Some of life’s simplest things can make a task easier or more difficult. Like many RVers I’ve been using a Camco RhinoFlex sewer hose for some time and didn’t realize I was making a poopy job more frustrating until I switched to a Thetford Titan sewer hose.

It’s a poop shoot - what’s the big deal?

You might ask yourself what the big deal is about a sewer hose. Let me tell you, using this new Thetford hose was so much less objectionable than my previous Rhino Flex hose that that Rhino Flex hose went into the dumpster. It was that big a difference.

The first difference is the fittings on the end. The Thetford hose just snicks right onto the bayonet fitting on the dump outlet of my travel trailer. It doesn’t fight me, it doesn’t bind. It just works.

But then there’s a large collar on the end of the hose to grab onto. Whoever thought of this at Thetford, I hope they got a fat raise. I no longer have to go for the tools to get the blasted hose off the fitting on the trailer. This one just easily comes off.

Not that I’m at all concerned that it will come off during use. It fits on solidly and snugly. It just doesn’t bind. There’s a noticeable difference.

On the other end the fitting also just easily clicks onto the “L” shaped transparent fitting that I use to see what’s going down the sewer. No binding, no fighting. Just click and dump. Bam.

I had no idea how much more pleasurable this hose would be to use than the lousy Rhino Flex model I had so I left the “L” bracket that came with this Titan hose at home.

That fitting has a large handle on it and multiple diameters of threaded coupling. I can’t speak to how much better that fits since it’s at home, but if this hose is any indication, it’s going to be great.

The hose itself

Thetford says that the hose itself can be run over without being punctured and that it’s a proprietary material that has no metal spring inside. I can’t speak to running it over nor do I ever intend to do that.

I know that the hose feels less “crisp” in how it snaps closed but it does snap closed just the same.

There are also end caps that come with the hose so that, once you’re done intentionally dumping the contents of your tank, you can prevent unintended dripping which could, theoretically, help prevent your bumper from rusting from the inside out if that’s where you keep your hose.

Conclusion

It’s funny how I immediately realize how much more I liked this hose the first time I used it.

Oddly enough the only reason I bought a new hose was because our previous hose was crushed in a rear-end collision. I had kept it in the bumper of the trailer. We had two lengths of that Camco Rhino Flex hose and one of those two lengths was crushed and I literally couldn’t get it out.

So I figured I needed two lengths to reach some of the further away sewer dumps and bought the Titan hose after I didn’t see any Camco hoses available. I hadn’t used the new hose until recently and that’s when the light went off over my head.

Honestly if I still had both lengths of sewer Rhino Flex sewer hose I wouldn’t bother replacing them until something happened to them. But if you’re looking for a new sewer hose I can’t recommend this Thetford hose more highly over the Camco Rhino Flex product.

You could say that this hose is the number one when it comes to dealing with number two.

We did a podcast with Thetford on their holding tank products. Listen to that here.

I also have a review of the Thetford Titan 21 gallon portable holding tank