The description ithat is given on Amazon for this product is very accurate, the size, weight and appearance are all exact. The product seems a little heavy and must be mounted pretty steadily to the side of your house or a support pole. While using this product it's easy to pull out and retract. The material used in the hose seems to be pretty strong so far for us, we've had it about 2 months. When installing this product it is pretty easy, they give you some heavy duty anchors, you must use those. If you use anything other than what they gave you you will pull it off the wall.