I used to own a lightweight hot tub that you could just roll into position and fill with a garden hose, but to use it, I needed to know how to siphon fluids — specifically water. That’s ...

Stopping the Siphon When you need to stop, lift the new container and hose higher than your source container. Then, remove the hose and let the excess fluid in the hose drain back into the source.

Coming in at $109 on sale from a normal $149 going rate, this power cleaner can use the included siphon hose in a lake or pond as a water source as well as a bottle adapter, on top of supporting ...

By the way, you also should install screw-on anti-siphon devices onto all of your hose bibs. These just screw on and tighten down with a screw. They sell for about $5, and it’s cheap insurance.