Brilliant! Thanks very much, just working with water pressure seems to be so finicky and I wanted to make sure there was one way better than the other ...

Oh wow that’s so weird as I’ve always submerged the hose into the pool to fill it and this has never happened- but I’ve tried your suggestion and have ...

Trying to fill up the pool. The retractable hose pulls out just fine and locks into position. After about a minute it suddenly tugs and starts to reel ...