rv/sanitary hose. Have flavors?

[nathan]

Anyone who's using the RV hose or medical grade vinyl sanitary hoses you can buy at Lowe's or Home Depot, do you get any vinyl or hose flavor from it? Is it designed to be flavor free?

Is any hose besides silicon flavor free?

 

[Lil' Sparky]

That's what you want if you want to use a hose - designed to have no weird rubbery flavors.

 

[nathan]

I sniffed them at Lowe's yesterday and the vinyl smell was so intense I decided to hold off figuring it could come through in flavor/aroma later down the line. Do you use them?

 

[springer]

I use the RV hoses for well my RV and my brewing they will have an odor when new but that goes away real fast .

 

[nathan]

Maybe sometime soon I'll pick some up and run it for a good long while before putting it into the brewing use.
I guess I could break down and buy silicon... but that stuff isn't cheap.

 

[Lil' Sparky]

I used on for a long time w/out any problems (until it burst).

 

[McKBrew]

Right now I just use a section of thermoplastic rubber from NB with a hose fitting for brew day.

 

[nathan]

I used on for a long time w/out any problems (until it burst).

RV hose burst? Or Silicon?

 

[jpc]

RV hose burst? Or Silicon?

I've never seen a silicon hose...

A silicone hose, however... :cross:

 

[Lil' Sparky]

RV hose burst? Or Silicon?

The RV hose burst. We've got really high water pressure here!

 

[jcdillin]

Yeah I bought a RV hose the other day, it smelled up the car while bringing it home. But now after running water through it a few times the smell is gone.

 

[springer]

The RV hose burst. We've got really high water pressure here!

I do too I use a water pressure reg for the RV and my garden hoses.There like 10 bucks at Walmart

 

[Catt22]

You can use the RV/Marine hoses approved for potable water without worries. Any plastic odors you detect are likely from the outer hose covering and will not contaminate the water. I've been using them for years without issues.