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Camping showers in winter
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Camping showers in winter
Just found this product is USA and was wandering if anyone has any experience of them:
http://www.actionhydro.com/sport_shower.htm
pic:
Looks awesome, but the shower looks like a weed sprayer to me, probably easy to find a big capacity one and stick a shower head on it. They recon the Hydro shower gets 5 minutes out of it. I like the portability.
While I can see the appeal of the engine mounted showers I dont like the idea of taking a shower close to the vehicle. Well I dont mind but the girls do. It it worth getting one to just produce hot water or just heat water over a fire/stove?
Any advice out there?
http://www.actionhydro.com/sport_shower.htm
pic:
Looks awesome, but the shower looks like a weed sprayer to me, probably easy to find a big capacity one and stick a shower head on it. They recon the Hydro shower gets 5 minutes out of it. I like the portability.
While I can see the appeal of the engine mounted showers I dont like the idea of taking a shower close to the vehicle. Well I dont mind but the girls do. It it worth getting one to just produce hot water or just heat water over a fire/stove?
Any advice out there?
Re: Camping showers in winter
theres about 1021029820394023948 of them sorta tings on the aussie market. you dont need to look in USA.
I bought one of the $25 plastic coleman ones.
works well.. stand in a recycle bin, and recycle the hot water for a longer shower.
I bought one of the $25 plastic coleman ones.
works well.. stand in a recycle bin, and recycle the hot water for a longer shower.
Last edited by bogged on Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:41 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Camping showers in winter
bogged wrote:theres about 1021029820394023948 of them sorta tings on the aussie market. you dont need to look in USA.
Well I am not an expert web wheeling rock god, only a camping/4x4 enthusiast. After some searching I could not find one other shower like this on Australian web sites, other than those suggesting this American one.
bogged wrote:bj42turbo wrote:I haven't seen one in Oz maybe you should post up a link Bruce
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Here is a link to an Aussie one, that if not available now, will be soon.
http://www.2daloo.com/camp_shower.htm
http://www.2daloo.com/camp_shower.htm
Antz wrote:Here is a link to an Aussie one, that if not available now, will be soon.
http://www.2daloo.com/camp_shower.htm
That looks great. Just about perfect.
Thankz Antz
Something like that would be fairly easy to make. Just get a fairly strong plastic drum & then pressurise it with your air compressor. about 10 psi would do the trick. You could also pressurise it with a high flow push bike pump. I do it all the time when filling diffs with oil & its the same principle, the oil containers take a fair bit of pressure before the lid pops off. A good quality 20lt drum would do it. A steel drum you could nearly pressure wash your truck with it
Well done Antz for posting something useful to a reasonable question without the smartarse comments Some others could learn there is a time & a place for that & this thread wasnt it.
Well done Antz for posting something useful to a reasonable question without the smartarse comments Some others could learn there is a time & a place for that & this thread wasnt it.
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mkpatrol wrote:Something like that would be fairly easy to make. Just get a fairly strong plastic drum & then pressurise it with your air compressor. about 10 psi would do the trick. You could also pressurise it with a high flow push bike pump. I do it all the time when filling diffs with oil & its the same principle, the oil containers take a fair bit of pressure before the lid pops off. A good quality 20lt drum would do it. A steel drum you could nearly pressure wash your truck with it
Well done Antz for posting something useful to a reasonable question without the smartarse comments Some others could learn there is a time & a place for that & this thread wasnt it.
That's what I have. A 40L black container. In summer I leave it out for a few hours in the sun and it gets a bit armer or fill it with some heated water. The lid has a hole cut in it which I put a valve from a bike tube through. Then i just pressurise it with a small air compresoor. Works great
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Antz wrote:Here is a link to an Aussie one, that if not available now, will be soon.
http://www.2daloo.com/camp_shower.htm
That looks the same as my stainless steel weed sprayer i got from Bunnings with a shower head on it.
r0ck_m0nkey wrote:Antz wrote:Here is a link to an Aussie one, that if not available now, will be soon.
http://www.2daloo.com/camp_shower.htm
That looks the same as my stainless steel weed sprayer i got from Bunnings with a shower head on it.
stainless youv'e gotta love the BLING factor
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I am off to Bunning to have a look - a stainless weed sprayer - sounds like a definate shower project...
Combined with my cheapass shower stand:
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/PHP_Modul ... razy+clark
What about a pressure valve? If I use my compressor to charge the container to say 20PSI I would need a pressure cutoff or bleed valve right?
And I just thought of something else, cut it open and put a heater element in it - could be used for drinking if its a stainless tank too...
Combined with my cheapass shower stand:
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/PHP_Modul ... razy+clark
What about a pressure valve? If I use my compressor to charge the container to say 20PSI I would need a pressure cutoff or bleed valve right?
And I just thought of something else, cut it open and put a heater element in it - could be used for drinking if its a stainless tank too...
$20 from Jaycar will get this
No, I mean the shower rose/handle, hose and pump
All you need is to drop the pump on the other end into a bucket of warm water.
I have also seen them in supercrap and some cheapy shops. True you still need a 12v power supply but it does not have to be next to your 4b
No, I mean the shower rose/handle, hose and pump
All you need is to drop the pump on the other end into a bucket of warm water.
I have also seen them in supercrap and some cheapy shops. True you still need a 12v power supply but it does not have to be next to your 4b
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3rd hit on google for camp shower
http://www.aussiecampshower.com/
I'll stick to the $7 solar ones :)
http://www.aussiecampshower.com/
I'll stick to the $7 solar ones :)
I have a home made unit that we have copied and sold to a few friends, it uses a Alloy coiled section placed over a gas burner, hooked to a submersible pump(like the $20 unit above) ecept we use a slightly better version, I take a picture of the complete unit and post.
As for the dollars I will check current cost of making unit and let you know.
Most of it (hoses, pump, gas burner, etc...) people will already have, just need the Alloy coil unit.
As for the dollars I will check current cost of making unit and let you know.
Most of it (hoses, pump, gas burner, etc...) people will already have, just need the Alloy coil unit.
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