Peggie mentioned that lifetime waranty hose and said she would go with the track record over the new product. Meaning the Trident has been tried and true for many years. It is $9.92/ft. at Go2Marine.com for the black stuff. They don't appear to have the white version. I went through several different revisions of sanitation hose in an attempt to get rid of the smell. In my experience, no matter what I did, marine grade sanitation hose will permeate, in a sense that head will always smell like the head. I?ve been getting more and more advice from people in the industry and liveaboards to go with Home Depot PVC plumbing. Make sure there are no 90deg bends, and use flexible hose in small sections where PVC attaches to rigid elements (Toilet, through-hull, tank or macerator pump). PVC does not permeate any odor. I have not done this yet, but I plan on doing it this offseason. I live on the boat, May through October and sleeping in the v-birth above stinky hose is not fun. This off season getting rid of the smell for good, is high on the priority list. Shields and Trident are different companies with products. However, Bill Shields is president of Trident Marine (Trident Rubber Inc.). "Trident Rubber Inc. was founded by Bill Shields in 1985 in the Pittsburgh, PA area. This followed a hostile takeover of Shields Rubber Corporation, a third generation family business in which we owned the largest, but not controlling interest. Shields Rubber was a large industrial rubber and hose distributor with seven locations (two of which also specialized in marine hose). Five years after the take over, Shields Rubber was sold, and its marine hose division was spun off to Sierra Supply, then to Morse Controls, and then to Teleflex. They remain a competitor with no family connection." http://www.tridentmarine.com/stage/about.htm
Great information. I wondered if Trident and Shields had something in common, product numbering looked similar. Windburn was hauled on Saturday, so had a chance to contemplate using some PVC. Looks like too many angles and the only straight section has little access to get a piece in. I take it the "no 90deg bends" means no use of a 90deg elbow. Does two 45 deg elbows and a short section between them work? Michael Brown Windburn C&C 30-1
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