By Dustin and Ashley Simpson
California RV Specialists
Camco’s Water Bandit is one of the handiest RVing accessories you can buy. Why? Well, there are few things more annoying than trying to screw a hose onto a water spigot that’s dirty or has broken or missing threads.
It eliminates headaches from broken spigots and helps stop leaking hose connections.
You can also attach your hose to water sources you wouldn’t otherwise be able to. The Water Bandit™ can attach to broken spigots, other hoses that are damaged, spigots with stripped threads, and more.
It fits any standard size spigot and acts like a rubber quick-connect for your water hoses.
It’s also useful for attaching to faucets. This device can help you fill your fresh water tank from places that might have been off-limits before, like sinks (if you have a long enough hose).
I’ve even used my Water Bandit for connecting to a short hose from the sink when I want to rinse out the toilet. This has saved me from dragging a long dirty hose in from outside into the bathroom.
You can find a Water Bandit for a good price on Amazon here.
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This from the Amazon website about the product…..
“NOTE: Discharge end of hose must remain open while in operation. Water Bandit is not designed to hold back pressure. Never leave Water Bandit connected while unattended.
Not intended for use under pressure. Keep the other end of your water hose open or the pressure will pop the Water Bandit off the spigot”.
DITTO! You beat me to the draw! .
Can only be used to fill fresh water tank. Otherwise useless.
That’s why I keep a hoseclamp on mine. Just snug it up and it works fine. I would never leave it on with pressure for an extended length of time. It’s come in handy many times on boogered up threads.
I have a hose clamp on mine. In fact, I have TWO clamps! Without these, the unit just blows off the spigot. This is extremely useful when getting water from places they obviously don’t want you hooking up to. But, it will also blow up like a balloon if the pressure is too great. You learn to use this thing as you go along. OJT as it were. It is a MUST HAVE tool.
I found a hose clamp with a thumb screw and it works really well. Like you said, useless without the clamp.
I too have moved to the “thumb screw” clamps. Once you figure out how to use this stuff, it works quite well.
I see red every time I see you post something about using a water bandit. I’m host of the national park in Canada water in the primitive campsites is extremely hard to come by in most of the campsites it has to be trucked in there’s a 500 gallon tank there I’ve seen RV years pull in hook up a water bandit to the tap even though there’s a sign do not fill your freshwater tank with this they filler tank up and after five motorhomes do this with their hundred plus gallon freshwater tanks there’s nothing left for anyone else in the campground. And a truck then has to come out and refill but that doesn’t happen on a daily basis because of where the campgrounds are. Stop using a water bandit where he threads have been cut off the taps. There is a reason for having that done and people using a water bandit are irresponsible egotistical self-absorbed.
Sorry, Seann. I think this is the first time I’ve heard of that. I’ll pass your message along to others here. Maybe the water bandit would still be useful under different circumstances, so I don’t know if we’ll be posting anything about it in the future or not. But we’ll certainly keep your important message in mind. Thank you. Have a great day. 😀 –Diane at RVtravel.com
I can see your point, but most of us try to run with less water. I try for 1/4 to 1/2 because you never know.
I also wouldn’t fill my tank there because then I would be running with too much weight. Fill it with just what you think you need.
Then there’s me at Wilderness Gateway C.G. on hwy 12 Idaho. The fresh water fill has been lousy for years, but doable. Last summer it was so bad I would probably still be there trying to get any water. They just won’t fix it.
AND! I was unable to find my hose adapters that I made years ago..
I’ve got 2 now ready for this year’s adventures.