A waterbed mattress fill and drain siphon kit is one of the essential cheap accessories that, if you own a waterbed you should have just lying around your house waiting for use. These incredibly useful bits of kit are just what you need when it comes to moving your bed.
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They are essential for emptying or draining your mattress and re-filling. As well as being useful when it comes to moving your bed they can also be of use if you need to drain the bladder for conditioning purposes if you have not kept to a good conditioning regime. Indeed you can even find some kits that specifically come with a waterbed conditioner solution in the event you need the kit to get on top of the conditioning treatment regime.
So what should you get in a fill/drain kit?
You should get a drain pump, also called a venturi pump or syphon kit. This clever device is usually T shaped and requires you to attach a hose with running water to it and an exit hose as well as attaching the T to the mattress faucet. Turning the water on creates a vacuum and the effect is to syphon the water out of your mattress through the T.
You should also get a faucet to hose adaptor or fill and drain or empty adaptor, as part of the kit and a locking hose fill nozzle to aid the process outlined above.
Optionally you may go for a kit with conditioner solution, but this is entirely up to you and dependent on what you need the kit for!
The kit will also come with a bunch of instruction to make operation as easy as possible.
Bear in mind, the location of your bed may make using an electric pump the only option and these drain kits might not work for you, specifically if the bed is below the sink you want to drain into. Waterbed pumps are available for rent from u-haul or all good waterbed stockists and suppliers should be able to offer a good wide selection to suit all budgets.
So, what does a cheap fill and drain kit cost? Well anywhere between $5 and $40 depending on branding and whether you are going to have a conditioner with the kit. Some common venturi syphon kits to look out for are the Strobel Organic, RPS waterbed drain/fill kit, the Owlbehome range and of course Blue Magic Waterbed Drain Kits. Most good retailers will stock a range at a competitive price and as they are small and light they are easy to order and ship via the internet.
