The best Hose reel carts with hose, compared.
Top pick: Hozelock open cart with 50 m hose – Score 90 at about £71.39, from 4.5 and 7,615 reviews, with a stated 50 m hose of 12.5 mm on a cart the title says arrives assembled. Best value: Hozelock open cart with 50 m hose – About £1.43 per metre of the 50 m hose at about £71.39, the lowest among the wheeled carts here, while the cheaper files are thin or poor. Updated October 2026.
A hose reel cart with a hose is a freestanding wheeled trolley sold with garden hose in the same box, usually with tap and hose-end fittings. The usual form is an open cart with a manual crank. You recognise a suitable cart by the hose supplied, and by any capacity printed on the drum. Many carts are rated for more metres than the hose in the box. Where a bore is given, 12.5 mm is a common figure. Check whether the frame is described as assembled or as parts, and whether a short feeder is included or cut from the hose. An outdoor tap connector is not a kitchen-tap fitting. Use the crank only after the pressure is off. The cart does not include the double check valve expected on an outside tap in England and Wales. Drain the hose before frost. A temporary use ban can stop hosepipe use in your water company's area. Length, bore and assembly are in the [hose reel cart with hose buying guide](/hub/garden-watering/hose-reel-cart-with-hose/sub/hose-reel-cart-with-hose-buying-guide).
A hose reel cart with a hose is a freestanding wheeled trolley sold with garden hose in the same box, usually with tap and hose-end fittings. The usual form is an open cart with a manual crank.
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How much hose should the box include?
The Hozelock open cart on amazon.co.uk is £71.39 and includes a 50 m hose of 12.5 mm outside diameter, with a stated maximum pressure of 4 bar and a weight of 6.8 kg. The listing line is 4.5 from 7,615 reviews, and UK buyers often describe a cart you can roll with the hose on it and a crank rewind that stays tidy. The title says it arrives assembled, but the fittings are packed inside the drum, so you have to unwind the hose once before you can connect the tap. Kinks are a repeated complaint, including from people who expected a kink-free hose at this price, and some call the hose thinner than an older Hozelock they already owned. Amazon’s material line says metal and plastic, and the included-components string says metal cart, while Hozelock’s page for part 2435 says plastic, so the frame material is not settled from these two sources. Hozelock states five years if you register. A Philips warranty sentence on the Amazon listing is an error. The Amazon title names a connector set and does not name a nozzle, although the brand page for 2435 includes one, and a customer question about a nozzle on this listing is unanswered. It is the top pick in this set, and the best value on price per metre among the carts with a large review file, if you will do that first unwind and you do not need the Ultramax hose named on the box.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You want about 50 m, you have no hose you trust, and you will unwind the drum once to reach the fittings.
Less suitable: You need the Ultramax hose named in the box, or you already own a 12.5 mm hose for an empty cart.
Specifications
Common questions
Does this Hozelock cart include a hose?
Yes. The title and the included-components line both say a 50 m hose, part 2435.
Does the listing include a spray nozzle?
The title says a connector set. It does not name a nozzle, and the customer question about a nozzle is unanswered. Hozelock’s page for part 2435 includes a nozzle.
Is it supplied assembled?
The title and a bullet say ready assembled. Reviews still say the fittings are packed inside the drum, so the hose comes off once before you connect the tap.
This Hozelock cart is £92.94 and is sold with 50 m of 12.5 mm Ultramax hose on a title that states a 60 m capacity. The amazon.co.uk line is 4.2 from 330 reviews, and the texts that like it call the Ultramax tougher and less prone to kinks than a cheap hose, with a one-piece winding handle and a frame that arrives assembled. The same file also calls the hose rigid, heavy and hard to rewind, and several buyers say the cart tips or is pulled over when the hose is drawn out. Coils spring up unless you keep the hose tight while winding, and one buyer wanted a spray gun rather than the attachment they called outdated. The title says a nozzle and fittings are included, while the included-components line names the hose and a connector set and does not repeat the word nozzle. The dimension field prints 13W millimetres, which is not a usable size, and the wall-thickness line repeats 12.5 mm, so those two spec rows are not reliable measurements. Choose it when you want that named Ultramax hose and you can manage a heavier rewind, not when you want a lower price than the £71.39 open cart.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You want the Ultramax hose named in the box and you will wind it tightly so the coils do not spring up.
Less suitable: You want the lowest price per metre of hose, or a rewind that reviews describe as light.
Specifications
Common questions
How much hose is in the box?
50 m of 12.5 mm Ultramax hose. The title states a maximum capacity of 60 m. Those two figures are not the same length.
Is a nozzle included?
The title says nozzle and fittings included. The included-components line names the hose and a connector set and does not repeat the word nozzle.
What size is the cart?
