My primative shower uses 1/2 gal. of water
#1
Posted 14 July 2010 - 03:30 AM
I am new here but have been lurking for a while. I am a few months away from ordering a new ATC, FWC, or Phoenix camper for my 91 Dodge diesel.
So I am reading past posts (and learning lots) and there is a discussion about Zodi portable showers. Someone writes that the shower head keeps breaking and someone else suggests using a garden type head which I assume is the kind that attaches to a garden hose.
However I later think, what if they meant: use the pump up pressure type garden atomizer sprayer? So I try it out and it takes a while to get wet and to rise off but it works fine and only uses a half gallon of water which means it is easy to heat up a small amount of water in a stove top pot. Also less water to deal with makes it a lot more feasible to set up an in camper temporary shower stall. A ten buck garden atomizer (it needs a longer hose) instead of $150 buck plus Zodi and no battery operated pump needed.
So is this a great innovation that I have come up with or is this old hat/reinvent the wheel/ everybody already knows about this?
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#2
Posted 14 July 2010 - 06:12 AM
Yep. This is what was suggested as an inexpensive alternative to the Zodi in one of the threads. I believe it was also suggested that a dish sprayer head be used to get better water volume with a better on/off control than the Zodi has, but you'd no doubt then use more than a half gallon...Hi all,
I am new here but have been lurking for a while. I am a few months away from ordering a new ATC, FWC, or Phoenix camper for my 91 Dodge diesel.
So I am reading past posts (and learning lots) and there is a discussion about Zodi portable showers. Someone writes that the shower head keeps breaking and someone else suggests using a garden type head which I assume is the kind that attaches to a garden hose.
However I later think, what if they meant: use the pump up pressure type garden atomizer sprayer? So I try it out and it takes a while to get wet and to rise off but it works fine and only uses a half gallon of water which means it is easy to heat up a small amount of water in a stove top pot. Also less water to deal with makes it a lot more feasible to set up an in camper temporary shower stall. A ten buck garden atomizer (it needs a longer hose) instead of $150 buck plus Zodi and no battery operated pump needed.
So is this a great innovation that I have come up with or is this old hat/reinvent the wheel/ everybody already knows about this?
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#3
Posted 14 July 2010 - 12:07 PM
Stew
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#4
Posted 14 July 2010 - 02:25 PM
I have, on cloudy days, just heated water on my stove and poured it into my solar shower bag. Very simple, very cheap.
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#5
Posted 14 July 2010 - 02:25 PM
#6
Posted 14 July 2010 - 02:35 PM
I have, on cloudy days, just heated water on my stove and poured it into my solar shower bag. Very simple, very cheap.
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#7
Posted 14 July 2010 - 06:32 PM
I have, on cloudy days, just heated water on my stove and poured it into my solar shower bag. Very simple, very cheap.
Well, sort of. We heat a little water, fill a 3 litter cheap water bottle, and take turns pouring it over each other as a quick outside shower.
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#8
Posted 14 July 2010 - 08:15 PM
#9
Posted 14 July 2010 - 09:32 PM
For an outside shower I really like the idea of filling the sink with hot water and attaching a tube and shower head to the sink drain spigot.
Just watch out for that 1st cup or two
#10
Posted 15 July 2010 - 12:49 AM
That’s what I use for the desert and other arid areas where water can precious, except mine is a ½ gallon sprayer from ACE Hardware. I first tried it out in the house bathtub to make sure I could get a decent bath with ½ gallon of water. Works great! I don’t bother with hot water in it. It’s more exhilarating with cold water.
If I have access to a relatively clean natural water source, I use my solar shower.
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