What’s your hose length ?

[Tigertom]

Yep, I know it’s a very personal thing but I need to know.......roughly what length of hose for fresh water should I get ?
And no opportunity for innuendo here, what length EHU cable should I buy?
All comments welcome.......probably !

 

[Allanm]

We have a 20m flat hose on a cassette, lots of tap fittings, 15m and 25 m EHU cables ( rarely used either), 20litre water container and 15 litre watering can
Covers all eventualities.

 

[suavecarve]

We have 2 hoses, a short one about 2m long and a long one about 8m long, both can be used if necessary but the 2m one is more often than not sufficient for our needs, in addition we have a couple of 5L slim rigid plastic containers which are easily stored and make carrying water back to the camper easier as I can hold one in each hand so am balanced, we also have 20L squishy plastic/vinyl type water carrier but it can be a s*d to try to pour the water out of into the tank ... think of a large jellyfish lump when it's got water in and you'll know what I mean!

As for electric, we did carry 2 leads, one short, one long, but have now ditched the shorter one as we very rarely have EHU as we use aires or wild-camp so if we do need one, we'll just use the long one, I've also ditched some of the attachments too which never got used but are a bit bulky to store, so just have a reverse polarity mini-lead and a continental EHU point connector now.

@suavecarve ... do you still have hose attachment envy?

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No more do I have the envy on attachments.
My hose is green and when the wife turns it on the expansion is huge as all the fluid rushes through to the vital area of the container. The expansion extends to a whopping 15 metres and it remains that way for a good few minutes until the job has been completed and shrinks in similar time and is then put away for until the wife determines its use is necessary again.
We have purchased several attachments to enhance the experience with the ever expanding hose, we are sure there are more but we have more than enough to satisfy her needs at this moment in time.
We don't bother taking an electric cable any more. That's just kinky.

 

[stewartwebr]

I used to have the flat rolled into a cassette blue food grade hoses but found they only lasted about 18 months before they started to leak through small holes and they were a pain to roll back into the cassette.
I know have a lot of the expandable garden hoses in various lengths. I have a blue one which in 25 meters and another 3 I think which are 75m and a lot of fittings and connectors.
Using the expandable ones are great, they are not food standard but never had an issue, we do not drink the water direct from the tank unless it is boiled. The secret with this type of hose is to build the pressure up slowly and you have no problems. Turn off the water and they shrink back into a nice small light weight hose which fits nicely into a bag and they are cheap at most Sunday markets

As for electric cables, the motorhome has a really smart roll out thing like you get for garden hoses. You pull it out with a max length of 25 meters and when finished give it a gentle tug and it winds itself up. I also have another 25m cable. Requirements depend on where you will be camping. C&MC state that all pitches are within 25m of hook up posts. If yu are using Aires or Stellplatz you would need as much cable as you can carry. I have never failed with 50m but been close a few times.

 

[scousebird]

There has only been one time when two 25mtr ehu leads put together was just 6”inches too short as @scousebird witnessed, size matters....

I remember it well, oh how I laughed

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[Tootles]

Cracking bit of kit. And so easy to store...........

 

[jdk62]

I have a small hose that gets much bigger... I hold one end and the Beauty Terrorist turns it on by fiddling at the other end.... Always does the job..

 

[Stand Off]

I like the look of this but not the price

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I also like the look of the oblong funnel contraption @Minxy Girl . Easy to put together?

 

[two]

Watering cans are much cheaper and come with their own funnel.
I've never heard of a food grade one, though!

Get two cheap ones. Half the number of (balanced) trips.

 

[Manic]

I carry a roll flat hose about 15m and a 6m normal hose.
Electric hook-up cable 25m because that's the length cable I've got for sale!
Check the classifieds.

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[Lot lover]

We have 2 hoses, 1 is a stretchy, the other green garden hose, each about 10m (maybe more, I've never felt the need to measure) in use + a host of hoselock fittings. And an 11 ltr watering can. Seriously thinking about leaving the garden hose at home for 2 reasons, it is starting to look as old as I am and the kinks are harder to remove and of course the watering can makes me take some exercise .

