I have been there chaps , had plastic and metal , plastic was £25 small van , metal was £100 big van , which is better , pros and cons , plastic one is 5 years old and still going , a joy to work with , mind you it has had about 15 replacement manifolds at £4 each .
The metal reel has needed nothing in 12 months , however due to the design of the sides of the thing it is an absolute ball ache if your pulling off at an angle , it catches and jams up like a goodun , why dont they make the sides round instead of having the cut outs ?
Rich