Titan has two options for the electric reels. Stainless and aluminum or stainless on stainless. I ordered the stainless on stainless one and was wondering if that was the right choice. It’s more expensive but been searching and reading on the forums and people mentioning something about a PVC spool. I am pushing bleach through them as I do a lot of softwashing. Did I make the best decision?
If you got a Titan or a PVC drum you made a wrong choice, especially on the pvc
I ordered stainless steel frame with stainless steel manifold. Hope the spool is stainless too?
The Innocent One is a reel snob. Ha! Get it???
No, but seriously he and many others prefer the Hannay reels. I’m sure the Titans are fine, too, but I would never want a reel with PVC in lieu of metal. Seems like a good way for a manufacturer to go cheap and still charge the same prices. I like how easy Titan makes it to stack their reels but Hannay may offer that as well. I run a cheap GP reel (flawless so far) and an even cheaper Cox reel (only used for feed hose storage). I can’t wait to upgrade and go 12v.
All my reels are hannay except 1, whatever titan reel comes with the bandit. It has a pvc drumb. I like it other than it has no lock or brake. Never had a problem with it and honestly it has less rust than my 3 year old hannay. Not sure of the price comparison.
You could have gone with the aluminum with the stainless manifold and the pvc spool. What I have on all of mine and what I just ordered for new build. The pve spool is thick. It’ll be here long after we’re gone. Every nice new rig I’ve seen built in past 3-4 years has Titan and I don’t really know of anyone that’s had trouble with them. Plus, they’re extremely easy to work on if you need to. I wouldn’t have anything else, but then I’m not putting 5,000 hours a year on mine.
Do yours have brakes and locks?
No issues with mine but only one season with it.
Well it’s coming tomorrow and I am stoked! Been using some black ones that came in the used 2001 all American trailer I bought in 2016. I figured even though it cost more stainless frame and stainless manifold is the most likely to resist corrosion and abuse over the years. Lots of people like Hannay here but great to hear people like the Titans equally well.
Do you guys think the Stainless hose guide is worth it? Does it really help a lot? It’s like $260 extra for that part, which I didn’t order yet…
