Crawford-Lehigh RC40 40-Feet Retractable Clothesline
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Crawford-Lehigh RC40 40-Feet Retractable Clothesline
Customer Review: Stopped working after a minimum number of uses
Summary: 1 Stars
This is called a retractable clothes line for a reason: Because it retracts. Or is supposed to. Its retractability was the big appeal for me, since I don't want to have a clothes line strung across my backyard except for when I need it. I used this clothes line 10 times or less, and then it stopped working. It suddenly stopped retracting one day, out of the blue. That amounts to about $1.50 per use, which isn't the end of the world. But why can't companies make good, durable products anymore? We waste so many natural resource manufacturing and shipping what amounts to lots of crap nowadays. Oh well, I can still use the clothes line, but instead of retracting the line I have to coil it up by hand and hang it over the unit that it's supposed to retract into. If you don't mind doing that yourself, buy away!Customer Review: Bad locking mechanism
Summary: 2 Stars
This is a fairly well made and affordable laundry line. I'd be very pleased with it, but its line-locking mechanism is insufficient. It's designed so that you tuck the line around a little catch, but this friction hold is insufficient to suspend the weight of a normal laundry load. You put a pair of jeans on the line and the line slips and sags to the ground... every time. This design could be corrected if they were to add one or two more friction points to wrap the line around.
I think I'll keep it and add some hooks myself to make up for what the product lacks. I'm hoping this will fix the problem. They really need to deal with this, because as it stands, as much as I'd like to, I could not recommend this product to anyone.
Customer Review: Needs Improvement
Summary: 2 Stars
It is very easy to install, and it retracts its clothesline easily. The problem is that it is very hard to make the clothesline tight so that your wet clothes would not drag on the ground. You do need to wrap the clothesline around the little arm on the unit in order to stop the clothesline from sagging. You have to wrap the clothesline around a little piece of plastic with one hand while trying to pull the clothesline real hard to make it as tight as possible with the other hand. I have not been successful with pulling my 40-feet clothesline tight enough so that a wet bathtowel does not touch the ground in the middle. The manufacturer needs to add some kind of a pulling devise to it.Customer Review: Great product for the money...no sagging issues
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought two of these and they're great. They're easy to install & remove because of the keyhole-shaped holes in the bracket...all I have to do is lift it off of the screws to take it off. I sometimes take one from outside and put it inside on some screws I leave in the wall so that I can dry clothes inside if it's raining...takes 2 seconds and doesn't require any tools.
Some of the reviews I read mentioned sagging issues. I wrap the rope around the cleat at the bottom of the housing twice and haven't had any sagging problems at all. Wrap it around once, pull it tight, then pull some slack out of the unit itself to wrap it around a second time. Works great.
Customer Review: Love it!
Summary: 5 Stars
It hurts me to have to use my dryer when it's nice and breezy outside, so I started looking for a retractable clothes line for our backyard so that the line won't be permanantly there to hinder the kids at play.
I purchased the 40' after looking at the reviews and I must say: I love it!
The housing where the line is stored is sturdy and the line retracts very easily. The line itself is plastic coated and sturdy. I subsequently purchased 2 more units for other family members.
A great buy! Nothing better than sleeping of sheets that smell like the fresh outdoors!