Hot h2o systems

The easiest way is to boil a billy of water and add it to a bucket of water drop in a $20 dollar 12 volt shower. This system uses much less water than other methods, as you can quickly wet yourself turn off the water then lather up with soap turn water back on and rinse.My wife and myself can both have a good shower with about eight litres of water.WE used to use a 20 litre drum with a tyre valve fitted on the cap and a hose connected to the bottom this then went to a shower rose. A compressor was then connected and turned on. This system gave fantastic water pressure but was also a great way to waste water as we would use almost all the water in the drum.
We used a black water container and it was left out in the sun for the day to heat (sometimes to hot)

Get a Coleman Hot Water system.

Very simple to use with a variety of uses.

Cheers Kev

The Boil-The-Billy/12volt-$20-pump system is the cheapest.... but the Coleman Hot Water system is the most versatile and easiest to use!


Cheers

Brian

It's camping remember........boil the billy and hang the canvas bag in the tree or of your car.......no 12 volt problems or running out of Gas.
cheers
Reiner

You can't go past a Coleman Hot Water System. They are a touch of luxury when out camping and very useful when you have two young boys running around getting dirty!!!
I also read a forum on here where people suggested using a pressure garden sprayer - heat your water up and put it into sprayer for a wash down. I thought the sprayer idea would be worth a try if we didn't have the Coleman system.

If you have heaps of water, go for the fancy showers.
If you want to use 4-8 litres per shower, use the $20 12V and a 8 litre crockpot. Heat up on fire or stove.
If you want to use 2 litres per shower (and take twice as long to shower), use a 4l Hills garden sprayer with cut down wand - billy of hot with 2 billies of cold usually does it.

Thank you all for your responses. I will have a look at the Coleman. I have talked to the people at Glind and received the normal stuff. We have used the garden sprayer when we lived aboard our yacht(recently sold). We painted the outside black and lashed it on deck and had a fairly efficient solar pressure hot water system but probably would have problems in a dusty environment. Done the canvas bucket for many years also but need just that bit extra in advancing years. Thanks again and regards to you all. Quentin

We have a Glind and have used it successfully for years

it doesnt matter a damn what system you use to shower with..it is not the system that wastes the water ...it is the user!.........be it Coleman, Glind or the hot billy!...we have susseccfuuly had a very refreshing sponge bath in an ice cream container half full when water is scarse

We use the rose to wet ourselves...turn it off...lather up and then turn it on to rinse........doesnt need to use any more or less than the other posts / systems have suggested

at least the Glind sits under the bonnet and takes no room from elswhere and utilises the engine as a heat and power source.....does the Coleman do this?... I dont believe so