Choice of Hose for Fresh Water

[rothse99]

Love my Zero-G

[Jacob D]

Originally Posted by CRH

I have been using the same cheapo white hoses from Walmart for 10 years.

Me too. I can't convince my wife that dirt on the outside of the hose doesn't contaminate the water so I just buy the cheapest drinking water hose I can find each season and throw the old one away or use it in the yard. I do have a 10 ft hose from camping world I have had for several years and it does not seem to get dirty so she doesn't complain but it is too short to use most places.

[Rich Jenkins]

Couple questions for the experts (I am not one)

Is "drinking water safe" the same thing as "approved for potable water"? (I would guess so, but the white RV ones I've seen say "potable".)

Where are you guys getting these curly blue hoses? (I took a quick look at Amazon but could not find a curly blue hose that was "potable")

Do you ever have problems with the smaller ID of the curly hoses restricting water volume? (IIRC my '16 30' FC has a 65 psi water pressure regulator after the inlet; I'm wondering if it really makes any difference to use a curly blue hose or a 5/8" or 3/4" white RV hose).

Thanks!

Rich

[ATownTX]

Yes, potable means drinkable.

[Munchie]

Newbie airstreamer, I was curious as to how you all store and carry your freash water hose? How much hose you carry? What type of hose you use, i.e. White hard to coil type or one of the new expandable hoses?

[Rich Jenkins]

I store my 25' water hose wrapped around a Bayco cord organizer, $7 or so at Lowe's or WalMart:

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Bayco-150-f...anizer/3129447



Actually I have four of these organizers; with a couple dedicated to 100' extension cords.

I just buy the Camco 5/8" white RV hoses. 25' seems to work well in most cases.

For washing the truck or tank clean out, I have two 25' lengths of black expanding hose that I picked up cheap on an Amazon sale last year.

I use a Y-adapter from the spigot. One side goes to my filter and fresh water supply. The other side is available for whatever I need it for.

[Mollysdad]

My solution is to "Over/Under" when you coil it up.
Then it lays without twists when you use it.
It's hard to describe but simple to do. Now I over/under my ac cords, hose, rope, anything that wants to twist up on you.
New hoses are machine wound at the factory, so they will look like a spring when pulled out. When new, lay it in the sun and get the twists out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yPcJD7RVuY

Once wound, I secure it with a bungee ball.