Fresh water hose

Let the water run for a few seconds to remove the water that's been sitting in the sun in the hose. Filling the tank works because the water is constantly moving.

I use my water tank exclusively and just re-fill it when I need to. Flush the hose, fill the tank, and done; repeat as needed, no bad taste.

Valterra and make a "taste free" potable water hose. There's a number of potable water hoses available that have an inert plastic that won't impart a bad taste to the water and that also meet NSF & ANSI requirements. I believe the taste free ones all have a blue tracer line along them to identify them. Have also seen them sold as commercial food grade hoses.

Note: The taste free hoses tend to be stiffer and need to be coiled with a larger radius. We have one that has a permanent kink in one spot because I tried to coil it like our old standard hose. Can't get rid of the stupid kink now. Annoying!

For the RV I replace the potable water hoses every 3 yrs.

They ALL seem to get funky.......and I grew up drinking out of rubber yard hoses, swimming/swallowing pond water, playing in the run off from irrigation etc.

We fill fresh water tank and use it for everything.

But even with an in-line charcoal filter the hoses leave I slight taint.

Tires/water hoses.....replace routinely :B

The white hose is made from virgin non-leaching materials. Ordinary garden hose may contain recycled materials that could leach unknown compounds, or even a new ordinary garden hose made with leaching compounds. Just stick with the white hose.

I use this hose.

I use a garden hose myself. I grew up on hose water too.