Thanks for the great responses and suggestions. While I have the skills and tools necessary to build my own reel as suggested. Unless the retail reels are of such poor quality or value, I think I would rather spend the time in the pool then fabricating a reel. I do however appreciate the suggestions. With that in mind, it looks like the Feherguard seems to be winning. My next question is has anybody tried the Feherguard surface rider model? I kind of like the idea of not having to permanently mount it to the rail. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find documentation as to how it works so I am a little hesitant. The ads say that it works great, they wouldn’t lie would they?