Product Description

Straitline 100' Chalk Reel Combo, Reel Has 6 To 1 Gear Ratio For Fast Retrieval, Reel Is Constructed Of Metal With High Impact Plastic Grip, Reel Also Has All Metal Handle & Includes Clutch For Fast Rewind & Line Release, Also Includes Line Lock For Easy In 1 Person Applications.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #143928 in Home Improvement
• Brand: Irwin
• Model: 2031304P
• Dimensions: 2.25" h x 6.62" w x 10.00" l, .70 pounds

Features

• Irwin #2031304P 100' Chalk Reel Combo
• IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOL CO

Customer Reviews

Really Don't Like This Chalk Reel
I've owned this one for several years now and I am looking for a replacement. I don't like this one for several reasons:

1: Awkward fit in my hand. It is a bit large and not ergonomic. It is cumbersome feeling. The rapid rewind is a nice feature if you commonly pull out long lengths of line. If you do mostly less than 15' of line then this feature just adds weight and size to the product.

2: Doesn't fit well in my tool belt pouch. It's a little large. It holds a lot of chalk but this isn't such a great feature unless you really use a lot of chalk a day in which case you wouldn't use a cheaper chalk line like this one.

3: Chalk door comes open too easily. It came open in my tool pouch and got chalk everywhere on my tools that were in that pocket. It also came open in my tool box and got chalk everywhere. I really was about to throw it away that time. The door doesn't stay closed well.

It's a cheap chalk box and that's what you get. I wouldn't buy this one again. I wouldn't take it if it was free! It is perhaps what I would consider a "disposable chalk line".

Save your money!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't get this chalk reel its junk! I owned two and they both broke in a week! The handle is too weak and snaps off of the plasic gears. Go spend your money on the(old) yellow and black model they seem to last twice as long and cost half of the price!
Thanks Carpenter Greg J Wallander

All eye candy but no guts
I bought one of these a couple years ago now and am STILL disgusted about wasting ten bucks on it. The case is ridiculously rugged and suggests a lifetime of use, but the axle to which the "all metal handle" is attached is plastic. The first time I dropped it nine feet onto the concrete floor of a garage, that fine plastic axle split completely apart, rendering it totally useless. It lasted me all of a couple weeks. Besides that, the hook has a large hole with very little point to its shape, so it has a hard time centering itself on a nail. There's nothing like driving a nail on your mark, stretching out the line, and then having to walk back to the nail to make sure your chalkline hook is centered on that nail. All in all, Irwin dropped the ball on the two most important features of a chalkline. What in the world were those guys thinking??