Saturday, Sep 25, 2004 at 13:29
Brett
Not brilliant, but as we were staying in a park with no water, it was more than enough. 2 showers about 10 litres of water and enough flow to get wet all over and shampoo hair. In fact just right compared to other units I have used where you had to turn water off while shampooing or soaping up so as not to waste it as flow was too strong!!.
Ended up standing the unit on an old stove stand I took along for just that purpose as I had experimented at
home. Also bought some tubing and made up my own length before we went to get right height. Just reach through the shower tent flap and turn on unit and you are away. Almost instant hot water, about 2 or so second delay.
In
camp, I stood the water on 2 hobby boxes to reduce head and it all worked fine.
Mind you it took about 5 days to get the height and head and shower tube length right. Should have experimented more at
home.!!
Warranty is lifetime limited. That of course doesn't mean much. The limited has conditions re wear and tear etc as usual. I suspect that if it went bung after a year, Coleman would say tough bikkies. No facts to base that opinion on, just gut feel re Coleman. I like their products but not their attitude which in my opinion leaves a whole lot to be desired.
The US does not have gas bottles smaller than 20kg. Hence all their gear uses disposable bottles, which of course are dirt cheap there and available anywhere.
Coleman have had to get a special hose to fit the unit gas intake (where the disposable bottle goes) with a POL fitting at the bottle end. (That in itself is a pain as most bottles below 5 Kg are 3/8 LH.) So, have to use an adapter I suppose if I want to make use of my current stock of gas bottles.
There is just nothing available here that will fit. I know a good machinist would knock one up in 30 minutes, but that is not the point. At retail level we are still waiting.
Cheers
Magnus
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