Keeping clean with no showers.

p.s. that above was a smily face until my competence in computers got the better of me!

I heard there are no showers at the Tuff Truck Challenge (3days) ;) but I guess we'll be having so much fun watching the carnage that smell wont matter ;)

D-Jack

I usually onl;y use the bucket as well with a rag and some soap. Can get squeaky clean with a litre of water. We also have a plastic bag shower for heating up in the sun.

Recently I spared no expense and bought a 12 volt shower from Jaycar. Fill the bucket with water. Submerge the pump, plug shower in to cig lighter and switch on. Cost $14.............too easy :o)

D jack ,,have you ever actually used a coleman hot water system ? bet not cause if you and your swimbo had , you would own one !!!!

spent heaps of time out bush last year and my trick was to take yesterdays theromos STILL ABOUT 1/4 full for a walk with asponge and a shovel and a roll of dunney paper every morning.

Well I lashed out before my last trip to Innamincka and bought a pop-up shower/toilet tent and a coleman 12 volt shower. Not the $400 jobbie, but the $29.95 one.

Heat some water and place in a large container. (My container doubles as a carry-all on trips and as a crab bucket when I'm crabbing)
This rectangular container holds, oh about 40-50 litres if you fill it, but 20 litres is more than enough. It is big enough to stand in, so one is recirculating the water. (very environmentally friendly hey!)

Now being a gentleman (well sometimes) I invite my Spouse to take first shower, then I follow. The flow rate is adequate. Well let's face it, who cares how long it takes to rinse the suds off? I'm in no hurry when camping.
Well, this works for us and one doesn't need a shower every day.

Geez, I just thought of an improvement!!!
There's standing room for two of us in the tub. Must run this past the Bride:-)

I've got the garden pressure pack & changed the top with an underground garden watering system spray head. We have the pop up shower tent with the pockets to hold the shampoo & the soap on tap (kids like to drop a bar of soap). 4ltrs of water will do the 4 of us as we are there for washing not singing. We use the black bag to heat the water, or boil the billy.

hay have you used a solar bag one. They r black thin rubber about 10 litre's and you get 3/4 quick showers out of it. Just leave it in the sun fore 2 hours or on the roof as ya driving.

Or use the good old shower in a can.

We had a fancy underbonnet shower and sold it - too many hassles.

Now we use a 8 litre stainless steel pot ($10) with an added handle, slip it onto the fire until warm, and use the $20 electric shower. Only use about 4 litres per shower when out in the desert or about 8 litres if plenty of water around.

The 12 volt showers will do about a years worth of camping for us before the motor packs up.

Cheers
Phil

I have returned from Venus Bay, where we have just spent 5 wonderful days.

Tracy bought along one of those pop-up shower / change shelters, but her & Rhiannan didn't use it. They opted for a 6 km. drive to Port Kenny caravan park each evening.

This left me alone with the tent, as my son Mark just simply doesn't shower!

All I did was heat a billy ( 3 litre ) to luke warm, and sit down cross legged on the foam mats inside the tent, and proceeded to wash myself like those buggers in India do in the Ganges River.

All very easy, and still have enough to tip over my head when finished. Stand up, & dry off.

We have a small battery operated shower unit, but I only ever use it to decant water from the water containers on the rear of my Honda.

I use "Wet - Ones" to clean my hands & face after meals, and after say changing tyres & stuff.

I have made a horrible & sad observation.............. when I drink Bourbon, and then sweat, I really go off!! Kids won't go near me........... stink too much........... Red wine only for the Wolf whilst camping.............. and some buds..........

Cheers

Wolfie

Can't beat a heat exchanger worth every bloody cent, trust me every bloody cent!!!!!!!

When doing remote work for extended periods, we used to 'bird bath' with a dish of water and a few cheap colour coded flannels from Kmart. This is fairly 'extreme' however, and it is far more pleasant just to carry lots of water and $30 12V submersible bilge pump and hose.

When you finish for the day, start with a dish of water and get hands clean with that gritty hand cleaner stuff in a bottle. Wipe as much dust and sunburn cream off first with a towell, then wipe face with a wet yellow flannel, body with blue and under carriage with RED for danger! Baby wipes are real good too.

Carry lots of socks and two pairs of boots so you can 'rest' them every other day. Use talcum powder liberally.

Whenever you squat poo, WIPE AGAIN fifteen minutes later (you'd be surprised!) This prevents the manufacture of the insidious and deadly 'crackjam'. Always sit on an soft towell to minimise 'cracksweat' when driving.

From hard learnt experience, this method lessens the chance of contracting the dreaded 'Baboon's Bum Syndrome' when travelling for extended periods in hot, remote areas with the windows up, no aircon and vinyl seats.

Hi Jack
When we travelled across the desert and desided that water was for drinking and not for washing we used this product which worked great
Bath in a bag
Regards Ray

Link
http://www.homehealthdelivery.com/bathing-products.html
Ray

We have tried a lot of different ideas and products for bush showering, in the end we bit the bullet and paid out $299 for a primus gas hot water system, we were tossing up between that one and the coleman, the problem with the coleman we were told by a sales man (that sold both types) is that they were mainly made as an hot water urn and the primus was made for hot showers. There is no pressure loss when the shower head is held high, The primus also has adjustable heat and pressure, and better still it was $100 cheaper than the coleman. in times of limited water the water can be recycled. Also the size of a primus is about 1/4 of the coleman (just looks like a small tool box). well worth a look.

Over the easter week-end we had a camping get together of more than 30 people at Licola in Victoria's high country and everybody showered using my coleman unit. First class and didn't miss a beat. My only modification to the unit was to turf the coleman showerhead (it's not real flash) and replaced it with one of those super efficent heads from bunnings for $10. Heaps of pressure and a long shower uses only 8 litres of water.

Hi all,

Anyone tried the Zodi hot showers

www.zodi.com

They have a decent range with good options.....also tent heaters

Ozpatrol(QLD)

At the end of the day pop the bonnet and get your solar shower bag and place it on the TAPPET COVER, keeping it well clear of the exhaust.

We have a pop in the cigarette lighter shower, one large billy of hot water into half a bucket of cold is enough for two separate showers :). Not enough for long hair washing though. Carolyn