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frisco_dave
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Jul 12, 2014

Hose for cleaning out black tank/sewer hose

We have 2 hoses- one for hooking up water, and another for cleaning out the black tank and sewer hose after we dump. As, I'm sure, we all do.

Our hose for cleaning out the black tank was a pos. Constantly kinked up, and was a pia to store. So, we threw it out after the end of last season, and needed a new one this year.

Went looking for a small one- 25ft or less, that would was something more than "crap" grade. Went to Lowes and Home Depot, and...there pretty much are none that fit that bill. Then...as we were at Home Depot, we saw this on the shelf (yes...I realize the link is from Camping World, but..I saw this hose in their email today, which prompted this post):

Awesome Hose

We weren't sure about it, but...we rolled the dice and bought. And let me tell you- wow!! This thing really fit the bill. Obviously, never kinks, and super easy to store. While I don't see it on the pictures at Camping World, ours has an off/on spigot built into the end. Extremely handy. And...looking at it at Home Depot now...apparently Home Depot has discontinued carrying it. Oh well- their loss :-)

Available at other stores though, but...very impressed with it so far. We'll see how the durability is, but...at minimum, it won't be any worse than the pos we had before that pissed me off after 2 seasons.
  • Not sure using a fabric hose for cleaning around a sewer is a good choice.
  • Every review I've seen about those collapsing hoses claims they are junk, rarely last long.
    May be okay, though for the infrequent use in an RV.

    Recently I wanted a 50 foot, 1/2 inch hose. After not being able to find one in any store, I recently bought one on Amazon. Correct, and here in 48 hours.
  • I too have been looking a that particular hose so I am glad you commented! I just saw the hose you are talking about in the garden shop at Walmart yesterday.. so someone still has them, I guess I will go back and pick one up.
  • I bought one of those hoses and they ARE amazing but I don't use it for black tank clean out. For that I use an old used hose with the male end cut off.