Brisbane Caravan and camping show - gennies

"Also looked at one of those primus hot water shower thingies. (comes in blue metal box) They run off gas. Has anyone hads any experience with these?"

Yes, I had one they are way too fiddly & sensitive, sold it & bought a Coleman, couldn't be happier!

hi Freezer, as Brian said the" coleman hotwater on demand " is a top potable hotwater system. i have one as well and they are very easy to use. around $350 i think and not sure what the primus ones a worth but only ever heard negative storys on them. and i was at the show today as well, they would have made a doller or two on gate sales as it was packed. top day. good luck on your decision with hot water systems. Peter

The show has been great.

We have been so busy that we have had no time to eat or even see the other stands. I am fully booked for installations for June and 1/2 of July and it was nice to meet many of the ExplorOz members.

Thank you for popping in and saying hello.

The Honda's and Engel's are great units and my own Honda Eu20i has been fantastic an starts first pull every time.

Regards Derek and Izabel.

Hi Freezer?, ( Bit like Melbournes weather at present ! !) The Honda gennies at the recent Melb. c/van show were also impressive. Extremely quiet at idle but if you load them up with a toaster or kettle you know they are working but still not bad. My 2 stroke $98 GMC 800watt is way too noisy to be close to.
My 4 stroke $300, 2000w Aldi special works well but still much bigger and noisier than Hondas 20i which is a very compact unit. But then those prices??? ouch even with show special rebates. Hopefully China can learn from the Japs and come out with similar units at 1/3rd the cost sometime in future??

Freezer, we have the Coleman. Fantastic unit IMHO. It can run on disposable cylinders, or you can purchase an adapter hose for 20-30 bucks and run the unit off conventional gas cylinders.

There are 2 shower attachments (hose length) that you can get. Forget the shorter of the two as it severely limits where you can place the unit/shower head. I had the shorter one as it was the only one available. I bought 3m of similar hose and refitted the plastic fittings to this. It's fantastic now.

I've read here that a few people have changed the shower rose over for one that's better.

One advantage it has is the ability to give you water hot enough for beverages in a couple of seconds. Apart from a camp fire (free), that's got to be more economical than some other heating methods using gas etc.