Household Essentials MD-61 Five-Line Indoor/Outdoor Mini Retractable Clothes Dryer
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Household Essentials MD-61 Five-Line Indoor/Outdoor Mini Retractable Clothes Dryer
Customer Review: You get what you pay for
Summary: 2 Stars
I should have known that the 5-line retractable clothesline as purchased through [...] would be cheaply made as it was cheaply priced, but was negatively impressed with everything about it. For example, the mounting bracket for the housing assembly is flimsy and bent out and pulled away from the wall the moment the clothesline was loaded. The screws were even soft and cheap. The locking mechanism bent while stretching the lines to the tension required to support anything over five pounds (+/-) without sagging substantially. During the initial dry run, the lines would not retract fully. Prognosticating structural failure, before using, I ran strapping around the housing and line end bar, anchoring them to the wall in an attempt to keep them from either pulling the housing away or snapping off the line end bar, thus making the unit non-retractable. The distance stretched is 10'-4" and the lines sag considerably with only one pair of damp jeans hanging from near the end of one line! I'm not sure how long this clothesline will last, but anticipate not very. Cheap, cheap, cheap! Menard's has a wider and longer 5-line unit for $45 that appears to be ten times better than this 'Butts' cheap plastic crap. Before opening, I was tipped off as the picture on the box is so 70's. It's so cheap, I feel I've wasted too much time trying to spare any prospective consumer's thirteen bucks.
Addendum, March 8, 2007: Since I have strapped the unit in place, I must say that I was wrong in my prediction that the 'Butts' clothesline wouldn't last. It has been getting used probably twice a week, and still as good as installed. So, if you know you will have to reinforce the unit's installation and that you won't be able to retract the lines, go ahead and buy one.
Customer Review: Whitney Design MD-61 5-Line Indoor/Outdoor Mini Retractable Clothes Dryer
Summary: 1 Stars
This is the cheapest excuse for a cloths line I have ever seen. First, the clothes line arrives with no hardware. So I had to go out and buy my own screws and hooks to mount it. The first time I used it the flimsy plastic end snaps in half. So I have to go into the basement, find a piece of wood to duct-tape it back together. Second time I use it its ok. Used it again today, and all the lines on the retractable side came undone. I don't know who to contact about this because I had to cut up the box for the template to hang the clothes dryer ( which was also wrong and had to drill another hole)so I have no box to send it back in.
I don't want to give anybody the wrong Idea, I have made many purchaes with Amazon and have been happy with them but this item could only hold light laundry such as socks and underware at best.
Whitney Design MD-61 5-Line Indoor/Outdoor Mini Retractable Clothes Dryer
Customer Review: Don't waste your money!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
What a waste of money. I bought it to save on electricity and instead I get to go buy some drywall compound and repaint... plus my clothes are hanging over the back of all my dining room chairs right now. The drywall anchors that came with it promptly pulled right out of the wall as soon as we put any clothes on it whatsoever (leaving quarter sized holes behind). Plus, the first time we have ever tried to use it, the cord started fraying. I would've been better off buying 10 eyehooks and just stringing a clothesline whenever I needed to dry clothes. It would've been cheaper too. I read the other reviews before I bought it, but I thought for 10 bucks it couldn't be all bad. It is. Keep your money. Buy a latte. Just don't buy this!Customer Review: Poor Quality
Summary: 1 Stars
I paid over $20.00 for this at OSH and really regret doing so. This product was made very cheaply and poorly. The line is flimsy and not strong enough to hold more than 2 pieces of clothing without sagging. The line on mine is even tearing now. The knob that is suppose to keep the line tight doesn't work properly and the retraction will not pull the line back in correctly or evenly. Now I can't even pull the line out at all, meaning I can't use the darn thing at all anymore. It lasted me less than a year and I hated using it the entire time. Wish I would have invested a bit more money for something worth it.Customer Review: Buyer Beware Do not purchase
Summary: 1 Stars
We have had this clothesline since May and all of the lines (strings) have broken. I would not recommend this product at any price. I would have to hang one item on each of the 5 strings because if I hung more on it they would break. The last one broke today! We are going back to the old fashioned string your own clothesline on the poles we put in for this unit.
Very unhappy with this product line. I would like to have known that the lines are not meant to hold anything of any weight. We used it for our bathing suits, towels and light sheets and it did not hold.