Best drain down hose - what do you use?

[AWheating]

You need to spend good money to get a good hose. Those rubber ones are decent but short. I brought 50m of hozlock garden hose there top of the range anti Knick and cut it into 4 lengths. Longest only used to drain tanks and cylinder. Had it for 10 years plus, still in great condition.

 

[Keefy]

Just been gifted one of these via Installer Show but yet to use it.


Syphon Sucker – Sucky Little Mucker

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Just been gifted one of these via Installer Show but yet to use it.


Syphon Sucker – Sucky Little Mucker

Let us know any updates/ cons please as I'm interested but the price is a sticky point

 

[Harvest Fields]

Let us know any updates/ cons please as I'm interested but the price is a sticky point

There is another version of it around but cannot remember what it is called.

 

[Ric2013]

It would certainly save having to try to use the ballcock as a means of filling the hose and getting the siphon going. Nothing quite so satisfying as siphoning out the crud from a cistern.

£18 for a one-way valve does seem a lot, but in the scheme of things...

I look forward to hearing how well this works.

 

[Keefy]

Hi Shaun, been away for a while sorry...

It works exactly as claimed by the manufacturer/company. I've used it a few times now and it's now a permanent part of my kit. Had to squeeze it onto a length of hose by warming the hose with boiling water which gave it a nice tight fit. No idea how much they are but they're pretty basic in design and build, almost on the side of quite cheap looking but it does the job and it does it well. I highly recommend - no more sucking the end of a dirty hose for me.

Get one, seriously.

 

[Dilalio]

In the market myself for a new hose.
Looking for something multifunctional and have taken on board the comments about the rubber drain down hose not being suitable for filling/washing down (higher pressure). So, one of the stronger anti-kink hozelocks might fit the bill? Like the idea of buying the 50m one and then cutting it down to various lengths for different purposes/ranges... A bundgy cord is always useful to keep it in a tidy coil.
The syphon sucker looks good too... Christ knows what I've ingested over the years from pulling on a hose, but prolly not much worse than the ****/bottles of plonk/solder/insulation/dust/tools held in mouth/spray from drains etc

I'm just sick to death of trying to unkink and open up the cheapo hoses my local trade counter knocks out