RAS43
Littleton,CO
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We got our first RV in 1973 and have always used our home garden hose to fill the tank. And we use that water for everything. If we are in a campground with hookups we have water in gallon jugs for coffee, filled with the home garden hose. No problems after all these years. Maybe we just have good water here as we don't ever buy bottled water.
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Trlrboy
Rockwall, Texas
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paulcardoza wrote:The white hoses are so darned inexpensive that we always have 100ft onhand (2-25ft lengths and 1 - 50ft length) and replace them each spring......
Why do you replace them every year?
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paulcardoza
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I have no defensible answer other than, I just do! 
Trlrboy wrote:paulcardoza wrote:The white hoses are so darned inexpensive that we always have 100ft onhand (2-25ft lengths and 1 - 50ft length) and replace them each spring......
Why do you replace them every year?
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jalichty
Lander, Wyoming 82520
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Actually I haven't filled up for years before going on the road. We just fill up when we hit the campground. Found that to be a bit of a problem a while ago when we needed to use the trailer for a bathroom break, so we do now carry some water with us in bottles to use for the toilet. As far as white hoses, I have found that they have a tendency to kink and that's not fun either, but correctable. I think it is probably up to the user whether he uses white hoses sold for way too much or water hoses that people have drunk out of for many years with no unpleasant experiences.
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Kittykath
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Water is water. The color of the hose never seems to change the taste. The white hoses just tend to be better quality, and more expensive of course. But I like the plastic connectors. Much easier to hook up. And the hose doesn't kink as much and is easier to roll up. Got the spare green one, and I'm not afraid to use it! The yellow one gets it's own home.
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2oldman
Winchester WA
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Kittykath wrote:Water is water. The color of the hose never seems to change the taste. Dunno about that. Old green garden hoses can impart a pretty nasty taste and odor. I filled up once at a truck tire shop using their hose.. and the water was so smelly I could barely stand to take a shower.
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peaches&cream
Northwest Georgia
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I am very careful. I hook my garden hose up to my white water hose. Wouldn't want the water to get into my tank without going through the white hose 
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Kittykath
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2oldman wrote:Kittykath wrote:Water is water. The color of the hose never seems to change the taste. Dunno about that. Old green garden hoses can impart a pretty nasty taste and odor. I filled up once at a truck tire shop using their hose.. and the water was so smelly I could barely stand to take a shower.
Agreed. But then again, all my hoses are new and they never spend much time in the sun. Just never noticed a difference...yet. Think the filter makes all the difference?
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dadd45
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Our own garden hose, our own well, our own water....nuff said...IMHO of course
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RustyFairmount
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Dakzuki wrote:dahkota wrote:Garden hose. No problems with taste. Run it for long enough to get anything in it out first. I'd be surprised that fast flowing water through a hose can pick up any taste.
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Run it long enough to flush it out. The white hose is good for water that is sitting in it not flowing...like when you are parked at the site with the hose cooking in the sun. I wouldn't want to use a garden hose for that.
Correct. When water sits in a PVC garden hose, lead and other chemicals can leach into the water. But if the water has been flowing long enough, all that bad stuff will eventually get flushed out.
The only time we use a potable water hose is when we know we'll be at an RV resort with full hookups. We always travel with a cloth hose that coils onto a reel that is about the size of a small pizza box. If we need more water, we just refill the tank with the cloth hose as described above.
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