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The Green Leaf Wonder Winder is one of the simplest and most useful tools I have ever installed in my work area. Sometimes I have to play a little with the traction mechanism, but I consider that a small price to pay for the huge benefit of this tool. I have two on either side of the area which gives me unmatched accesability to power whenever I need it. In addition I have an extra mounting in another area of the room and one just outside the door which makes it even more flexible. I wouldn't want to be without it. I recommend it to anyone.
Here are the two complaints that I have with it:1. If you use two extension cords attached together they get caught when you wind them back up. I would say it gets used about twice a month, so we aren't very rough on it. Even though the plastic feels cheaply made, it has not broken yet. I purchased the Wonder Winder in December 2008 for our garage. Even with these two minor complaints I am glad I made this purchase. 2. It would be great if there was a mechanism you could use to lock the winding tab in place to free up your hand.
However, the plug gets caught when trying to wind it back up. I need one hand to hold the tab that gives it the friction to wind, and my other hand to keep the cord straight as it is wound in. It is definitely an improvement over hand winding extension cords. We have two cords taped together with electrical tape rather than buying a whole new longer one, and they unwind just fine for use. I don't like that it takes two hands to wind it. This is normally not a problem, but it gets annoying when the cord gets caught elsewhere on my garage floor and I don't have both hands to try to fling it loose. I have to stop winding and feed the plug in, and then sometimes I still have a little trouble getting it to resume winding quickly. It was a useful addition to our garage.
Today my husband came in and asked me to see if I could find another one as a piece of the winder broke off and now it wobbles. I gave this as a gift to my husband about 10 years ago and it gets a moderate amount of use on a weekly basis. I have to say though after 10 years of temperature extremes in the garage it's not surprising that a piece of the plastic housing broke. Never had a problem with the way it works. its easily winds the cord up without trouble and it's great that the cord is always accessible and still out of the way. And I think it is a testament to the usefulness of the product that I was asked to find another one. Fortunately I did find it on Amazon.
Got this to clean up the looks of the garage. All in all it worked good as long as the extension cord is not wet. If the extension cord is wet the reel can't get friction to wind the cord and your stuck hand feeding it in which is not easy. Aside from that I'm very concerned that the plastic will be breaking somewhere somehow but we'll see.
Not bad for what it is.Mine is missing the metal mounting bracket.
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