For those who have a shower,what you use / like.

[nevadatear]

Two methods. One, most common, we just put it on the campstove. My husband is working on a steel ring with a bunch of holes in it to go over a single burner white gas we have so I don't have to lift it up. It will double as a dutch oven holder too, but he has been too busy at work to get it done. (He owns a custom machine shop and it is farming season. Too much farmer repair work)

[vtx1029]

The beer man in me has always thought that one could use 5 gallon soda kegs with a mini co2 charge

[Off Grid Rving]

Here in my off grid renewable energy camper I built I use a solar water collector, they do work great in a wisconsin winter too. I tested a small version couple winters ago and it can still heat up an uninsulated bucket of water too hot for you to stick your hand into.

do not discount solar gains.

[Ratkity]

The beer man in me has always thought that one could use 5 gallon soda kegs with a mini co2 charge

You gonna take a bath in carbonated water? I heard soda water could get out stains in fabrics.....

Hugs,
Ratkity

[Dale M.]

Only problem with soda kegs is hose connection for average joe.. Things with threaded connectors and or barbed connector are easier to work with and then there is issue with "charging" (pressurizing) them....

Dale

[eamarquardt]

Only problem with soda kegs is hose connection for average joe.. Things with threaded connectors and or barbed connector are easier to work with and then there is issue with "charging" (pressurizing) them.... Dale

I've been using one of these as a garden chemical sprayer for years. I had to weld threaded fittings onto the "wierd" fittings that the container originally came with.

One caution on using pressure vessels and heating things up on a stove/burner. Any pressure vessel (particularly one that is being heated) should have a pressure relief valve installed. Heating a sealed container can be very hazardous to your health. Personally, I'd never heat a container with the lid installed except a properly maintained pressure cooker or a "factory" water heater with all of its safety devices installed.

One can absolutely think "outside the box", find alternate uses for things (see my pressure cooker based water heater) but you gotta pay attention and do it safely. Burns hurt! A lot!

Cheers,

Gus

[bdosborn]

I don't know why but RV hot water heaters always seem to be overlooked. They're not that much bigger than the rigs everyone has been discussing and they work great. I have the pilot light type and the only time the burner runs is when I light it at the beginning of a trip so it doesn't use much propane. The pilot light keeps the water hot enough that I've never heard the burner come on after a shower. Its funny though, I never would have considered one either until I read about the one that Rob put in his Cabin Car.

However, I just looked at prices and they've sure gone up since I got mine off eBay.


Bruce

[Changer]

I don't have any intention of putting a shower in the tinycamper, but if I were to, I think I'd go with something like this - http://www.atomicmall.com/view.php?id=705838

[youandi]

We like a few other members have a Zodi Extreme Shower unit, PETT (Clean Waste) shower tent and toilet.

[Mukilteo]

I have a 20 quart pot I heat up on the Coleman stove or over the campfire coals.
And a Coleman 6volt shower pump which I think has been discontinued.
I take it apart to let it dry out every time I use it so it won't rust out.
And the shower tent.

[vtx1029]

Only problem with soda kegs is hose connection for average joe.. Things with threaded connectors and or barbed connector are easier to work with and then there is issue with "charging" (pressurizing) them....

Dale

5 bucks a piece for the correct connectors with barbed fitting doesn't seem that hard for the average joe to me. I also gave you a solution on how to charge it cheap and effectively....

[Shadow Catcher]

We are using an Atwood 6gal gas/electric heater. MM#1 had a 4 gal gas heater which worked well but used a fair amount of gas and when hooked up to shore power it just made sense to use electric that you are already paying for. You can see it in the left hand corner.



The neat shower head set up is this one, that uses a single twist control http://www.adventuretrailers.com/showermixer.html

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[chef0]

Hi everyone - I've been a lurker her for a while and decided to join. Right now we tent camp, but have dreams of a TD one day. Here's the shower system that we use. I went out and bought a 3 gallon garden sprayer at a home improvement store. This is the kind that you pump up to pressurize. It is generally used for weed spray. Looking back, I could have gone with a smaller model, but oh well. We then heat a large pan of water to very hot, pour it into the sprayer and add cold water to get the right temperature. (This way we're not heating a huge amount of water.) We either heat the water on the camp stove or over the fire. Close the sprayer, pump it up and you have a pressurized shower for about $15.00. BTW - it also makes for a great mister if it is really hot, or even a giant water gun.

[navigator]

When we tent-camped, I built a trailer to store all our gear, which had a 50-gallon water tank and a 12-volt pump, plus a 10-gallon water heater. I used washing machine hoses to connect to a washing machine valve on the trailer (to left of tire), and adapted the hoses to an RV shower spray valve at the other end, which was in the shower tent seen in the background. Worked great! Camping with other families required refilling the tank, as they enjoyed hot showers, too!

[sdakotadoug]

Have a look at one of these. www.duckworksbbs.com/gear/shower/index.htm.