Joolca and Coleman HWOD

I had a Coleman HWOD, a RED one and it's battery immediately failed. Would not hold charge for more than 1 1/2 days. Useless!

I returned it and upgraded to a SILVER HWOD. It's 240 charger burnt out shortly after charging the battery for the second time and by touching the 12v plug end you could get a 240v tingle even though the plug pack wouldn't work.
It was replaced, eventually, not promptly at all. Strange to deal with the company.
No report of the 240 at the 12v terminal plug was received by me, Coleman kept quiet about that fault. I wonder why????
The Silver HWOD works ok but is a bit fiddley to set and get the temp you desire.

The HWOD has 4 rubber feet and they come out of the case bottom with the slightest of sideways scrubbing when moving the unit or catching it on the top of the box while unpacking. Whoever designed that was drunk, whoever accepted the design as production requires retraining. After first use I had two feet left of the 4.
Coleman trade on the name and don't seem to have a quality assurance program in China for their production. Cheeeeep.
I have sort of gone off buying Coleman products and feel good about it too.

I would not buy one again and have read reports of Joolca being far better.

You can control the Joolca from the shower head.
Turn off the water and the gas turns off.

Can't do that with the Coleman, have to go to the unit and shut it down..

Another happy country comfort owner here. They are Australian people who can answer a phone and do business. Ask about an extended shower hose and an easy squeeze shower head too. A cheap and worthwhile upgrade imho.

Kev.
I think you are wrong. The COLEMAN HWOD is not a good boat anchor at all.
It has no features or sharp edges to grab the bottom of the ocean/lake and because it is relatively light it will just drag across the bottom and allow drift from that fishing spot.

Further to the negative aspects, the gas bottles used to be around $9 and suddenly during '17 they went to $12. Only a small 25% increase in one hit. Good on you Coleman.

The only good aspect is the empty gas bottles can be used ( with some mods) as a air pressure vessel with a 4wd compressor to augment supply.

The gas contents also varies quite a bit in unused bottles, I suspect Coleman is winning there too. I weighed some and they aren't near to the same.

My Motto is, If it is Coleman, WALK ON.

RMD,

I only have a small boat ;)