Is the MEKOH pressure washer hose reel worth it?

How the MEKOH hose reel keeps the hose from kinking

Here's the actual trick. The reel is a powder coated steel spool with a brass swivel fitting where the inlet hose connects, and that swivel is the whole point: it lets the hose rotate freely as it winds on and off, so the hose never gets a twist baked into it the way it does when you drag a loose length around a corner. At the outlet, a ninety degree elbow bends the hose gently instead of letting it kink at a sharp angle right where it exits, which is usually where hoses die first. A fixed ring keeps the reel from spinning or rolling while you're pulling hose off it under pressure, and the enlarged hand crank turns retraction into a few seconds of winding instead of a wrestling match. Because the unit is rated to handle commercial grade pressure and bolts to a wall, a trailer, or a van with the included brackets, it lives wherever your pressure washer lives, and the hose goes from a tangled hazard on the ground to something that spools up in one motion when you're done.