Need recommendations: Drinking/RV/Boating Hose

Drive over to Thousand Oaks to Coast RV and pick up what you need/want. Nice store, nice folks. I have a flat white hose that the OP bought in 1990. Coils about 1" thick and 12" diameter. I replaced the ends with Gilmore repair ends and other than scratches on the surface of the hose it's fine.

Unless we are staying put for three or more days, I use the water from the tank. I agree about the regulator going on the spigot and then the hose. Only problem I know of is you might forget the regulator and then it gets sold for $2.00 as used in the store.

During the last year or so I've seen a lot of "Y"s and regulator in campground stores. Never seen an adjustable regulator with a gauge in the store. Maybe for >$50 folks remember those.

Just as long as it is not made in China!

White impart less taste of rubber to the water. White is also the standard color for drinking water, other colors may be used for other purposes.

There is no law or rule, so you are free to use what you want.

Teknor Apex NeverKink hoses are guaranteed for life. I just mine replaced because it had a couple of kinks in it. Customer service was great.

The hoses from the RV Water Filter Store are about the best I have encountered. They are not inexpensive but are very high quality and are very easy to coil. You have your choice of brass or stainless steel fittings. Their pressure regulators are also the best you can find.

I am partial to the Teknor Apex hoses, because they are a rail customer of ours, and they are made here in the USA. I have the 5/8" Neverkink Hoses, in 25 and 50 foot lengths.

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Buy another white hose, or the color of your choice, and also buy a pressure regulator.
Put the regulator on the CG spigot to protect your hose and RV water system.

I just bought the white hose with blue stripe from Walmart marked for drinking water. Works fine, except the connections at the ends aren't great - takes some fiddling to get them to be leak free.

Some people say it is a myth, but I have found that hoses marked "drinking water" (which are usually white with a blue stripe) definitely impart much less of the rubber flavor to water.

I know there are different quality hoses, seems the stiffer ones are better, but then there is that coiling factor. Not to sound paranoid, but I dont drink campground water anyways.......just dont like the taste of some. Bottled water is cheap around here

"What do YOU recommend or what has worked for YOU? "

A hose is a hose is a hose!

I'm 78 and still alive.
I grew up drinking out of a green garden hose, and since RV'ng I have used every color there is.
My criteria is get the lightest weight one, and one that will coil easily and I could care less about the color

Jack L