Hills Retracting 30M Clothesline 101071

Hills have lost a lifelong fan! – Hills Double Retracting Clotheslines used to be good quality and long lasting. Within 5 months of purchasing the latest one the securing lugs cracked and one broke off. Back to Bunnings!

The lines are far too weak for a normal washload and constantly sag. Not recommended – The line on my 20-year-old Topdry fixed clothes line needed replacing and buying a complete new wall mounted Hills Retracting Clothesline wasn't that much more expensive, even at Bunnings prices. It's quite small but looks sturdy and well made and comes with all the fittings you need, however none of them are stainless steel and so will quickly go rusty. The body is not metal but black plastic and made in China, and although it's an exterior model, doesn't say anywhere whether its all UV proofed. At least it has a galvanised pivoting mounting plate which works well. I bought the two line model and the lines can be pulled out either singly or doubled up using plastic wall clips, and so my configuration was 'M' shaped from the house wall to fence posts and back. I promptly set about catching up on my backlog of washing only to find that the lines stretched and sagged with heavy items like big towels and duvet covers. The lines themselves are actually only very thin PVC coated plastic cords, and despite tightening them up as far as they would go on the fixed anchor posts on the main unit, time after time I came home to find my clean washing dangling in the dirt. After two weeks of this I gave up and put some fresh line on the dependable Topdry. A waste of time and money then. Not recommended.