Collapsible fresh water hose

dedmiston wrote:

Gdetrailer wrote:

dedmiston wrote:
Are any of the collapsible garden hoses drinking-water safe? I’m looking for a way to simplify our fresh water hose, and it would be great to be able to use one of those shrinky hoses instead of having a big 50’ coil in my cargo hold.

Not sure as to why folks have such a hard time with the white hoses..

To make white hoses easy to deal with you get several SHORT hoses, add them together when needed. Only use the length you need and when done break them apart and they coil up very nicely.

I have two 10' and one 25'..

Many times I get away with using only one hose but if needed can extend to 45'.

Short hoses make life easier.

Yeah, I get it. That's definitely a logical approach. It's not my first choice though.

I swear I'm not a pessimist, but I don't like junctions (on just about anything). Every coupling to connect two hoses together is another chance for another leak. I'd rather have one 50' piece of hose that I can coil into a bucket, if I can.

I am definitely with Gdetrailer on this. I have three 15' high quality hoses from the RV Water Filter Store with brass quick disconnects and never have problems coiling or with leaks. I rarely use more than one hose. I do carry an old Camco 50' hose for those cases where I would need more than 45 feet - only used it once in over 200 campsites visited.