thought id share one of my ideas which i put into practice and wokrs really well.
to stop your connectors getting damaged when reeling in, i drilled out a 7mm hole out of a golfball and squeezed my 8mm microbo hose on to it, put bk my connector and it workrs really well, although i have brodex fittings which are short so the golfball stops it from touching the ground.....
i can fit these for you at a cosr of £55.00 plus vat lolll