EHU cable is 25m, if it's not long enough and I need leccy I move the MH.

 

[tandc]

Hi musicboy could you please tell me where you got your expandable hose from.thank you tandc.

 

[Musicboy]

TA. Purchased from BQ... 2 x 40ft which expand & ya can join them together . These are the original expand hose.
Ya can get cheaper on line i suppose . Mine were £40 . Each ..
Had a hose reel before but too heave .. too bulky & a pig to store . These are just the job....
cheers

 

[Musicboy]

Just to add . On the shelves at BQ there are others . I tried a red hose (can't recall name ) ... tried it & was rather useless . So returned that & got the blue hose ( can't recall name either) but that is the branded product & been about for a few years now . More expensive but works very well ... I'm on a CL at the momment & tap Is over 100ft away . These do it easy with hose length to spare ... Hope that helps .

 

[Lot lover]

I tried a red hose (can't recall name ) ... tried it & was rather useless . So returned that & got the blue hose (

Red is for hot water so not surprised that it didn't work well but you have the correct one now.

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[Musicboy]

Thanks .... Doh !!! . It was an expandable though . Anyways ... All done now . Cheers

 

[tandc]

Thank you. Tandc.

 

[Minxy]

I like the look of this but not the price

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I also like the look of the oblong funnel contraption @Minxy Girl . Easy to put together?

Not difficult at all, just some domestic water waste pipe fittings, you can see the contraption better in this photo, I just used what I already had at home so it didn't cost me anything for the piping, just the funnel which I think cost £1 but that was on offer somewhere ... if you can't get one of the 'oblong' funnels cheaply then you can use the standard type black ones (just push out the metal gauze filter in it as it slows the flow down when filling) or alternatively make one out of an used plastic milk bottle etc.

 

[skylinersi]

We have 2 hoses, a short one about 2m long and a long one about 8m long, both can be used if necessary but the 2m one is more often than not sufficient for our needs, in addition we have a couple of 5L slim rigid plastic containers which are easily stored and make carrying water back to the camper easier as I can hold one in each hand so am balanced, we also have 20L squishy plastic/vinyl type water carrier but it can be a s*d to try to pour the water out of into the tank ... think of a large jellyfish lump when it's got water in and you'll know what I mean!

As for electric, we did carry 2 leads, one short, one long, but have now ditched the shorter one as we very rarely have EHU as we use aires or wild-camp so if we do need one, we'll just use the long one, I've also ditched some of the attachments too which never got used but are a bit bulky to store, so just have a reverse polarity mini-lead and a continental EHU point connector now.

@suavecarve ... do you still have hose attachment envy?

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O.m.g.....

 

[skylinersi]

View attachment 196687 Obviously not long enough

Genius.....

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[JJ]

My hose is 0 cms long.

I have lived in a motor home fulltime for decades...

I gave up carrying a hose pipe years and years ago.

Carrying water to my van using my watering can is a tad "spiritual" for me.

I doubt many folk will understand this... it is a Simple Living thing.



JJ

 

[yodeli]

Not difficult at all, just some domestic water waste pipe fittings, you can see the contraption better in this photo, I just used what I already had at home so it didn't cost me anything for the piping, just the funnel which I think cost £1 but that was on offer somewhere ... if you can't get one of the 'oblong' funnels cheaply then you can use the standard type black ones (just push out the metal gauze filter in it as it slows the flow down when filling) or alternatively make one out of an used plastic milk bottle etc.

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Yep , built one too, just the same ... well with French bits of pipes!

 

[Silver-Fox]

Red is for hot water so not surprised that it didn't work well but you have the correct one now.

Never realised the colour of the hose affected the flow of water inside

 

[Lot lover]

That fact alone is worth your subscription.

 

[Minxy]

Is it just me that thinks it looks as if he's got a realllllllllly big piece of chewing gum stuck on the end and he's trying to pull it off????