My great white tends to coil up its hose. It seems like I've got a 50% chance that this will help. Does it reverse, or always turn the same way?
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It always turns the same way. On my pool the cleaner kept getting stuck near the shallow end stairs. With this it twists the hose until the cleaner dislodges and floats a little bit away.
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It always turns the same way. We rarely had any trouble with the hose coiling up with the Twister. You might try giving each section of your hose a 45-90 degree twist in opposite directions in case a "shape memory" has developed in the hose's plastic. Sometimes that helps. We liked the Twister a lot, but our Sandshark finally died and we bought a 4-wheel Pool Cleaner by Poolverneugen from Amazon three weeks ago. It twists at the device's end every few minutes, reversing direction frequently, and it gets itself out of curl-ups and hang-ups real well.
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This device turns the same direction three full times per hour. Reversing back and forth will not help the pool cleaner out of a jam. Imagine having your arm twisted back and forth. You will not get flipped over until your arm is completely twisted all the way in one direction...kind of a strange way to put it, I know. Regardless, I have been using pool cleaners for twenty years full of frustration with the cleaners getting jammed up in corners, steps, and the like. This Twister is like a miracle! I have absolutely no problem recommending this. By the way, I am a mechanical engineer and I wish I had come up with the idea myself! This device turns the same direction three full times per hour. Reversing back and forth will not help the pool cleaner out of a jam. Imagine having your arm twisted back and forth. You will not get flipped over until your arm is completely twisted all the way in one direction...kind of a strange way to put it, I know. Regardless, I have been using pool cleaners for twenty years full of frustration with the cleaners getting jammed up in corners, steps, and the like. This Twister is like a miracle! I have absolutely no problem recommending this. By the way, I am a mechanical engineer and I... » Read More This device turns the same direction three full times per hour. Reversing back and forth will not help the pool cleaner out of a jam. Imagine having your arm twisted back and forth. You will not get flipped over until your arm is completely twisted all the way in one direction...kind of a strange way to put it, I know. Regardless, I have been using pool cleaners for twenty years full of frustration with the cleaners getting jammed up in corners, steps, and the like. This Twister is like a miracle! I have absolutely no problem recommending this. By the way, I am a mechanical engineer and I wish I had come up with the idea myself! « Show Less
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Yes, provided that you allow for enough hose from the spigot to the reel. Also, the hose connection on the reel is at a 90 degree angle so if you turn it around it will be winding the hose to the rear and not the front.
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I don't think it auto-reverses, because I have juiced some things that have taken a lot of pressure...without any stoppage or reversal. It works just great though, but you occasionally have to stop and clean out the strainer or the juice and pulp will spill over.
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Mine just turned by hand! Grabbed pipe in one hand, foot in other and it turned! Not so easy as to change when I walk, but not hard either. I figured the hex head held it on and has thread locking compound, so I did not even try it. Your idea is right on: I much prefer mine switched 90 degrees as well. I don't need a cane that I position, step, position, step with the cane stopping each time. My cane flows smoothly synched with my left knee, never really stopping. I hope this helps.
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Adjust the position of the hose weight per the instructions. That should fix it.
1873457
One of two things you should check... first is the weight rubbing on something when it goes in or goes out? Related to this is there a twist in how the hose enters end exits the hole; and secondly do you have the weight adjusted to the right position that it pulls itself back in (you can move it up and down until you find the right position for your taste.)
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There is a weight that attaches to the hose to pull the hose back in. It's possible, though I can't tell, that there could be some magnetic action when the handset is almost fully returned. It does seem to hold there quite well. When I installed this, and replaced a similar valve, I used the weights from both the new faucet and the old to give it more return force. It works though may be a bit too much.
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Have you tried to use it? Mine is always kinked right where it fits onto the pot. But once your water starts boiling and the steam runs through it, it always softens the hose and straightens out the kink and the juice flows fine.
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That is that is how I use mine and it works fine. My son uses it most of the time though. You may have to hold it with one hand and wind with the other until the hose gets back on it 20 percent.
227545
I have never seen that done before. I would just switch the hoses if I wanted to reverse the flow instead of switching polarity of the pump.
2195174
It does not rewind perfect and therefore overlaps the previous roll causing the entire coil to bind when unrolling. Suggestion, guide the inbound movement of the hose with your foot to prevent this from happening.
402186
I never had an issue with the hose getting coiled up. I added the twister to keep the cleaner from getting stuck in the corners of my Fiberglass pool near the steps. The cleaner still gets stuck every once in awhile by the steps, but only for a few minutes with the twister.
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Sorry it took a few days to get back to you. The swivel only works while you are connecting 2 male hose connections together allowing a connection to be made. When it is attached, it will not loosely turn, it takes a good amount of pressure to turn or swivel it. Hope this helps ...
78235
Mine does. Of course, you have to move the lever on the side of the unit when you wish to rewind. It works best when the hose is in a straight line and not kinked in any way.
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I had the problem with the hose not fitting my unit. I returned it with in the return period, I believe it was within 30days of order date. They refunded my money no problem. But be aware that you will have to pay to ship it back which is not cheap (cost me $60 from WSH).
2198460
Mine does not get twisted at all. Now my old one did but this one does not. Hope that helps.
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Hi-We have not had a problem with ours. When extended, at any length, pull on the hose and slowly release and it should retract easily. I hold a little pack pressure and the hose winds in and lines up beautifully.NEROS