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Camping showers in winter

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Camping showers in winter

Post by grazza »

Just found this product is USA and was wandering if anyone has any experience of them:

http://www.actionhydro.com/sport_shower.htm

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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?
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Re: Camping showers in winter

Post by bogged »

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.
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Post by adam.s »

meh, the chick is hot it was worth posting :)

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a lot of guys rig up heat exchangers in their radiator piping/exhaust piping to heat up water.

generally works pretty well - some guys have said it works too well and you need to let it cool down lol
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Re: Camping showers in winter

Post by grazza »

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.
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Post by bj42turbo »

That looks good, always helps with a near naked chick, thanks for posting it, I haven't seen one in Oz maybe you should post up a link Bruce ;)

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Post by bogged »

bj42turbo wrote:I haven't seen one in Oz maybe you should post up a link Bruce ;)

Dazz

you walked around wandin with your eyes closed?
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Post by bj42turbo »

bogged wrote:
bj42turbo wrote:I haven't seen one in Oz maybe you should post up a link Bruce ;)

Dazz

you walked around wandin with your eyes closed?


I took my 2 year boy didn't see much at all which was a shame cause there seemed alot of things that needed more than a passing glance going by myself next year, :D
but the efs chicks did catch my eye though :twisted:

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Post by Antz »

Here is a link to an Aussie one, that if not available now, will be soon.

http://www.2daloo.com/camp_shower.htm
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Post by grazza »

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
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Post by mkpatrol »

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 :D

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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Post by grimbo »

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 :D

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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Post by r0ck_m0nkey »

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.
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Post by Webbie »

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 :shock: youv'e gotta love the BLING factor :lol:
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Post by grazza »

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...
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Post by Nev62 »

$20 from Jaycar will get this

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No, I mean the shower rose/handle, hose and pump :D

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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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Post by grazza »

More shower fun:
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This thread is good in more ways than one...
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Post by grazza »

And another...
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Post by mkpatrol »

Sexy red X, Id hit it. :D
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Post by dibbz »

3rd hit on google for camp shower

http://www.aussiecampshower.com/

I'll stick to the $7 solar ones :)
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Post by mkpatrol »

Yep, you can have quite a few cheapies for 425 bucks
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Post by dibbz »

And they are salt water friendly. ++
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Post by Bitsamissin »

Onya Bruce, recycled clacker residue contaminated water :lol:
I'd imagine after all your mates had a shower and de-crustified themselves after numerous beer shits they'd all end up with some bizzare E-Coli stomach infection, except for the first one to shower :D
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Post by darkor »

i have 1 of the jaycar showers for $20 ..... works a treat.

12v supply not a problem as i have the 4wd with when i am camping !!!
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Post by DAZ67 »

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.
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