Drinking Water

[Cammalu]

Nope

[TrainChaser]

Handy Dan: "Yup, it's amazing how many things we survived through just fine, that are supposedly soooo.... bad."

Maybe I'm wrong, but I think you might have misunderstood me. The rubber hoses that we drank from as kids were all rubber, no lining, nothing to really absorb bacteria. The new ones are lined with cloth, and that's a whole new ballgame.

[MN C Van]

I agree with Dan. And Train. There's a theory that this thing is going to kill us all.
And all kinds of happy little troopers to scream the theoretical dangers from the rooftops.

I'm thinking of using several 2 gallons instead of the big, blue jug.
They're way easier to handle when dispensing and filling, more flexible to store, and really cheap at WalMart.

Not endorsing Walmart or Target:

Igloo Legend 2 Gallon Cooler Red/white

[GotSmart]

Drinking water is a serious subject. 

If you want to drink from the grey water hose, do not tell everyone it is a safe source. No theory, just proven science. Or are you one of those that do not believe in it?

[TrainChaser]

MN C Van, I was thinking the same thing about the 2-gallon jugs. At 8.3 lbs per gallon, they would be easier to move around at 16.6 gallons than the 5-gallon ones with 40+ gallons. Unless I wanted to use them for my exercise weights.

[Handy_Dan]

Someone, somewhere, warned against using the water at dump sites because (I think) it was really supposed to be used for flushing the tanks or something.  I would hope that if they do provide drinking water, that it is clearly marked either way.

I don't trust any water near a dump site to be drinkable, regardless of any signage.

I've also seen drinking fountains at rest areas with a tap down low that you could screw a hose to.

And with a water bandit attachment, you can attach a hose to it even if the faucet doesn't have threads.

Oh!  I almost forgot, for people who didn't realize...   Do you remember as a kid that we all drank out of the hose when we were thirsty?  But now they warn not the do that.  I had to put a new nozzle on a garden hose, and discovered the reason why:  the hoses are now lined with fabric.  Fabric to get moldy, fabric to absorb bug pee, etc.  You can still have to pay $40 for a halfway decent garden hose, but it's still a coil of garbage.  I am assuming that the RV hoses for water tanks aren't like this.  Think?  I've never cut one open to see.

Even 70 years ago, they warned us not to drink from garden hoses, but we all did....

I didn't know that newer hoses were fabric lined.  I wonder whose brilliant idea that was...

The last hose I bought was labeled 100% pure rubber, and I remember thinking that it seemed odd that it was labeled that way, but chalked it up to the idea that others were maybe made of vinyl, or nylon, or something, and never even considered a fabric lining.  Live and Learn...

[Handy_Dan]

Handy Dan:  "Yup, it's amazing how many things we survived through just fine, that are supposedly soooo.... bad."

Maybe I'm wrong, but I think you might have misunderstood me.  The rubber hoses that we drank from as kids were all rubber, no lining, nothing to really absorb bacteria.  The new ones are lined with cloth, and that's a whole new ballgame.

No, I understood, but these days, if you believe all the warnings, we should have all been dead years ago.  hehe

Maybe many of the things they are warning us about today have actually changed over the years, and deserve renewed consideration.  Definitely food for thought.

[TrainChaser]

I simply don't see the point of having a fabric lining in a rubber hose. I've looked online, and can't find a single reference to a fabric lining.

[Handy_Dan]

HandyDan, stop giving out bad advice.

Listen NotSmart, save your snide remarks for the person in your mirror.  My advice is derived from real life experiences, both good and bad, by myself or others, and not based on opinion unless labeled as such.  Past experiences are history, history that didn't need you, or your approval.  Successful or not, real life experiences are far more important than your unsubstantiated opinions, or condescending attitude.  The burden of proof falls on you, the accuser.

If you don't like any piece of advice, from anybody, then PROVE it wrong.  Simple as that.  Quit accusing others of giving bad advice, just because you don't agree with it, or you don't like them.  Your approval or disapproval is inconsequential without PROOF to back up your claims of it being bad advice.  Your self importance means nothing to anybody but you.  I might be new here, but I've been a successful nomad for many years.

If water's coming out of a drinking fountain, it SHOULD be safe to drink.  How I transport my water, or the fact that many of us survived drinking out of garden hoses isn't even debatable.

[Handy_Dan]

I simply don't see the point of having a fabric lining in a rubber hose.  I've looked online, and can't find a single reference to a fabric lining.

Beats me...  The world's going crazy and we're just along for the ride.