Minky VT20500103 Retractable Reel Washing Line with 15 m of Drying Space, Grey

Great ! Easy to install - I generally only use one of the lines but have used both on a couple of occasions- life saver after holidays etc

Great product, easy to put up and connect and wires works great and zips back in easily

Great product, very easy to put up and with so much capacity for lengths.

Great quality retractable washing line and good price. Really pleased with this.

I was very happy with this product until recently when both line retaining lugs broke within months of each other and it’s only about 18 months old! It’s not even out in the elements as it’s under my semi enclosed veranda. Tried using a bracket on the wall to retain line but it didn’t work effectively. Guess I need a new one but what to buy? Bought Minky as it was a name I knew and trusted. Any recommendations welcome.Addition to my review:Decided on another Minky to save redoing fittings and delighted to see they gave upgraded the lugs, look much stronger and not sure but maybe even replaceable? Very happy for now with this new improved product.

Seems very well made. Easy to take down for winter to prolong it's life.Got it at reduced price,so very happy so far.

This is the second of these Minky clothes lines that I have bought, with this one being a direct replacement for the first.The product is fairly easy to install if you can do a bit of basic DIY. Drill two vertically stacked holes in your wall, screw in the mounting post, and then slot the plastic housing containing the reel onto the top.Once in use, the clothes line is effective, you drag the end of the line over to your chosen attachment point, and then you walk back and wrap a section of clothes line around an oval shaped plastic retainer at the bottom of the reel housing, which keeps the line taught. What I found was that after maybe 3 or 4 years of use, the aforementioned plastic oval retainer became brittle and snapped off, meaning I could no longer anchor the clothes line.Apart from this issue, I had been completely happy with the product, so I chose to order the same again, as I already had the correct mounting post up on the wall.Taking the reasonable price into account, I felt that 3-4 years was decent value for the product. Plastic does become brittle and snap when constantly exposed to the elements, so you can't expect it to last forever if it's permanently kept outside. You could of course detach the reel from the mount (very easy to do, it simply slides on and off) and store it indoors or in your shed when not in use, which would no doubt prolong its life, although this would be a bit inconvenient.

If you like the convenience of a Minky retractable clothes line, then this is for you. Previous versions had a design flaw where if you wound the line around the stopper incorrectly then eventually the stopper would break. This issue is now sorted by the clever people at Minky. The new design stopper is made from more flexible plastic and it seems the line cannot be wrapped around it the wrong way. The older versions used to last a couple of years. Let's see how this one lasts.