My hose is now stored in the rear of the garage at home with various other items I bought and never used after I started motorhoming 8 years ago.Hi, we are new to motorhoming and have been advised to buy a hose to access water supply on sites in case there is not one there. Does this make sense?
I think you have been lucky as my experience has been the opposite.My hose is now stored in the rear of the garage at home with various other items I bought and never used after I started motorhoming 8 years ago.
In 8 years I can count on one hand the sites that didn’t have a hose attached to the tap so decided to not bother carrying it.
I agree entirely Gordon, I bought the blue food grade hose and various fittings from the start after seeing how some people treat the ones that are fitted, all are sterilised at the same time as the fresh water tankI have food grade hose and various fittings to go with the hose lock adaptors which include the screw on fitting to tap as to enable hose lock connection
id rather use my hose as I have seen (not a lot) people hosing tneir cassette toilet with fresh water hose agh
Better safe than sorry imho terryI agree entirely Gordon, I bought the blue food grade hose and various fittings from the start after seeing how some people treat the ones that are fitted, all are sterilised at the same time as the fresh water tank
I have found that most `Cl & CS sites as well as Club sites have a piece of hose attached to the water tap two or three feet long if they have one at all and certainly in France and `Germany there will be no hose at all. You must have been blessed in you eight years.My hose is now stored in the rear of the garage at home with various other items I bought and never used after I started motorhoming 8 years ago.
In 8 years I can count on one hand the sites that didn’t have a hose attached to the tap so decided to not bother carrying it.
Be careful if buying garden hose. Avoid those that have have a black rubbery inside which imparts a nasty flavour to the water passing through.Yes makes sense, if you can get your vehicle close to the tap then filling by hose is easier , a lot of people use watering cans or 5/10 litre water containers and then decant the water into the vehicle tank. As far as the hose type is concerned you can use the stretchy type, flat hose or the normal garden type, depends on how much storage space you have
I have food grade hose and various fittings to go with the hose lock adaptors which include the screw on fitting to tap as to enable hose lock connection
id rather use my hose as I have seen (not a lot) people hosing tneir cassette toilet with fresh water hose agh
I agree 100%. I wish someone had warned me about this when we started. It would have saved a lot of frustration and time, but we always carry a hose now and have built up a collection of tap connectors, including the universal type that fits over the spout of the tap.If you eventually explore France and use Aires, then you will need a hose and a variety of fittings for the differing types of tap you will encounter.
Davy
You have reminded me or our first experiences with our new (to us) Motorhome. We were complete novices when we bought our motorhome just over six years ago, and the person who sold it to us very kindly gave us a couple of hours instruction on using it.Hi, we are new to motorhoming and have been advised to buy a hose to access water supply on sites in case there is not one there. Does this make sense?
DittoIn France…and other countries if there is only one tap, or if there’s two and they are both near the CDP be aware that someone may have used it for flushing their cassette, often sticking the spout right up around the tap. I’ve seen this on numerous occasions, many hirers and newbies are just as ignorant there as they are here. So always sterilise such taps with a disinfectant spray or wipe before using for fresh water.
I sterilise every ten years whether it needs it or not Gordon, it coincides with bath night as wellBetter safe than sorry imho terry
And it's food grade for a reasonI have food grade hose and various fittings to go with the hose lock adaptors which include the screw on fitting to tap as to enable hose lock connection
id rather use my hose as I have seen (not a lot) people hosing tneir cassette toilet with fresh water hose agh