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NanciL
Explorer II
Mar 01, 2014

A water hose (s) suggestion for newbies

It took me many years of RV'ng before finally learning that shorter is better.
I gave up my fifty foot long stiff garden hoses and went to four 25 footers, and got the El Cheopo white ones in the RV section of Wally World.
I no longer curse when I am half way through coiling the 50 footer and it falls out if it's coils. The shorter ones are much easier and also more pliable. Also easier to store.
You might not use four or even three, but I do many times and I like to have the fourth just for a spare.

This is strictly a suggestion, and you can take it or forget it.

Jack L
  • time2roll's avatar
    time2roll
    Nomad
    Mar 01, 2014
    Yes on the 25' and for more length I carry up to six 50' collapsible or flat hoses for even more compact storage.
  • Dick_B's avatar
    Dick_B
    Explorer
    Mar 01, 2014
    I think we carry three 25 footers and one has never been unwrapped.
  • GaryWT's avatar
    GaryWT
    Explorer
    Mar 01, 2014
    We use the white hoses made for drinking water, I guess they have blue ones know as well. We carry 1 - 25 foot and 1 - 10 footer and to date have had plenty of hose. It is nice when we only need the 10 footer.
  • Sandia_Man's avatar
    Sandia_Man
    Explorer II
    Mar 01, 2014
    We carry a couple sets of white hoses although I'm not sure about their exact lengths. It's been rare that we've needed to string both together to reach water spigot but should the need arise we're good to go. We carry our water from home as we have run into poor quality water at some campgrounds, many times we don't even haul out our white hoses during the entire camping trip.

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