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Old 01-19-2015, 02:14 PM   #1
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pocket hose for use instead of garden hose

I'm not talking about potable water or drinking water but what you would use a garden hose for. Any comments or experiences using a pocket hose?
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Old 01-19-2015, 02:21 PM   #2
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Love them easy to store
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Old 01-19-2015, 02:35 PM   #3
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I use one of those x-hose (the blue ones) for my sewer tank flush. Very convenient to store with the sewer stuff and keep away from my drinking hoses.
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Old 01-19-2015, 03:24 PM   #4
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X2 on the black tank flush. Also use it for quit wash jobs away from home.
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Old 01-19-2015, 09:29 PM   #5
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x3.....they work great to take in the camper...super lightweight and compact. Takes no room. I use it for the black tank flush just as others have mentioned and for general outdoor hose needs. I bought a "Y" adaptor and put that on the campground hose spigot and its there if I need it. Great to have.
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Old 01-20-2015, 12:44 PM   #6
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I bought one of these 7-8 years ago and it wasn't worth a damn. Tried them again and love them. Lightweight and easy to store.
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Old 01-20-2015, 12:55 PM   #7
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x3.....they work great to take in the camper...super lightweight and compact. Takes no room. I use it for the black tank flush just as others have mentioned and for general outdoor hose needs. I bought a "Y" adaptor and put that on the campground hose spigot and its there if I need it. Great to have.
X4 - have three of them, all used for ancillary purposes, none for potable water. Had a couple of them start leaking around the brass fitting. Called the manufacturer and two weeks later had replacements at no cost - and no hassle
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Old 01-20-2015, 03:05 PM   #8
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Why does no one use them for drinking water just curious I thought about useing them
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Old 01-20-2015, 03:13 PM   #9
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Why does no one use them for drinking water just curious I thought about useing them
I was told to use only white hoses to allow sun light to keep things from growing inside the hose, other than that I'd like to know too.
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Old 01-20-2015, 03:32 PM   #10
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Despite plenty of us drinking right from the garden hose as kids, the general consensus now is to only use hoses specifically designated for potable water. These expandable hoses don't carry that designation.




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Old 01-20-2015, 03:35 PM   #11
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Old 01-20-2015, 06:24 PM   #12
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x3.....they work great to take in the camper...super lightweight and compact. Takes no room. I use it for the black tank flush just as others have mentioned and for general outdoor hose needs. I bought a "Y" adaptor and put that on the campground hose spigot and its there if I need it. Great to have.
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My hose says not for use with potable water. In other words, don't drink from it.
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We use one for flushing the black tank. Some break quickly, have had one last more than a year. DH keeps buying them because of ease in storing.
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Old 01-20-2015, 06:42 PM   #14
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Pocket hose

Thanks I do understand but I can remember all of baseball and football teams drank from water hose at water break during practice and drinking from hose after cutting yards in the neighborhood guess a hose didn't carry the germs back then or the people were a little tougher and not quiet as smart fifty years ago only joking :
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I'm sure happy I did not end up with any drain bamage!!
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We only drink bottle water, never water out of the RV plumbing. Brush teeth but that is it.
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Old 01-20-2015, 07:28 PM   #17
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Pocket hose

I probably do have dain bramage am I'm so bad I don't even understand I have it.Guess I drank the koolaid
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Old 01-20-2015, 08:00 PM   #18
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As several other folks have said. I use the Pocket Hose for my black water tank flush. Have been using them for 2 years, no problem.
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Old 01-20-2015, 08:02 PM   #19
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Dh wasn't too cool on the idea but I thought it would be light, useful and take up very little room. Dh says we will never get back in the package. I say use a plastics shoe box.
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Old 01-20-2015, 08:09 PM   #20
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Bought 1 50 ft with the brass like make/female fittings...got a 25ft "free". The blue 25ft went in the TT for blank tank flush. Have used it 2-3 times. The black 50ft burst on the 3rd use. They sent a replacement...burst 3rd or 4th in my lawn. It was a ballon inside! Will see how long the 25ft last.
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