Designers Edge E-103 Cord Storage Wheel
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Designers Edge E-103 Cord Storage Wheel
Customer Review: Added cost but negative value added
Summary: 1 Stars
This product is inferior to the cheaper handheld reels that you'll find at Lowes or Home Depot. It is cumbersome to use even when the handle stays in place which it does not do very often. It has a small black handle that you can snap open and then close when you are finished reeling up the cord. Unfortunately it is very poorly designed. It kept and coming off in my hand as I wound up the cord. I didn't bother to return the unit to Amazon because of the bother, but I did throw it away. I went down to Lowes and bought the tried and true hand held cheaper unit. It works!Customer Review: What a few years will do....
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this from Amazon in 2007. While it did what it was supposed to do, it was priced about 3 times what it is priced NOW (in 2010).
At the time I felt totally ripped off... paid over $30 for this and expected much much better quality, not cheap plastic.
Now it can be purchased for about 1/3 of the price I paid... basically it is just cheap plastic that will work.
I had expected much better quality when I originally purchased it at a much greater price. For roughly $10, it's about worth it.
Customer Review: Poorly designed and cheap plastic
Summary: 1 Stars
I wanted to store a 100' electric cord for my electric snow thrower on this - it has is spec'd for that. It starts out poorly designed. The only way you can put the cord on it is to attach the middle point (50' mark) to the center and roll it up that way. Otherwise you'll never have access to the one end, without rolling out the whole cord each time.
Also, the chincy plastic handle pops out the minute you start rolling up the cord.
So - it looked cool and useful - but it's a cheap plastic Chinese-made piece of junk.
Customer Review: kind of cheesy and cheaply made
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this to store 100 feet of 14/3 extension cord because amazon suggested it along with the purchase of the extension cord. I have to say I am disappointed in the quality of this reel. The plastic is very flimsy. The rewind handle broke on the first use. Also, the design is poor. When rewinding, there is really no place to place your foot on it to keep it secure on the floor without interfering with the rotation of the reel. I would not recommend this reel to anyone. Look for something a little beefier and better designed.Customer Review: Read all reviews before you buy!
Summary: 2 Stars
Sorry that I didn't read all the reviews first. The people that pointed out that you cannot run the one end through to have some cord out to plug in are correct. One reviewer said that they ended up drilling a hole in the plastic to get it to work...not a bed idea but you really shouldn't have to do that after paying $15 for this piece of plastic! I am still deciding if we should keep it, may just use it to store a cord when not being used...kind of a waste.