Camco 20160 TastePURE RV & Marine Fresh Water Kit

If you've ever filled your fresh water tank straight off a marina spigot and then wondered why the water tasted like a swimming pool, this is the kit that fixes it. The Camco 20160 TastePURE Fresh Water Kit bundles the four things every boater and RVer actually needs at a shore hookup: an inline filter, a drinking-safe hose, a pressure regulator, and a basket to stow it all. Buy the pieces separately and you'll spend more and forget one of them at home. This is the grab-and-go set.

The heart of the kit is the TastePURE inline water filter with its flexible hose protector. It uses KDF filtration media to knock down chlorine, bad tastes, odors, and sediment before that water ever reaches your tank or your galley faucet. Dock water and campground water vary wildly. Some of it is fine, a lot of it is heavily chlorinated or carries grit from old pipes. The filter cleans it up so your coffee tastes like coffee and your ice doesn't smell like a garden hose. The flexible protector on the outlet end keeps the filter from kinking or snapping right at the connection, which is the spot these things usually fail.

The 25-foot EvoFlex drinking water hose is the part you'll appreciate most day to day. It's a 5/8-inch hose built specifically for potable water, so it's lead-free and BPA-free. EvoFlex is a softer, more flexible hose than a stiff garden hose, so it coils down small and routes around cleats, rails, and tight dock fingers without fighting you. Twenty-five feet is enough reach for most slips and campsites without leaving a giant coil of excess on the deck.

Next is the lead-free brass water pressure regulator. This is the quiet hero. Shore water pressure is unpredictable, and some docks and campgrounds will hit your plumbing with far more pressure than your boat or coach was ever designed for. That's how you end up with a burst hose, a blown fitting, or a slow leak behind a panel you won't find until the bilge is wet. The brass regulator steps that incoming pressure down to a safe, steady level so your onboard plumbing isn't taking a beating every time you connect. Brass holds up to constant seasonal use far better than plastic.

Rounding it out is the storage basket. It sounds like a throwaway extra, but anyone who has dug through a lazarette or a wet bay looking for a filter that rolled into a corner knows the value of keeping the whole kit in one spot. Coil the hose, drop the filter and regulator in the basket, and the next hookup takes two minutes instead of ten.

Who's this for? Boaters running fresh water to the galley and heads at a marina, cruisers who move slip to slip, and RVers doing the same at campgrounds. It's an all-season, shore-hookup essential. A few field notes from folks who use these hard: set your regulator and connect it Teflon-taped at the swivel if you reassemble it often, and it'll stay leak-free for years. If you're drawing from silty river or brackish water, the filter will clog faster, so keep a spare on hand or add a coarse sediment pre-filter ahead of it. And don't leave the flexible protector holding standing water in a hot, humid locker between trips, since that's where mildew starts. Let it drain and dry.

Camco recommends swapping the inline filter roughly every three months of regular use, or once a season, and sooner if your flow drops off or the water source is dirty. The hose and the brass regulator are built to last for years of seasonal service. It's a simple kit, but it's the difference between clean, safe water and a plumbing headache you didn't need.