Flat water hose - any good? (1 Viewer)

[Travelbug1]

As the title suggests does anyone have any comments about the fold flat flat food grade water hoses you can get.
I was thinking it could be useful for M/H as it takes up less space but never having used one I didn't want to buy another useless gadget!

 

[Mikemoss]

Ours has been very good so far (touch wood) and we've had it for about five years now. The only mild downside is that you have to make sure it's completely empty before attempting to wind it back onto its cassette.

Others have asked a similar question before and got mixed responses, so it will be interesting to see how others have fared with their's.

 

[Dereckerick]

As the title suggests does anyone have any comments about the fold flat flat food grade water hoses you can get.
I was thinking it could be useful for M/H as it takes up less space but never having used one I didn't want to buy another useless gadget!

Saves a load of space compared to what I used to take, the reel is a bit flimsy, having said that I've not broke it yet and thats rare!!

Good flow
Saves space
Easy to use
does what it says on the tin

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[Popeye]

As the title suggests does anyone have any comments about the fold flat flat food grade water hoses you can get.
I was thinking it could be useful for M/H as it takes up less space but never having used one I didn't want to buy another useless gadget!

I have one on my boat and it's been very useful over the years. They have to be thoroughly emptied before they roll flat though and from reading threads on here they are not best liked by funsters. :thumb:

 

[Rayb182]

My flat cassette roll up one is good for watering the garden as it resembles a sprinkler with leaks all along the crease, started at 15 metres and when I threw it away last week was about 2 metres.

 

[Geoffers]

Bought one 6 months ago and never used it,as you have to unroll all 15m to use it, so keep a short hose about 4m to fill up at motorhome service point. for interim fills without moving the van , a container & whale pump:thumb:

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[Phill D]

unless you drink water direct from your MH tank, without boiling.. i question the need for a food grade hose at the extorsionate prices i.e. around £35 +.
as we use a seperate small jug for fresh water drinking ( not boiled, tea , coffee etc & cooking ) or preferably something with alcohol in.oh:.. i have a cheap ebay ( less than £10 ) flat hose that does the job well and you can chuck it after a season or two; the so called high quality ones dont last much longer.. and cost 4 x the price.

 

[mikebeaches]

I've had one in the van for two years... but, it hasn't been out of the box yet! Bought thinking it would be handy, but just use much shorter lengths of ordinary hose for filling, and sometimes a watering can for topping up.

It might yet be needed sometime, but the occasion hasn't arisen yet.

 

[lunarman]

This is the one I have

you don't have to reel all of it out to use it or empty it to store it.

It us essentially 3 smaller bore tube welded together.

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[Ralph-n-Bev]

We've got one and depending on how far away we are from the tap , use it regularly. We drink the water from our taps (sterilizing the tank and pipes with Milton solution to keep things fresh.)
We have a shorter length for when nearer too .

 

[motorhomer]

We always drink the water from our tanks - although we are a bit careful where we fill up!

Decided against a flat hose because they have to be completely unrolled to use, and they get bad press. We use a drinking water standard (blue) pipe, about 7 mtres long, which works well. If we cannot get that close to a tap my backup is a 20ltr container which I use to pour into the tank.

Jeff O

 

[Heyupluv]

As the title suggests does anyone have any comments about the fold flat flat food grade water hoses you can get.
I was thinking it could be useful for M/H as it takes up less space but never having used one I didn't want to buy another useless gadget!

I had one.....never again....I have a normal hose pipe in three different lengths.. but can be connected together if required....the fold flat..In France sometimes they are a menace at a borne and other people are waiting for you to un-roll all your hose pipe all over the place making sure you have no kinks!!....when you only needed say 2m..also they are normally a small bore tube and they take ages to fill your on board tank 100 liters +...ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..get the deck chair out luv another flat hose

Mel:thumb:

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[Peter JohnsCross MH]

As other have said it does depend on how far away you are from the tap

Our version is here http://www.johnscross.co.uk/products/-Flat-Water-Hose-food-grade-15m-Wind-Up.html

Peter

 

[keith]

My flat cassette roll up one is good for watering the garden as it resembles a sprinkler with leaks all along the crease, started at 15 metres and when I threw it away last week was about 2 metres.

I have seen Ray's perforated hose in action & the camp site may want to use it to water the grass.

 

[Forestboy]

Bought one at the start of last season what a total waste of money.
Had to be completely unrolled to use, had to be completely emptied to roll back up, the cassette was so flimsy totally useless. Add to that it leaked like a sieve after a few times using it. By the end of August I dumped it in a nice green skip on a campsite, gone back to my trusty garden hose we've had for the last 6 years, and yes we do drink the water from our tank.
Don't waste your money:thumb:

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[Heyupluv]

Bought one at the start of last season what a total waste of money.
Had to be completely unrolled to use, had to be completely emptied to roll back up, the cassette was so flimsy totally useless. Add to that it leaked like a sieve after a few times using it. By the end of August I dumped it in a nice green skip on a campsite, gone back to my trusty garden hose we've had for the last 6 years, and yes we do drink the water from our tank.
Don't waste your money:thumb:

and yes we do drink the water from our tank.

YES WE DO

Don't waste your money......I agree:thumb:

 

[GJH]

I used to be able to get our old van near to the tap on our drive so only used shorter hoses. However, with the new van the water tank is the other side so decided to invest in a flat cassette hose for convenience of size. Also, as the water tank is larger we will no longer have to fill up each day on site so a long hose will have more value (used to top up using a 25l jerry can).

