What's the name . . . ?

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What's the name . . . ?

Postby havingfunnow » Thu Aug 03, 2017 11:42 am

of that gizmo that you can use to connect your water hose to a spigot that doesn't have matching threads to screw onto?

I can't remember . . . good thing you folks are here! :lol:
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Re: What's the name . . . ?

Postby Bethers » Thu Aug 03, 2017 11:51 am

I believe you mean a water bandit.
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Re: What's the name . . . ?

Postby havingfunnow » Thu Aug 03, 2017 4:09 pm

Yes! That's it! Thank you, Beth. :D
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Re: What's the name . . . ?

Postby MandysMom » Fri Aug 04, 2017 1:47 am

Also called water thief.
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Re: What's the name . . . ?

Postby avalen » Fri Aug 04, 2017 6:39 am

What?? Is there times my hose won't screw onto a spigot? Never in my life have I seen different threads on a spigot? Should I add that item to my water connection stuff? to have on hand?
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Re: What's the name . . . ?

Postby Queen » Fri Aug 04, 2017 7:01 am

avalen wrote:What?? Is there times my hose won't screw onto a spigot? Never in my life have I seen different threads on a spigot? Should I add that item to my water connection stuff? to have on hand?

I've not run into mismatched threads yet, but have had damaged ones at a site and couldn't hook up. Bought one of these to use and it did a good job the one time I had to use it.

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Re: What's the name . . . ?

Postby avalen » Fri Aug 04, 2017 11:31 am

Well I never thought of threads being damaged, guess I'll get one of those.
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Re: What's the name . . . ?

Postby monik7 » Fri Aug 04, 2017 11:43 am

I'm not sure, but I think I've seen spigots with NO threads to keep people from hooking up in CGs where sites don't have any hookups. I guess they want people to bring their own tank of water and not use the public spigots they provide for smaller water use.
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Re: What's the name . . . ?

Postby Bethers » Fri Aug 04, 2017 8:41 pm

monik7 wrote:I'm not sure, but I think I've seen spigots with NO threads to keep people from hooking up in CGs where sites don't have any hookups. I guess they want people to bring their own tank of water and not use the public spigots they provide for smaller water use.
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Exactly. I've seen them in tenting areas. They provide water for dishes, etc, but aren't expecting rvers to fill tanks.

I've never bought one. The couple times I dry camped in cgs with those, I honored the signs asking us not to fill tanks. I'm sure there might be a day I'd want one .... But I figure I'll survive without.
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Re: What's the name . . . ?

Postby havingfunnow » Sat Aug 05, 2017 10:27 am

I don't have a tank . . . but I think a bandit and a short hose would make filling my 2-gallon jug easier. :)
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Re: What's the name . . . ?

Postby MandysMom » Sat Aug 05, 2017 1:40 pm

Also called a water thief. Got ours at Walmart or Camping Worlf, I forget which. Cost under $5 at the time.
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Re: What's the name . . . ?

Postby BirdbyBird » Sat Aug 05, 2017 9:09 pm

Many of the campgrounds will allow you to fill anRV tank at one of the taps but request that you don't stay hooked up....
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Re: What's the name . . . ?

Postby Bethers » Sat Aug 05, 2017 10:20 pm

BirdbyBird wrote:Many of the campgrounds will allow you to fill anRV tank at one of the taps but request that you don't stay hooked up....

I've never needed this gadget at those.... The only places (and it's only been twice that I remember in over 12 years) where I would have needed one to attach, they asked rvers to not fill. You've had a different experience than me... Definitely not unusual in this lifestyle. :)
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Re: What's the name . . . ?

Postby snowball » Sun Aug 06, 2017 12:05 am

when we camphosted that was one of the things we had to look for....yes they could fill up but no they
could not stay hooked up a possibility of back washing into the system and contaminating the water supply if I recall right...it wasn't for me to understand but to enforce the rule...
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