Emsco Group 1563-1 "DARWOOD" Frog Hose Hider with Hose Reel - Holds 100 Foot Garden Hose, Patina

love the looks and ease using this

We live in southern Florida with the hot hot sun. We needed to protect our garden hose and this is a very attractive way to do it. We get lots of compliments from our neighbors, looks like yard art.

Hinge: Could be better, but it's not too difficult to reattach. Would work fine without also, just lift and remove. Use: Not the easiest to wind inside, but doable. He winds inside. I wind it outside, then place in the base. I like it perfect. :) Materials: A little apprehensive, with repetative hot/cold seasons, plastic becomes brittle. Thinking of coating with clear UV epoxy for durability, fading and added weight protections. Looks: In love! Way better looking in the front than the out of place looking box types or the hanging ones. Super cute surrounded by the ground cover! Overall: Very happy.

The lid does not stay open so that you can get the hose out. The throat area is not the same color and does not match the rest of the frog.

As the other reviews said, the top hinge is awful. It comes apart every time it is opened. I would have returned it but my mother wanted to keep it because she liked the frog.