The dimension field prints 13W millimetres, which is not a usable size. The weight line is 8.62 kg.
The Hozelock 2489 listing is £45.10 for a cart the title calls 45 m, sold with 25 m of hose and fittings that are not itemised. The amazon.co.uk line is 3.6 from 20 reviews, and the 12 UK texts in the file are led by assembly rather than by praise. Instructions are described as tiny, picture-only or missing, parts need a lot of force, and plastic broke, with one cart taken to the tip. The hose kinks in several of those texts, and one buyer reports a small bore, low flow and leaks, then went back to an older hose. Operation mode is manual, while the style field says Retractable, which conflicts with the winding-handle bullet, so this is not an auto reel. A nozzle is not named, and a six-inch diameter in the file is not identified as the hose bore. At £45.10 it is the lowest price here for a Hozelock cart that includes a hose, but 20 reviews and the broken-plastic pattern mean it is not the best value pick in this set.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You only need about 25 m and you are willing to force a self-build together, knowing plastic parts can snap.
Less suitable: You want a cart the listing says arrives assembled, or a review count you can lean on.
Specifications
Common questions
Is the hose 45 m long?
The title calls it a 45 m cart and says 25 m of hose is included. Read 45 m as the capacity claim and 25 m as the hose in the box.
Is the rewind automatic?
Operation mode is manual. The style field says Retractable, which conflicts with the winding-handle bullet. This is not an auto reel.
Does the listing name a nozzle?
It says fittings to start watering. It does not say nozzle.
The Wurzberge cart is £53.09 and the title includes 30 m of rubber hose, a separate 2 m leader and a spray gun, on a frame listed at 50 x 42 x 86 cm and 9.6 kg. The amazon.co.uk line is 3.3 from 32 reviews. Buyers who like the hose call it decent rubber, better than an expanding hose for some of them, and a few finished the build in about half an hour. The listing does not say the cart arrives assembled, and reviews describe a box of parts with written instructions that were wrong, so several people say you should watch a video first. Connectors leak or blow off the tap or the reel in more than one text, and plastic wheel mounts snap, including a cart a reviewer said they had used twice. The cart is light enough that it tips when the hose is pulled out, and the rewind is manual: one review says it does not rewind itself. It can be a complete set if the joints hold after you build it, but the leak and wheel pattern is why it is not the best value pick beside the £71.39 Hozelock.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You want a spray gun and a leader in the same box, and you will follow a video rather than the paper sheet.
Less suitable: You will not assemble a frame, or you need joints that these reviews say stay on at full tap pressure.
Specifications
Common questions
What hose is included?
The title says 30 m of rubber hose, a 2 m leader hose and a spray gun.
Does it rewind itself?
The operation mode is manual. A review says it does not rewind by itself.
Does the listing say it arrives assembled?
No. Reviews describe building it from parts, and several say the paper instructions were wrong.
The Dekton listing is £32.95 and the title says a hose reel cart with 20 m of hose and a nozzle kit. The item type is a hose and nozzle kit, the body is 20 x 26 x 26 cm and 2.93 kg, and the rank is garden hose parts and connectors rather than hose carts. There is one amazon.co.uk review, dated 28 November 2025, at 1.0, and that text says the hose kinks all over and the reel is not fit for purpose. Nothing in that single review praises it, so this is one report, not a pattern you can average. The bullets call it heavy-duty and suitable for large gardens, which does not match a body about 20 cm across. Rewind is manual, and neither bore nor a capacity above 20 m is in the file. It is only worth a look if you measured for a small patio kit of about 20 m and you accept a one-review file, not as a substitute for a wheeled 50 m cart.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You measured a space around 20 cm and you only need about 20 m on a patio.
Less suitable: You want a wheeled trolley for a 30 m or 50 m hose, or a review sample larger than one text.
Specifications
Common questions
Is this a full-size hose cart?
The title says hose reel cart with a 20 m hose. The item type is a hose and nozzle kit, the size is 20 x 26 x 26 cm, and the rank is hose parts.
Is a nozzle included?
Yes. The title and a bullet say a nozzle kit.
What does the review say?
There is one review. It says the hose kinks and the reel is not fit for purpose. The listing line is 1.0 from 1.
Five amazon.co.uk listings are on this page, from the snapshot of 19 October 2026. The card score is the star line times 20. It is not a laboratory test. Awards also use the hose length named in the title, whether a second figure is drum capacity, the assembly claim set against review reports of a parts build, and the shelf price per metre of the named hose. Those checks do not add points inside the score. Repeated kinks, leaks, snapped wheels or tip-over, a review count under 50, and a body that is not a wheeled cart keep a listing off the awards. The top pick is the Hozelock open cart with a 50 m hose, score 90, at about £71.39, with 4.5 from 7,615 reviews. That listing is also the best value: about £1.43 per metre of the 50 m hose is the lowest among the wheeled carts in this set, and the listings from about £32.95 to £53.09 have thin or poor review files. The same product carries both awards. No other badge.
