RobAck replied:

Don't bother going with anything cheap to replace it. Go with a Sureflow or similiar and a web search will find them quickly. Otherwise drop in to any marine dealer and talk to them.

Regards

RobA

Member - Pesty (SA) replied:

You could put a small tap in the line to adjust flow to your taste and avail of water.

Have heard of some people using a pond pump, or fountain pump, not sure if they are 12v though.

Personally I use a flojet pump and regulate it with the size of the shower head, but mine is vehicle mounted too.

Cheers Pesty

Tim HJ61 (WA) replied:

There's some good quality Flojet pressure pumps on ebay for $110, or you could go to the Marine suppliers and pick up a bilge pump and restrict the flow with a tap.

Or keep the full flow and stand in a bucket so you recycle the water.

I'm wondering if the shower head would provide enough restriction if you really need it. You're having a shower in the bush - might as well enjoy it! I'd be going for the chuck in a bucket bilge pump.

Tim

Member - Doug T (W.A) replied:

I bet it had "Made in China" on it , and yeh everyone knows my opinion on cheap stuff ,make the first expense is the best expense and it's cheaper in the long run, funny thing happened today , I went to coles for groceries m seen some Peas ,I love raw peas so was getting some when I seen Produce of China , tipped them back and grabbed two little pre-packs under the sign Australian , got to the checkout and noticed on the pack Produce of China so I told her No thanks .
About the Pump. I got a good one from K&N here in Perth about 18 months ago , it has pressure cut out as well , I don't know if they still have them

www.kn4wd.com/

Member - Doug T (W.A) replied:

Drew
OK i went and had a look at mine it is a FloJet ,not made in China and i found a website for you but it is American , maybe someone in Oz has them still , but i guess you could buy these on the web too ,

Found Aussie site
Site Link

ITT - Flojet
666 E. Dyer Rd.
Santa Ana, CA 92705
Tel: 1-714-557-4700
Fax: 1-714-628-8478
1-800-2-FLOJET
Fluid Products Canada

Member - Drew T (Melbourne) replied:

thanks for your replies folks. i'm not sure about the tap idea to regulate the flow as you are effectively putting additional load on the pump motor as it tries to pump water through the smaller orifice? The site Doug T has mentioned (www.creativepumps.com.au) has a Flopump FL2202 for $85 which pumps at 4.3 litre/min .. more than I want to pay but seems to fit the bill.

thanks all

DIO replied:

$30 for one year. Taht's not bad. What did you expect for that price?

DIO replied:

$30 for one year. That's not bad. What did you expect for that price?

Grandpa joe replied:

The yellow camp shower in Question was on sale at Jaycar electronics for $14.00 recently, Checked the catalogue (06 one ) and was priced less than $20.00.

Note that usually the switch gets moisture in it (Makes corrosion and loses conductivity) Before the motor gives up.
$90.00 + for an after market pump ...................................... . . . .just get the shower !

brett replied:

Mines also just packed it in, motor is siezed solid. I'm going to replace it with a bilge pump, even though the flow is rated at 30L a min the shower head will slow this down. Whitworths have one on sale for $17 for that price I figure it's worth a go. Have a look here
Site Link

Geoff (Newcastle, NSW) replied:

I've got one of these, Pump

Does the job for me!

Geoff

Member - Barry M (NSW) replied:

Have an elcheapo too. Lady who sold it to me said put stocking around suction
& it will go forever, dont & pump will stuff up. I quite agree that throttling the
discharge will load up the pump. Install a bypass hose back to the water source
& regulate with a tap, cost next to nothing.....oldbaz.

Member - Tony J (NSW) replied:

Hi Drew,

Ive had 3 of those camp showers now. The cheap pump only ever lasted 1 trip.

I have now replaced the pump with a bildge pump - a Johnson I think, 260gph, about $20. It has a 3/4 inch outlet which needs a 3/4 to 1/2 inch reducer to fit the hose. Works great. Doesn't pump out too much water because they are a volume pump not a pressure pump and not meant to have a head height more than about 1.5metres. By fitting it to a 1/2 inch hose and then raising the shower head 2 metres - this will restrict the flow to a rate very similar to the original pump. If you want more pressure, fit a bigger bildge pump.

Prior to the bildge pump I tried an Italian inline pump from Witworths Marine for about $90. First one was DOA, took 2 weeks to get them to replace it. Second one threw the impellar off after 3 uses. Unit was a sealed one so could'nt fix it. Thats when I went to a bildge pump, cheap and reliable (must be for such a necessary job in a boat).

Sand Man (SA) replied:

If you are only talking about a shower, another $30 12 volt camp shower is the cheapest solution.

Above all else they provide compactness and portability. My Coleman unit does not even have an external plug to allow connection the the vehicle supply.
It runs on batteries and I've never had a problem with it in oh, 5 years or so.
If the pump packs up, or the batteries go flat and I don't have replacements, or some other malfunction occurs while we're out and about, guess what?........No shower for Bill & Bev.

Member - Jeff H (QLD) replied:

Luxury! Showers!!
I hope the Lady doesn't get on to this filthy forum.
(I've told her that a cup and a 2L billy are 'state of the art').

Member - Pedro the One (QLD) replied:

Hi, Drew ....

Have tried many shower types over the last few years ........

Now currently have a small Johnson bilge pump [from Whitworths Marine] screwed to the corner/bottom of a Nally's crate/tub.

Simple matter to run a hose [length of soft cast-out garden hose!] from pump to any fixed point just higher than head height [ and close to your vehicle, of course, for access to a lighter socket.]

Just jammed an old shower rose on the other end of the hose, hang it over a branch/ roofrack/ anywhere ........... half-fill the tub with water and add one or two billiesfull of hot water.

Plug in pump to lighter socket, stand in tub and press PLAY.

Voila ................ a hot shower that you can enjoy for as long as you like !!!
And dont the ladies/ kids love it ............ iffen it gets too cold ... add more hot.

HINT : Cleanest person washes first .......... 'pigs' wash last, for obvious reasons.

Of course, we are assuming a reasonable supply of water is either carried or available and that there are no naughty 'rock-spiders' in the vicinity ????

For just me [and the Beagle,] I have a canvas bucket shower of around 25 litres[ www.infrontcampinggear.com.au ............ what a great supplier !! and from ExploreOz, too] and throw a billy of hot into it .......

....... It just dont get no better !!!

Member - Drew T (Melbourne) replied:

Thanks for all your responses. I have decided to go for a Shurflo inline pump from Whitworths ($129). It self-primes to 2.7m and provides 10.2 litres/min (according to shurflo specs). Whilst the bilge pumps are much much cheaper, the inline pump just gives me more options such as drawing water from a creek for a shower or for filling my water tank etc. There is also another good inline pump via www.dealsdirect.com.au for $100, which is a Flopump FL-35 and provides 12.5 litres/min (according to creativepumps.com.au specs) ... comes with strainer & pipe adapters etc but only self-primes to 1.5m. If you're happy with the 1.5m limitation this is probably the best deal going at the moment

thanks again