In the hope that this copy of the same Leifheit (occurring later) does not show defects, I can only recommend this Wäschespinne. Very smooth opening, jerk folded twitching clean, all the best. Is just Leifheit, slightly more expensive than some junk, but also in order. In an earlier copy we had the problem that the individual lines (it's not continuous long line, but each row has 4 parts), the passage of time are simply shorter already by shrinkage and so the top (longest) range when mounted taut and can not therefore continue to pull up. That is then in plain language, all lower lines are not stretched and flabby and hanging the laundry is not performed properly. The problem was that the company Leifheit provides no spare linen, although an exchange would be possible. We have a few years other produckt used (all of which were satisfactory) and are now back to zurückgehrt Leifheit. Peter Schaaf