Flat hose on a reel £11.99 from Aldi

I bought one pretty much identical to that shown, same colour and fittings and used it in france with no problems, its gone a bit rusty now, but i have still got it on board and hope to use it this year abroad, perhaps yours was faulty?
 
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Don't buy one to use in Europe! The water pressure is far too much for this hose. I bought one two years ago and it burst within about 10 minutes of use.

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Likewise with the one I bought, except it was Sutton and East Surrey water that did for it. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
 
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Don't buy one to use in Europe! The water pressure is far too much for this hose. I bought one two years ago and it burst within about 10 minutes of use.

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Did you have a fitting on the end which stopped the flow ? Best not to have such a beastie if the hose is lightweight.
 
<<<<Did you have a fitting on the end which stopped the flow ?>>>>

Yes, agree that allows the pressure to build to a level at which it bursts hoses. Very inconvenient to have it flowing constantly though, especially if you are paying for it.

Even the ubiquitous yellow reinforced PVC hose sold all over Europe only has a limited life at Continental pressure. The short length of it closest to the fitting begins to swell within a few minutes and will burst after a while. Relatively easy to just cut the split part off and push it back into the fitting. The flat roll-up stuff can be shortened with a little more effort, as the cloth outer has to be cut as well as the plastic inner. Having burst mine about three times in 10 minutes I gave up.
 
Bought one last time: Leaking on 2nd use, and burst on 3rd, despite careful handling. Had a Hoselock flat hose for *years* that suffered all sorts of abuse, until it eventually developed a few pinhole leaks (due to being repeatedly driven over, etc.)

This is cr*p - avoid!

Andy
 
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Don't buy one to use in Europe! The water pressure is far too much for this hose. I bought one two years ago and it burst within about 10 minutes of use.

[/ QUOTE ]ooer, that's the type we carry on board, bought from B&Q IIRC. I know it is useless in front of a power-washer as it gets sucked flat. Thanks for the extra concern, ah well, we shall see how it goes. Most often now we fill the tanks with 15l collapsible camping water containers with trips in the dinghy. We find it is actually a good way to keep an eye on our water consumption.
 
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Bought one last year, lasted two uses.

[/ QUOTE ] We have been using ours now since 2002, we are not particularly careful with it and it has lasted so far very well. Maybe we have similar but different, plenty of chinese fakes on the market for everything, ours was nearer to £30 from B&Q. I have in the past dragged it up and down dock walls, across slipways etc.
 
<<< "Buy cheap and you buy twice!" >>

On the other hand, I was given a very well made reel type hose which was found in a garden shed when I was helping a friend clear out her mother's house. She gave me the hose, which was of smaller bore than the Aldi ones, green, but with far tougher cloth reinforcement. I have had it for something like 15 years, used it throughout our time in Holland and cruises onwards since then. An excellent product. No doubt this was much more expensive than the Aldi one, and it shows.
 
Most flexible plastic or rubber hoses are not designed to withstand high internal pressure. Pressure resistant plastic tubing is readily available from plumbers merchants, Screwfix,etc but is semi-rigid so may not be suitable for linking a boat to a pontoon tap.
If you want to use layflat hoses and control the flow at the boat end, fit a pressure reducer at the tap end
 
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