Morryde Power Cord Reel

BobLandry

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I'm looking for something to store my 50A power cord. Does anyone have experience with either the power or manual version of these?
 
We have the power version in our 345GK. It’s brand new so I don’t have a lot of experience with it yet but, first impressions are great.


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One of the power models came stock in our 2020 Solitude 310GK-R. I love it - it sure beats trying to manually wrestle that heavy 50-amp cord... especially on a cold morning.

Rob
 
If it is at all helpful to you, I installed the manual Lippert reel, which is the same design as the manual MORryde and goes on sale more often (lol). It works as intended with the heavy 50A cord. I crank with one hand while feeding/wiping with a rag with the other.
 
How well do these reels work in the winter or colder camping months? I know handling the 50A cord in the cold, it seems very stiff.

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I went really cheap, only because I had this extra air hose reel and put it to good use.
 

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How well do these reels work in the winter or colder camping months? I know handling the 50A cord in the cold, it seems very stiff.

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Fine. You won't get as tight of a wrap in the cold, but that's why they're oversized for the length to be taken up.

I went really cheap, only because I had this extra air hose reel and put it to good use.

Nice! I've got our 25' drinking water hose wrapped up on one of those (50-ft lives in a lidded bucket for those State park spigot locations).
 
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I just installed the Morrryde manual cord reel, in our 2021 295RL. It works great, can be install with the handle on the right or left side. No problems with winding it up in cold temps.
 
I just installed the Morrryde manual cord reel, in our 2021 295RL. It works great, can be install with the handle on the right or left side. No problems with winding it up in cold temps.

Hi Curt, could you please post a picture showing where and how you mounted the cord reel in your 295RL? I have been wanting to add one in ours but am undecided on the exact placement to maximize space. TIA.
 
I’ve had both the manual and now powered morryde reels. Both work well. The powered one came with the Solitude. If it didn’t I would buy the manual one as it is cheaper, easier to install and worked very well.
 
One of the power models came stock in our 2020 Solitude 310GK-R. I love it - it sure beats trying to manually wrestle that heavy 50-amp cord... especially on a cold morning.

Rob

Does your "Reverse" button work on yours Rob? I used ours for the first time when we broke camp to come home from wintering and realized the arrow facing outward, that doesn't work. I had to manually pull it off the reel to use the cord again.
 
Our Solitude came with the MorRyde power reel. It works well, cold weather included. It was centred in one of the basement access points so I moved it to the side so it's less in the way. I have to say I preferred the power reel in our previous Bighorn because the trailer end was hard wired, so I only needed to pull out as much cable as I needed. With the Solitude I have to pull the whole cable every time.
 
We have the manual reel. I works very well. Money well spent in my book.
That 50 amp cord was going to break my back. We used it last fall in very cool weather and I had no issues at all.

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I placed mine right up against the Nautilus panel. Just 4 screws so I can easily remove it if I need to get into that panel.
 
I was thinking of getting one like that but was worried that it would be too flimsy for the power cord. Is yours holding up fairly well?
 
My Solitude came with the power version. Works well regardless of weather.
 

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