These are great. I use 2 to go around a corner without pulling the hose in the flower bed.That was the situation with my old box reel, but I solved it a couple years ago by buying an accessory from Eley: Garden Hose Guide
Hammered the tubular stake into the ground directly in front of the box, so the hose always pulled straight out to the guide on its way to where I actually needed it.
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Although, I did lose one of the holders (hammered into the ground) over the winter. I had to take a weeder tool and aerated my lawn until I found it. My next option was to borrow a metal detector from a friend.