Brabantia Lift-O-Matic Outdoor 4 Arm Clothesline (197 ft/Ø 1.8″) Height Adjustable, Folding Clothes Drying Rack + Ground Spike & Cover (Gray)

I would give this clothesline 10 stars if possible. It arrived fully assembled except for the ground stake, which only required 4 screws (included) to assemble.The clothesline is very sturdy and stable and spins easily to make hanging laundry a “breeze”.The adjustability of the height is fantastic. I am 6’2″ and my wife is 5’5″ and we both can find a comfortable height at which to hang laundry.The line (rope) itself appears as though it will be easy to replace when the time comes, but I expect that it will be a while.I also ordered the plastic ground anchor so I could embed it in concrete (3 60-pound bags of Quikcrete using the recommended hole dimensions), which also works great, but the included ground stake worked just as well for the two weeks until the anchor arrived. I could have easily saved money by not buying the anchor.I like that the whole assembly is easily removed from either mount in the case of strong winds (we are in hurricane country). Both the stake and the ground anchor come with caps to keep out the rain when the clothesline is removed.All in all, I couldn’t be more pleased. Don’t cheap out, get the Brabantia and enjoy it for years to come.

I love my new clothesline! I can put so many clothes on it and I love the way the clothesline catches the wind and spins to give maximum drying speed. It is ridiculously easy to open and use, and then to fold up and close after use. It has a sturdy, easy to use cover with a big zipper that is almost effortless. I thought I’d have to fight to get the cover on, especially on a windy day but that is not the case. The size works perfectly for my needs, the product is heavy enough to hold up in high winds – including winds last week that produced a local tornado. All of that is great.My only challenge with this product was hammering the stake into the ground. You want a good stake, so that’s not a complaint, but I’m a senior and it was difficult for me to get that stake pounded in. I started with a mallet. That didn’t work. I switched to a heavier, weighted mallet. That worked better. When I got the first few inches in the ground, I moved to a sledgehammer. It took me four days to get the stake pounded into the ground. We had a good, soaking rain the night before I started and I thought the rain would make it easy. No so. After the second day of pounding, we had another rain. We have heavy, clay soil, so even the second rain didn’t help much. Perseverance got the stake in the ground and as I mentioned, it it heavy enough that it withstood a bad night of storms and two tornado warnings. I’m very pleased with the product and highly recommend, but don’t underestimate the challenge of getting that stake into the ground!