As others have said they can be a beggar to roll onto the cassette again after use but practice seems to make perfect. It seems to be better than a couple of garden cassette hoses I had in pre-motorhome days.

 

[scotjimland]

Also had one .., an expensive food grade type.. lasted about a season before being binned..

in addition to what has already been said about unrolling etc.. .. if you don't wash it clean and get rid of all the little bits of grit it will soon end up being punctured.. also damaged easily if driven over..

resorted to using good quality Hozelok hose..

Also seen people wrestling with the spiral hoses ... what a palaver ..

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[MikeandCarolyn]

They do seem to get a bad press don't they I have one full length,which doesn't get used vey often (but is great on the rare occasions I can't get close to the source)and one about 5mtrs long,which is in constant use :thumb: We don't have room for big,thick coiled hoses-so the flat ones suit us fine.On one site we did join the two together,and that worked well.Had them both 3 yrs now.

Mike

 

[Gromett]

I have a high quality one and a spiral one. Both get regular use as a fulltimer.

The spiral one gets used for short runs. The flat one for long runs and I connect them both together for really long runs.

Both have been in use since 2005 when I got my first van, fulltiming use for the last 3 years.

the spiral hose has just given up the ghost on the connectors. I think I may have stood on it lol.

I don't fight with the spiral one. Takes a bit of practice but you soon get the technique..

Wouldn't be without my flat one to be honest. Sturdy casing on it.
I don't empty it before rolling up. I just unclip both ends and roll it back onto the cassette which squeezes all the excess water out.

 

[phil1946]

We have one of the three tubes joined together type. It is in a cassette and you do not have to unroll any more than you need and it rolls up on the cassette without having to be drained. Have had it several years and use it whenever needed. We did have one of the cloth lay flat ones that only lasted a short time so it appears you get what you pay for. Also 15 metres stores in a space only 15 inches by 2 (why don't I use metric or imperial without mixing - you should see the confusion at B&Q - 10 metres of 3x2 or an 8x4 board of 9mm MDF!)

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[Reallyretired]

I seem to have quite a collection.

1. Short ordinary food grade 5m for when the tap is close
2. " " " 10m
3. 20m layflat very rarely used
4. 40L aquaroll with submersible pump to fill tank
5. Watering can.

In practice I could have a clear out just keep the 5m and the aquaroll which are the ones I use the most. The long layflat one very rarely.

Three aquarolls full will fill the tank.

 

[Drew]

I have a lay flat food grade one which I use regularly but only had it a few months so can't comment on how long it will last. Work well but as others have said it is a pain to have to unroll it all the way and rolling it back is an equal pain as all the water has to be squeezed out first.
Brother in law has a Brunner which is brilliant but I have read, on here I think, that if the connector breaks you can't just fit an ordinary one and effectively that's it and you would have to replace the whole thing.
Last couple of time we were out and needed to fill up I used a bucket and funnel, got soaked bad move don't go there. And a collapsible container, which was better (note to self get a watering can):thumb:

 

[Stewart J]

Forget flat food grade hose, we've 3 food grade hose, 1 x 6m for close up, and 2 x 8m with all the connectors for the further away supplies, never had a problem in 18 months, Recently bought a Tesco cheapo flexi funnel and have found iot very convenient for top ups if on site for longer stays using the 5ltr containers we prefer for drinking water. (Don't use water from tank for drinking, beverages etc) It works for us. :thumb::thumb:

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[dewaltman]

after trying all different types i have for the past 2 years been using the same one as Phil ie the one with 3 tubes (i think it might be a brunner ) and although a slower fill seems to be holding up to the job better than all the other flat hoses ive had including the white £35 approx hose

 

[DESCO]

Had enough of the flat as said by others rolling out and back leaking useless after a season give me normal hose in different lengths so you can join together.

 

[TheBig1]

We have a flat hose that rarely gets used, only for long pipe needed. What we use most of the time is a marine grade pottable type hose thats 5m and 3/4 inch bore. Makes fill ups so much faster depending on tap pressure. And it only cost us about £8 at a local stock clearance shop :thumb:

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[Jaws]

We use a flat roll type.. Paid little for it as they all seem a bit duff and expected to get no more than a year out of it..

Year four now, currently been plugged in to the side of the van for the past 2 months and still going strong.

Having said that, it IS a pain in the bum and rarely use it when on road trips, only when plotted up for at least several days..

 

[Welsh girl]

We had bought a few roll flat hoses all have gone either broken or split along its length as it has got brittle so we invested in some blue food hose, two lengths to fit together as and when we need the extra length and we have kept the cheap garden hose just in case but that made the water foul tasting so keep it for little jobs like using it to let waste out when we are near the waste outlet but don't quite reach with the washing machine waste outlet that we bought to let water out into a black waste container, phew I do go on don't I ?
Anyway we do drink the water and have done since using our van 7 years ago (not the same van)

 

[keith]

Storage can be a problem with normal round hose.

When we got our MH it came with a 25' length of Blue hose so I got a canvas bucket, the sort fishermen use, and carefully wound the hose into the canvas bucket. You leave the start sticking out plug it into the tap then just take out as much as you need to reach the van. Rewind back in when finished.

It takes a bit of practise but I found it worth it.

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