Help Me Find GOOD Fresh Water Hoses
Tired on these junkie water hoses I have been getting. Kinks all the time and leaks at the fittings. Have bought them from Camping World and Walmart. All that I have bought are the same crappy quality...
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westend wrote:pnichols wrote:I've gotta' mostly agree with Larry on the hose deal, most folks were never taught how to handle a hose. Typical weight of a 5/8" garden hose is 6->8 lbs, that doesn't seem like a lot of weight, to me. Now, if it's full of water, that's a different thing.LarryJM wrote:
I agree and this is one area where IMO it's a waste of $$$ to go high end unless you are one of those that are just too hap hazard to treat things correctly.
Except for one small thing ... the high end 1/2" ID polyurethane hose (shown in my link earlier) I bought for use here at the stick house weighs only slightly more than 3 lbs. in a 50' length. The DW REALLY appreciates not having to drag around a 5/8" or 3/4" hose made out of too-heavy material. Been there, done that, way too many years - both at home and when filling the RV during travels.
FWIW, I used to handle miles of hose when I worked on an oil tanker. We used all manner of different hoses for different purposes. When I began working on one tanker, everyone dreaded using the hoses because the storage hadn't been organized. After I organized the storage area and showed a few guys how to handle the hoses, it all became a lot easier.
I also took one of the 25' standard Camco white hoses available at WM and cut it into a 10 and 15' length and put the brass fittings on the cut ends. This way I only have to deal with even shorter lengths than even 25' 95% of the time. I can usually use either of these only to connect to the water supply and I also carry an uncut additional 25' length just in case. In fact I still have an old 25' hose hanging in my garage that I originally got back in around 1981 that is till in good shape except it's gotten a lot stiffer from drying out and I don't use it with the trailer any more. I generally refresh these hoses about every 10 to 15 years just because. As noted a key is when on the road to screw the ends together to protect the threads and prevent dirt from getting into the hose and then air them out once they are not used on a daily basis.
Larry