Star line
100%The card score is the amazon.co.uk star line captured on 19 October 2026, multiplied by 20. A 4.5 line is 90, 4.2 is 84, 3.6 is 72, 3.3 is 66 and 1.0 is 20. This is not a lab test. Hose length, capacity, assembly, price per metre and repeated faults decide the awards. They are not a second set of points inside the number.
On the amazon.co.uk snapshot of 19 October 2026, the only listing under £40 was £32.95, and it is a poor guide to cart prices because the body is about 20 cm across. A 25 m Hozelock cart was £45.10. Mid in that file was a 30 m cart at £53.09 and a 50 m cart at £71.39. The upper price was £92.94 for a 50 m Ultramax cart. Other UK shelves opened the same week, not Amazon, put similar Hozelock kits from about £63 to £92. Live prices win when you buy.
A hose reel cart with a hose is a freestanding wheeled trolley sold with garden hose, usually with tap and hose-end fittings, for a gardener whose hose otherwise lives in a heap. Empty carts, wall reels and cassettes are a different purchase. A title that says cart can still be a small hose and nozzle kit. Check the item type, the body size and the sales rank. A body about 20 cm across, filed under hose parts, is not a trolley rated for a long hose. Start with the hose in the box.
A 60 m or 45 m figure on these carts is often the drum rating. The hose in the box may be 50 m, 30 m plus a leader, 25 m or 20 m. Check the title for the hose, then the capacity line.
Filling to the printed maximum makes the rewind harder. The Hozelock FAQ for the assembled 60 m carts says you cut about 1.5 m of feeder from the included hose. Use the crank only after the pressure is off.
Drain and store the hose before frost. A frost-resistant line does not mean the cart can stay outside full of water. Owning the reel does not exempt you from a temporary use ban. Ask your water company about your postcode today.
The first number to trust is the hose the title says is supplied. On these carts that is 50 m, 50 m of a named hose, 30 m plus a 2 m leader, 25 m or 20 m. A second number, such as 60 m or 45 m, is often how much 12.5 mm hose the drum is rated to hold. Leave a gap. A drum packed to the printed maximum is harder to rewind. Where the listing gives a bore, 12.5 mm is the figure printed on the two 50 m Hozelock carts. An outdoor tap connector is not a kitchen-tap fitting.
Assembled on these listings means the frame, not a cart you can connect without opening the drum. Reviews of the 50 m open cart say the fittings are inside, so the hose comes off once. A parts-build file, with instructions described as tiny or wrong and plastic that snaps, is a different job. Rewind is manual on every cart here. A style line that says retractable does not make it an auto reel when the operation mode is a handle. Then read the sample.
Three typical situations, each with a recommendation from this comparison.
You want about 50 m and you have no hose you trust. The Hozelock open cart is about £71.39, with 4.5 from 7,615 reviews, a stated 50 m hose of 12.5 mm and a connector set. The title says the frame arrives assembled. The fittings are inside the drum, so you unwind once. It is the top pick and the best value in this set if you will do that.
You want the Ultramax hose named in the box, on a title that states a 60 m capacity. This cart is about £92.94, with 4.2 from 330 reviews and 50 m of 12.5 mm hose. A nozzle is named in the title. Reviews call the hose rigid and the rewind hard, and several say the cart tips when the hose is pulled. It is the step-up, at a higher price per metre than the open cart.
You measured a space around 20 cm and you only need about 20 m. The Dekton listing is about £32.95, with a nozzle kit, a body of 20 x 26 x 26 cm and 2.93 kg. The item type is a hose and nozzle kit and the rank is hose parts. There is one review, at 1.0, which says the hose kinks. It is not a substitute for a wheeled 50 m cart.
The top pick and the best value are the same listing: the Hozelock open cart with a 50 m hose, at about £71.39. The score is 90, from 4.5 and 7,615 amazon.co.uk reviews. About £1.43 per metre of the named 50 m hose is the lowest among the wheeled carts in this set, and the listings from about £32.95 to £53.09 have thin or poor review files. You still unwind the drum once to reach the fittings, and kinks are a repeated complaint. The Ultramax cart is the step-up at about £92.94 if you want that named hose and you can manage a heavier rewind. None of these scores is a laboratory test or a UK-wide result.
Hozelock open cart with 50 m hose
Score 90 at about £71.39, from 4.5 and 7,615 reviews, with a stated 50 m hose of 12.5 mm on a cart the title says arrives assembled.
Hozelock open cart with 50 m hose
About £1.43 per metre of the 50 m hose at about £71.39, the lowest among the wheeled carts here, while the cheaper files are thin or poor.
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