Date:         Thu, 27 Mar 2014 09:04:57 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: interesting outdoor shower
Comments: To: Edward Maglott <emaglott3@gmail.com>
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While it's too chilly here to actually take a shower, this contraption did
arrive and I hooked it up. I have a picture of it attached to the outside
of my camper if anyone wants to see.

First off, I would mention that it is very well made. It has generous hose
lengths, something I can't say about the Zodi product that costs much more.
It has an on-off switch with a waterproof rubber cover that you can
actually use while taking a shower. It comes with a hanger and a suction
cup that will mount the spray head to the Vanagon. It has an adjustable
flow on the spray head, a very nice feature. It runs off of your van's
battery (cig lighter) so you don't have to worry about keeping or finding
D-cells that other showers use. It puts out a nice, steady, adjustable
stream of water. The Zodi I have used in the past just bout forces you to
leave the cabana to turn the water on and off, which wastes water.

For a water supply, I used a backpacker's water bag as you can see in the
picture. It is freestanding when filled, but in a squat sort of way that
doesn't work very well with the pump head, which needs to be vertical. I
have another larger bag that is freestanding, but in the picture I took
this morning I hung the otherwise flat bag from a door handle with the hook
that came with the shower. You could also use the westy sink as a water
source or, in the right weather, the water tank itself. Or a river or
stream (there is a nice foam filter in the pump head).

One thing you cannot use, at least without dumping the water into another
container like a water bag, is a solar shower. The OD of the pump head is
larger than the ID of my solar shower, but the two would make an ideal
setup. You could heat the water during the day, then use it as you like
with a pop up cabana without it having to be smack up against a front door
of the camper. You can put the shower anywhere you want to provided you can
reach a 12v socket. A 12v extension cord would provide other options.

Jim




On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Edward Maglott <emaglott3@gmail.com>wrote:

>
> http://www.eachbuyer.com/12v-portable-outdoor-camping-travel-car-pet-dog-shower-p6250.html?&currency=USD
>
> That could be handy for us Vanagon travellers
>
> Edward
>