Hello LLD

I am sure that there must be an art to rolling up a water hose

I had a white one which was as stiff as board to roll up, I gave it away to a younger friend who has stronger arms than me

I now use a blue one (from Bunnings)
My secret is to lay it straight, after using, and then try to roll it up, as though you were trying to roll a barrel, but in the air. I then put it in a bag
Sometimes it kinks, and sometimes it does not, but as you say, the next time I use it, the kink/s blow out

But...
When I try to roll it by twisting it into a coil, it will always kink
I did see something on uTube once, where a man was rolling a water hose like a barrel, but also placing it inside a bag, at the same time.

Hope that this info is helpful

What we did with our very stiff blue 20 Mt water hose was to cut into three pieces and fit joiners to all ends. Lengths (1) 10 Mt  (2) 6.7 Mt (3) 3.3 Mt. That way we use the appropriate length to do the job with inter-connects if required. Usually never need to use the 10 Mt piece and the smaller bits are easy to handle. Particularly good when filling water tank and your parked next to the tap.

Alan

I chopped my 20m of water hose into 10m, 6.5m & 3.5m. The 3.5 m coils up great. Have joined the 10m & 6.5m once. 6.5m is the most used as I have a filter and a bit of white hose that extends the 6.5m to about 8m.

Have chopped 15m x 30mm grey water hose into 10m & 5m that has been joined a few times (sullage & on garden beds). Join with a bit of bicycle tube. Also got a 2m (smaller diameter) if no sullage point and dumping in a bucket (and throwing away at some distance) or under van is preferred dump.

Have a 25m & 10m electrical. Used 25m a few times but never required both joined.

Usually have the 6.5m water, 5m grey and 10m electrical handy with the others buried deep in the bowels of the van.

All 3 cords are difficult but different to roll up. Have mastered all except the 10m & 6.5m water.

Just spotted the 10m camec curly-coil hose. Remember seeing a few people using this on a recent trip. Wonder if they are any good. Had a curly garden hose once and it was massively heavy (cannot remember what length). Only good if both ends were tethered which is what it will be on the van. camec.com/curly-coil-drinking-water-hose-10m.html

I have successfully used one of these for the last 5 years, I have 2 x 10mt lengths and join only when needed. I got it from evilbay but have seen them in caravan accessory places.

Hi, Hard pale blue hose for me, but I have never heard a bad report on the food grade white so can't comment. One of the best things I ever bought  from a camping shop and I think BCF sell them as well was a bag to put the hose and another one for the extension lead.  Google Hose Bag Company.  So easy I think she could even do it :)) that's with the hard food grade like a coiled spring when wound up hose.

Garden hoses when left in the sun  and the soft blue food grade hose ( I think its pope) from bunnings, are granted easy to wind up but the plastic taste. If you have water running through them all the time no problem but if the water- hose heats up, if something tastes that bad it can't be good for you. 

I carry a 20, 10, and 5 meter length food grade water hoses

The free drinking water tap in Mount Isa (near the dump point) was a fair way, away from the road when I went through in 2014

Dougwe wrote:

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Bruce and Bev wrote:

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we have 2 white food grade (RV use type) hoses. Yes, they have always been difficult to roll up in the traditional way of rolling up a soft garden hose. The way to avoid kinks is for 2 people to roll it up. One rolls it up and the other allows it to twist around and not drag through the sand/dirt - that way you avoid kinks.
We then hold it in place with two lengths of double sided Velcro and stop dust from getting into it by joining the two ends with the @2 grey plastic joiners from Bunnings (obviously we leave the clip connectors to go on the tap ends when in use). We can control the diameter of the rolled up hose depending on where we are storing it, but allowing it to flip around and not kink - we can have the diameter as small as 12")

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Just throwing this into the mix

As a solo traveller I am set up to do everything by myself without help, as that is how I have to do it. Using the 10mt length I find it easy to roll up by myself and just put valcro around in 2 places. As I am rolling it up I D'kink as I go. I also run the hose through a 'chux' like cloth to wipe any water or dirt off. All works for me but sure your way works well for you Bruce and others.

 

 

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 Given my work background I have a latent Quality Process inclination.  So when I put the water hose away I follow a standard process that goes like this .

Turn off the water

... Remove the click lock fitting from the tap , holding my palm against the fitting to deflect  the spray

.. unscrew the fitting from the tap

... go to the van end & turn off the stop & unclip the hose

...  Pull the hose to the rear of the van, giving it a flick so that it ends up lying parallel to the van

...  Fit a joiner to the hose & put the cap on after wiping the end & 'O' ring clean of debris/dirt.

... Feed the hose into its pipe carrier under the van with left hand while running the host through a cleaning rag

...  Do same for the second length of pipe 

Result .. a clean hose in its carrier with the ends cleaned & sealed   with no kinks or coil memory.

Bruce and Bev wrote:

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Hiya Peter. Agree with you entirely about dragging across the ground, unless you are in WA particularly, when you will end up with a very sand coated lead or hose. Great in most Eastern States that actually have soil and grass or Tassie :)

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Not a good idea in the centre with red dirt either but the principle is sound.

Best off not to have to coil the hose or pipe.

If you have to, then the use of a rag in the hand to wipe it as you coil the hose, pipe or lead works.