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Pugsy wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 02, 2019 6:05 pm

There's no problem using a hose cozy on the heated hose.
The worst thing that could happen is you use less electricity to keep the air in the hose at the temperature selected because the cozy helps insulate things. Not a bad thing at all.

I have even used the Padacheek hose cozy which is a lot thicker and denser than some of those others on Amazon and various places and never had a problem with it overheating the heated hose.

Lots of people use hose cozies on heated hoses just because they don't want to feel the plastic against their skin.

Thank you. That is helpful.

jsmit86 wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 02, 2019 6:28 am

My question for the forum is, do any of you without critters at home get pinholes in these hoses? If so, how often are you replacing them for leaks.
It seems that I should get more than 3 months out of these things. I would think that wear would show up as a tear, rather than a pin hole.

It's probably the cat. I've had my current hose for four or five years, and no holes.

I've heard from people that putting a cloth hose cover on their hoses seems to make the hose uninteresting to the critters.

Definitely, the cat because I've gone through a bunch of these hoses and never had a pinprick. I have had the electrical parts fail a few times so that it no longer heated. I use a hose cozy on mine and that seems to work fine, so if that will distract your kitty from attacking the hose then that would be a good solution otherwise some of the other ideas are good.



Product opportunity, the armor-plated CPAP hose! Will resist attacks from velociraptors as well as cats!

I received my stuff today.... Vet Tape, Hose cover, and a replacement hose.
I figured I would try to seal the leak with Vet Tape first. It did help a lot, but Vet tape is not solid, so there was still some leaking.

My wife pointed out that we had some Nashua Stretch and Seal tape that we previously used on a water hose leak.
I started fresh by using that. It seems to have sealed the leak completely. I then re-applied the Vet tape over that. Tested again, no sign of any leaking.
Finally I put the hose cover on, and put the hose away.
I will use this hose for a while and see how it holds up. I also will pack the stretch and seal and vet tape in my travel kit just in case.

Finally.... If I catch that little rodent near my hose again...