HappyTrails2U2 wrote:

Did you ever wonder why you don't just go ahead and buy the top of the line to begin with knowing that you'll probably end up replacing the cheaper model before long?


I did that on the pressure regulator that I bought for my travel trailer 2 times, actually 3 times counting replacing a gauge. First time I bought the Watts H560 with the steel pressure gauge. Then when that one didn't have the volume that I wanted I purchased the regular brass Watts 263A with the steel pressure gauge. Well the gauge rusted out in about a year so I purchased the oil filled stainless steel gauge to replace it. Then this year the stem rusted solid in the body of the regulator and won't move and I knew all along I should have bought the all stainless steel model to begin with.

Old habits are hard to break I guess. In order to save a few bucks I spent twice as much as I would have had I just gone ahead and purchased the most expensive one which is the one I wanted to start with.

The standard brass pressure regulators would be fine for someone that just weekends but for those like me that live in our trailer most of the time the weather gets to just about everything eventually that's not stainless or PVC.

The best price I can find any where on the Internet on the Watts SS263A Regulator is $179.00 at the RV Water Filter Store and the ones he has includes the gauge and fitting and they're already installed with sealant. The other places I looked were just out of the world in price and they didn't even include the gauges and fittings.

RF Water Filter Store

jwblock wrote:

I do not understand where you installed this? All 4 towables I have purchased have in-line regulators ( I like to call them restrictors) bulit into the city water supply fill port, you can actually see them!

CincyGus wrote:

Dad always told me to buy the best you can afford and you'll seldom be unhappy. It's just he never told me how to afford the best. Still working on that but, yea, been there, done that.