box that would not stay put. This one has the base which can be anchored by the included stakes. I dug out a level spot in my flower bed, put down a layer of small stones and secured the base. So far so good. Winds up okay, not great.

BL: it's fine. Really only fits one hose, tips over if not secured. Swivel is nice in theory but doesn't really work. Connector hose it comes with gets replaced immediately. I'd go with the bigger 225' one elsewhere. I'm not returning (those lines are a pain) but I wouldn't buy again either.