Crawford-Lehigh RC40 40-Feet Retractable Clothesline
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Crawford-Lehigh RC40 40-Feet Retractable Clothesline
Customer Review: Clothesline doesn't stay tight
Summary: 3 Stars
I was looking forward to my retractable clothesline, set it up, tightened it, using the wraparound hook, and hung clothes. BUT, it slowly loosens up, getting lower and lower. I fixed the problem, using a clothesline prop, but shouldn't have to do that. They should stay tight like the manufacturer says. Otherwise, it's very handy on my back porch, because I'm unable to walk around on the ground at my yard clothesline.Customer Review: It gets the job done.
Summary: 3 Stars
It does ok for a small amount of clothes. The line stretches if loaded to much,but it is new.I would buy again if needed.Customer Review: Bad locking mechanism
Summary: 2 Stars
This is a fairly well made and affordable laundry line. I'd be very pleased with it, but its line-locking mechanism is insufficient. It's designed so that you tuck the line around a little catch, but this friction hold is insufficient to suspend the weight of a normal laundry load. You put a pair of jeans on the line and the line slips and sags to the ground... every time. This design could be corrected if they were to add one or two more friction points to wrap the line around.
I think I'll keep it and add some hooks myself to make up for what the product lacks. I'm hoping this will fix the problem. They really need to deal with this, because as it stands, as much as I'd like to, I could not recommend this product to anyone.
Customer Review: Needs Improvement
Summary: 2 Stars
It is very easy to install, and it retracts its clothesline easily. The problem is that it is very hard to make the clothesline tight so that your wet clothes would not drag on the ground. You do need to wrap the clothesline around the little arm on the unit in order to stop the clothesline from sagging. You have to wrap the clothesline around a little piece of plastic with one hand while trying to pull the clothesline real hard to make it as tight as possible with the other hand. I have not been successful with pulling my 40-feet clothesline tight enough so that a wet bathtowel does not touch the ground in the middle. The manufacturer needs to add some kind of a pulling devise to it.Customer Review: Okay, with adjustments
Summary: 2 Stars
The basic clothesline works fine, but the hook for the line broke after the second time using it. It just wasn't strong enough to hold up the clothes on the line. We found a stronger hook, longer screws and so far everything is working fine. The unit should really come with fasteners that will actually support a line full of wet clothes!