Hook up to mains water

Having large water tanks we don't need barrels and pumps, just a hose to fill once and that lasts for 6 days if showering in the van and 10-12 if using site showers.

however, I have used a long waste pipe (rolled and stored in a bag, £5) for CLs or the odd serviced pitch but haven't found the need for anything other than laying it on the ground. The biggest factor would be if the drain is higher or lower than the van outlet.

I also haven't felt the need to invest £65 (Amazon) on 8 sections of plastic hose. That's about four nights on our winter Spanish site😉

I can just I imagine the conversation (extremely short and loud) should I dare to offer the above as an anniversary present. It's 45 years for us next week, we won't be camping👍

We have used  both and in my opinion the Colapz are worth every penny, particularly when it’s cold. So much easier than wrestling with a coiled plastic snake, that has no intention of going where you want it or laying flat on the ground.

We enjoyed our anniversary (48) away in the MH.😀

Yes very true about the plastic pipes. We have a few rigid pipes, exactly the same as those used at home with some right angle connections and some home made devices to keep them off the ground.

We use to use 35mm o/d pipe for the waste and bought some Velcro tabs that slide in the bottom rail which can be adjusted to get the right fall but these are now confined to the shed as we can now book hardstandings 

When we use a serviced pitch I don't leave the water connected but just top up as and when with the hose. No real need in a motorhome as you have quite a bit of water storage built in. For waste I use a couple of washing machine/dishwasher waste pipes connected together. You can get them in B&Q at a reasonable price.  They are more pliable than the standard 22mm ribbed piping and tend to lay flat on the ground. It probably won't apply to all but the end of the pipe has a slip on connector which neatly fits onto my waste outlet. 

David

Thanks folks. As I thought I'll have to invest in some. Can't make them myself Kj as dominant right hand still not working properly after Stroke.

Decided against anniversary present. Did think of wrapping them for Xmas but suspect I'll just earn some Brownie points by buying them as a thoughtful gift. We already have the pipes and connections and we have been on some CLs that the drainage to the hedge slopes upwards.

As it happens, I have a rectangular 'bucket' that fits under the waste pipe so if I didn't want to use any pipework I could easily dump the single bucketload we get each day.

in general, this works as well as using a pipe or even a drive over waste. The decision to use which method depends on the site/aire and its facilities (or not).

absolutely no point (for us) in having (paying for) an SP as we wouldn't be there long enough to run out of water, the tap would be superfluous.

Colapz waste pipes are handy and easy to store, but are unforgiving when someone steps on them. 

Or you forget they are there and drive your car over them I have a spare two in the locker which are there for use as a 'last resort' - that suffered that fate.

Concur, our 2008 coachman has the 2 x outlets at the rear of the van, great if you go rear in and the facilities are at the rear of the pitch but most tend to be half way down the pitch, and if you go nose in which we do on a couple of our favourite sites then you need 8 mtrs of piping to get to the drain, also the pipes run along the underside of the van from the kitchen and bathroom and are tight to the underside so we have to tilt the van slightly to the rear when pitching otherwise you have to wait an age for the sinks or the shower to clear Colapz sell a range of very handy collapsible items, great if you are short on space and need to save some weight but it is pricey, we still trundle around in a 5 berth so lots of space