Tips for securing hose pipe in filler

Fazerloz said:
Here's a radical thought and it's free, try just holding it in and telling your lass you're very busy whilst leaning against the van.
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But first, make sure you have to fill the tank NOW, just as she asks you to help shift this old double mattress to the tip.
 
guerdeval said:
On the back of every washing machine is an outlet hose, on the hose is a plastic piece meant to assist holding the hose in place, try one of those??
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The washing machine DRAIN hose is brilliant. Each end is a different diameter of rubber. One end always fits any tap I have ever come across and the other fits outside your regular garden hose. If you had two, the other end would stick inside the filler of the camper.
However this fails the original specification because unless you are good at shoplifting, you would have to pay actual drinking vouchers for one.
 
barryd said:
Another useful tip I should probably have shared is the one from when the Thetford toilet blade disintegrated. Corks are no good here but super size coffee cups which are easily blagged for free from campsite bars fit and work perfectly. You need to remember to remove it though when you take the cassette out.
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If you can afford a camp site fee then you can afford a proper adaptor. Friends of mine are going for a mid week break to Salisbury next week and I fancied joining them. But it's £37.80 Per Night! In November! For parking on someone's gravel. They're 'avin' a laff. Trouble is, so long as people will pay that, the camp sites think they can get away with it. I have been on several cruises that cost less than £37.80 per night.
 
gasgas said:
If you can afford a camp site fee then you can afford a proper adaptor. Friends of mine are going for a mid week break to Salisbury next week and I fancied joining them. But it's £37.80 Per Night! In November! For parking on someone's gravel. They're 'avin' a laff. Trouble is, so long as people will pay that, the camp sites think they can get away with it. I have been on several cruises that cost less than £37.80 per night.
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£37.80 for a night on a campsite! I've been on two of the premier sites in Woolacombe for six weeks now and the most I've paid is this week (half term) at £16 a night and the lowest about £11 I think. The thing is though, I don't want a proper adaptor. Where is the fun in that? Plus once I've built up a decent collection of just the right size Cava bottle corks ill flog em to all the Newbies on the zillion motorhome Facebook groups that have cropped up. They will buy anything! £20 each.
 
gasgas said:
The washing machine DRAIN hose is brilliant. Each end is a different diameter of rubber. One end always fits any tap I have ever come across and the other fits outside your regular garden hose. If you had two, the other end would stick inside the filler of the camper.
However this fails the original specification because unless you are good at shoplifting, you would have to pay actual drinking vouchers for one.
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This I find very useful:

 
Tie a rolling hitch on the hose then find a suitable place to secure the standing part.
 
barryd said:
£37.80 for a night on a campsite! I've been on two of the premier sites in Woolacombe for six weeks now and the most I've paid is this week (half term) at £16 a night and the lowest about £11 I think. The thing is though, I don't want a proper adaptor. Where is the fun in that? Plus once I've built up a decent collection of just the right size Cava bottle corks ill flog em to all the Newbies on the zillion motorhome Facebook groups that have cropped up. They will buy anything! £20 each.
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Oooh me please Barry!

Will you accept £18.50 for one? 😐
 
barryd said:
The old van seemed to have some kind of nick in the pipe and I could always wedge the hosepipe in and it wouldnt fly out mid flow. This new one is a right PIA. Of course what happens is no matter where you are stood it will fly out and soak you. Its like a magnet. The flaying hose will seek you out even if you stand two fields away. I think there are all sorts of things you can buy but I'm looking for inventive simple solutions. My idea at the moment is a champagne cork (Cava will do I think). Carry it in your pocket and just wedge it in the hole with the hose pipe. Not tried it yet, still trying to get dry after the latest fill.

Any other ideas?
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Meanwhile down the flow?
 
barryd said:
Very disappointing answers so far. Come on!! It has to be free and inventive! :D
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How about a short lengthe of 13mm plastic foam insulation over ur hose?
If u use something like that filler cap thingy what happens when the tank is full and water is still going in fast at mains pressure? Could burst something in the van?
 
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