Expandable Hoses?

[grindstone01]

A little off topic but I use a 50' pocket hose hooked up to the outside RV faucet. I can wash the outside of the RV and it stores in the outlet compartment with room to spare.

[donhollenbec]

Wouldn't use anything else. 1 25' 1 50'. Both coil up in coffee can for easy storage. Use funnel and put i capful of bleach in 1 end...shut valve...pressurize....let stand while you finish packing up....open valve to flush out....roll it up and youre good to go. No bleach taste because only enough bleach to kill bacteria...won't effect the 35 or so gallons your going to add thru it......hassel free....never had a problem or one go bad.

[jenniesdanes]

Best Kink Release Lightweight Garden Hose | Clear Flowâ„¢

This is one I found when researching a safe non-toxic hose. I love it so far.

[tmw188]

Originally Posted by gljurczyk

Not really just run water though it before hooking it up, any hose can hold a little water.

However it probably holds more than non corrugated.

[GoneToTheDog]

Originally Posted by rvnomads1974

I keep the pain in the neck white RV hose as a backup but have not needed it. I went to ZERO G and love it.

That has been our experience also.

[wildcatter]

Originally Posted by tmw188

However it probably holds more than non corrugated.

The interior of the hose is not corrugated on all expandable hoses, only the skin is, I cant speak for all expandable hoses just the several I have had. I wish I had taken a picture of mine when it got a hole in it, it is a long flexible rubber tube that expands and contracts (but not corrugated), the inside hose is about the diameter of a #2 pencil when it is deflated. No with that being said I think it holds more water in it then a regular hose do to the fact is has such a small inside diameter, but when you release the water in the hose after shutting the water off most of it is squeezed out of the hose, so who knows.

[tmw188]

Good to know.

[Deny]

Originally Posted by starcrwzr

I'm really tired of my white 50' fresh water hose kinking and having to wrestle with it to put it away . Has anyone used one of those expandable hoses for their fresh water hose? I see ones on Amazon that are safe for drinking water.

WE use a fifty foot curly hose from amazon..really cheap one.

We put a filter & short hose on spigot end, and a shutoff valve on camper end

I put it in a canvas bag (free shopping bag) and carry it i storage bay.

I also carry a new (cheap white hose) just in case my $9.oo curly hose destructs

[Jay D.]

Originally Posted by jenniesdanes

Best Kink Release Lightweight Garden Hose | Clear Flowâ„¢

This is one I found when researching a safe non-toxic hose. I love it so far.

you might want to check about algae. I know the ad says the uv's help kill algae, but I think you'll find just the opposite. any untreated water like from a well if contained in a clear hose out in the sun light is going to grow algae very quickly. that's why all water system lines are opaque so as not to let sun light through. i had some drip system lines that I used clear tubing on they instantly in a mater of a few day turned green inside. the black tubes stay clean and my well checks out perfect other than slightly hard

[JSN NM]

Expandable hoses not a good deal, they do not last very long, and can be a good place for bacteria to grow since they keep water in the folds.

[wildcatter]

Originally Posted by JSN NM

Expandable hoses not a good deal, they do not last very long, and can be a good place for bacteria to grow since they keep water in the folds.

They don't have folds, at least not the several I have used, I do agree with they don't last very long, especially when people step on them.

[oatmeal]

Originally Posted by Deny

WE use a fifty foot curly hose from amazon..really cheap one.

We put a filter & short hose on spigot end, and a shutoff valve on camper end

I put it in a canvas bag (free shopping bag) and carry it i storage bay.

I also carry a new (cheap white hose) just in case my $9.oo curly hose destructs

I have a 50-foot curly hose I bought many years ago, and I despise it. Whenever I deploy it, the coils nest within themselves and it's a PITA to figure out which part is going which way in order to untangle it.

I've kept it because every once in a while I need it because my other 150 feet of regular white hose isn't enough, but I'm thinking of replacing it with an expandable hose.

I've bought two of those in the past, and one got a hole pretty quick, but the other is still okay. I like the soft surface for washing the roof of the RV--it can be pulled over the edge smoothly, and I've had regular hoses leave marks.

But I don't have much trouble coiling up my regular white hoses. I just stick with the way they WANT to be coiled up, and they never kink. Every once in a while, one of the coils seems to stick out, but I can see it happen immediately and I just redo that one turn and move on.

I have a bunch of 25' hoses, and some of them are made by Apex (the same people who make the Zero G, it turns out), so I know for sure that brand works for me. Not sure what the others are, but they act about the same.

[MSHappyCampers]

Originally Posted by jenniesdanes

Best Kink Release Lightweight Garden Hose | Clear Flowâ„¢

This is one I found when researching a safe non-toxic hose. I love it so far.

Hi ! Welcome to IRV2! We're sure glad you joined the gang!

I've never seen that hose before! Thanks for letting us know about it!

P.S.- I just did a Google search and it seems that nobody has it right now???

Good luck, happy trails, and God bless!

[jenniesdanes]

Originally Posted by MSHappyCampers

Hi ! Welcome to IRV2! We're sure glad you joined the gang!

I've never seen that hose before! Thanks for letting us know about it!

P.S.- I just did a Google search and it seems that nobody has it right now???

Good luck, happy trails, and God bless!

Thanks for the welcome! I see you are from MS. I was born and raised in MS on the coast.
Pam