One part is made of iron and another part is plastic. In order to be more comfortable to use, the place where the hand is held is a comfortable plastic.

It is about 31 pounds.

There are rubber feet but no brackets or other devices that would fix the unit to the ground. You can pull out the hose to the desired length (straight) and then walk around in all directions. Pulling sideways may cause the hose reel to move in that direction. It hasn't been a problem as I adapted to what works best but I could see that it might be possible to set it into something and then you could pull sideways. Hope that is helpful.