Aussie Camp Shower questions

In addition to the Aussie Camp Shower, I looked at the Primus and the Coleman, which has just been released in Australia.
These three connect to gas bottles.
Dave

All I ever use is a small glob of shampoo and it is 100% bio-degradable.

Where I shower there is a constant large number of ducks all the time. I figure they create more polution than I ever will.

Dave

What 12V shower do you have.
I have tried the yellow ones that you see in all the outdoor shops. So far we are on our 5th unit. The switch stops working after a few showers and I have to take it back. Am looking at the garden spray unit and will try it over the OCT long weekend.
Vince

Thanks Ray,
I have used the system you outline for quite some time. I have also used the hang up type solar bags.
Circumstances now make it necessary to spend the cash and get one of these gas heated ones.

Dave

Hi Vince

>What 12V shower do you have.
>I have tried the yellow ones that you see in all the outdoor shops.
>So far we are on our 5th unit. The switch stops working after a few
>showers and I have to take it back.

mike_harding@fastmail.fm

The switches on those yellow showers can be a bit useless. When they
start to play up activate them firmly in both directions 20 or 30 times
that will often clean up the contacts and make them work again. I don't
use the switch much, usually I use the flow lever on the shower head
to reduce or stop the flow, providing you don't leave flow cut off for
a long time the pump doesn't seem to mind.

Another possibility is to visit a boat shop and buy a cheap bilge pump
and make a shower from that. The pump will be much better quality.

Mike Harding

I agree and disagree with the argument of shampoo etc..

Considering it would be 1 part per billiontrillion, I cant see it being an issue.

but then theres the arguement of if every1 did it would be a massive change, 1 part per trillion..

Remembering it will be diluted down from pure shampoo being lathered up, and if your doing it 20+foot from the waterline, not directly into the water, It would absorb into the ground - wouldnt it?

of course it depends on the size of the watercourse/river/creek/stream etc.

But if we all did the same it would quickly become polluted....

Mate,

been using them for 20 years in the Army. They are the ducks guts. cheap from the disposal store and easy to use. Just need a tree limb.

Cheers

Jolls

what about the solar bag $9.99!
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The canvas one. $32.95 Sounds good to me.
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The canvas one Truckster put up looks to have a very small shower head. If you shop around you can find some great canvas ones.

Never owned one but friends of ours used one daily for several years and we regularly stayed with them so we had to use it too. They were living in a caravan on a 5 acre block and had no running water but had the shower set up in their shed. Worked a treat. The shower head gives a good spread of water which is nice and steady until the back gets close to empty. Then being gravity fed the pressure drops off a little but still a great unit.

Solar showers...used one for several years and they heat the water really well when there's adequate sunlight around. Problem we had with them was you couldn't really get them warm when travelling and also, once the sun starts to dip they cool off pretty quickly. So you really had to have showered by mid-afternoon at the latest or you ended up having a cold shower.

Got a 12V unit now and we've found it extemely useful. The little pump has also come in handy on a couple of occasions to pump some water out of a bore tank.

:o) Melissa

Melissa,
can you put warm water into the bag of the solar one? or is it a PITA?

I like the canvas idea, but if you somewhere where theres no trees, or place to hang it up, what do you do?

You can Truckster , but it can be a PITA.

For a Once off , you would probably live with it , but if you had to do it a couple of times (we used to set out 3) , it really IS a PITA.

Thats why we went to the McPauls

Your unit comes with its own water supply Baz? Amazing!

The river is about 15mtr's to the left or i use the water tank in the trailer.

I must admit $300-600 for a shower that will be used 10-20 times a yr is a bit over the top!

Not when it involves 5, 6 or 7 people . . . .

Its a BLOODY lot of water to boil/warm.

You aint lived yet Truckster! Nothin like ending a dusty day in the desert and hooking up to a Glind shower...pure heaven! Remember you only need spend the money once......but not much ROI if you're an 80yo!
Cheers

Theres only 3 showers in our car.... thank god, yes for 6-7 I would dish out the coin.

For $39.99 I can get the canvas one, boil few billys and have same result.. and $500 towards a locker!

IM working on how often it would be used.

Rather then boiling the water , one of those Hot Water Donkeys , could be the go.

Of course that relies on a fire to work .