When the gardening season winds down around here, we need to stow LOTS of irrigation/garden hose. Taking care of the hose means both draining the water out of it, but also coiling it up, and hanging it up, but in a way that the weight of the hose doesn’t put a permanent kink in the hose when it was hung on a wall hook or barn nail.

The same goes for properly stowing large gauge power supply cord or air hose that has been used for the day to supply air nailers and such.

Sure, you can buy cord storage “cuff” type devices, use hook and loop type straps, or tie the coils with twine or rope, but there’s a MUCH BETTER way!

By using a short section (about 5” or 6”) of 1-¼” dowel or even some wooden closet rod and some 5/16” diamond braided nylon rope (about 42” or so), you’ll end up with a much better tool that is easier on both you and the item being stored.

Plastic cuffs can only store smaller amounts because of their plastic construction. Even if they could contain more, you can’t use the cuff as a handle. The approach we show you in this episode allows more than one length of hose or cord to be contained at a time, provides a handle that fits the hand really well (allowing you to not have to grip the hose or cord directly, which is many times dirty), and hangs REALLY well on a high capacity hook without crushing or denting the hose or cord.

Best of all, these can be made for a few dollars each and you can knock out several in an hour or so. Check it out!