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CLEARSOURCE Water Filters

Looks like the last filter system you’ll ever need to buy! Clearsource also offers a wide range of filter cartridges and accessories. If you travel long enough, you’re going to encounter icky water. Occasionally, it will be a campground with unsavory tasting well-water and, frequently, a city water source that

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Micro-Blaze Septic

I’m going to step out on that proverbial limb and talk about a controversial subject: holding tank treatments. It seems that everyone has a favorite toilet chemical. They are also certain that the inferior substitute you are using is nowhere near as cheap, effective, safe or easy to use as

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Durable Sewer Hose

Are you ready to own a sewer hose that you won’t have to replace every year or two? Meet the Camco RhinoFLEX™ sewer hose. These hoses are constructed out of durable PVC plastic, and they don’t have metal springs inside like most hoses. Instead, the hose is designed like an

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High-Flow Water Pressure Regulator

RV water pressure regulators fall into the “necessary evil” category for me. I need one to protect my RV plumbing systems from high city water pressure, but I have never liked them. Aside from my propensity to leave them behind when I depart a campsite, I have never been happy

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INSTANT-OFF

Here’s a neat little gadget to help you conserve water in your RV: The INSTANT-OFF Water Saver. This inexpensive device replaces the aerator on any faucet and automatically shuts off the water when it’s not needed. To start the flow of water, you simply move the little lever, and water

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Sewer Hose Storage Tube

  The time has come to speak of one of the least-loved RV accessories: your RV sewer hose. Referred to as the “stinky slinky,” it is nevertheless a necessary gadget, and it deserves special treatment. After all, we wouldn’t want it to turn on us and spring a leak or

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Batten Down the Hatches

  Bumper hatches, that is. Most towable RVs utilize the square, rear bumper for sewer hose storage. Unfortunately, the rubber plugs or caps that are supposed to stay attached to the openings in the bumper rarely hang around. They tend to vibrate loose and wind up on the side of

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Unclog the Drain

I was watching a show on the History Channel recently, called “101 Gadgets that Changed the World.” It was an excellent show, and if you want to see the list for yourself, check out www.popularmechanics.com and look under “Technology/Gadgets.” However, it was their definition of a gadget that really caught

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Dispenser Kit

I think a good RV gadget should be entertaining or reduce your workload or make an annoying task easier. This little gadget definitely fits the third criteria: It is a simple system to automatically add black-water tank treatment to your holding tank each time you flush. The Blue Streak Automatic

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