Our Portable Shower for Camping: Hot H20 Solution for Less Than $40
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Are you looking for a portable shower for camping? Our hot h20 solution for less than $40 may be the portable camping shower you are looking for.
In this episode of Playing with Sticks we will share with you our spacious portable camping shower tent that sets up in less than 45 seconds. We will also be gathering shower water from a remote Alaskan lake to be used in our Zodi shower system.
Having a battery powered shower while boondocking means you can take a hot shower just about anywhere. The camping hot shower system we chose is very minimal in terms of how much space it takes up. We think you will appreciate this simple approach towards creating an outdoor shower. We use this camping shower system for both our scamp shower and our teardrop trailer shower. Having hot water when camping has really helped increase the amount of days we are able to spend boondocking.
As usual please share with us what systems you have created for your portable camping shower. We are not claiming ours to be the best portable shower for camping, but we will say it gets the job done!
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We mentioned in the video that we would add some links into the description. Well, here they are!
From She to Me RV Channel / @fromshetome
From She to Me Shower Tent • Privacy for your RV ou...
Zodi Pump seems to be backordered (even on main website) offroadpowerpr...
2 Shower Pump Alternatives: amzn.to/2ZEuzxV and amzn.to/2ZC8g00
Other Zodi Systems:
Zodi Outback Gear Hot Tap Travel Shower amzn.to/2Lgki7s
Zodi 12 volt pump www.amazon.com...
Zodi Extreme Hot Shower amzn.to/2NIkDkU
Zodi Double Burner Model www.amazon.com...
Zodi Shower Pole and Tripod Stand amzn.to/2zEbvVZ
Our Shower Tent: www.amazon.com... If the tent is on backorder, which it often is another fellow camper from the Playing with Sticks family just purchased this tent. hamzn.to/32MpEQN Seems like a great alternative. Also like that it has 2 rooms. We have never tested it, so let us know if you purchase one and how it goes.
Collapsible Buckets amzn.to/2QSdnD6 and when you click on that link you can choose the 2 gallon bucket as well from that page.
Don't forget to checkout our Alaskan small camper trailer playlists: / @playingwithsticks
Thanks everyone for all your input and enthusiasm in this small camper trailer community. Safe Travels!
Our system is a lot like you, set up quick little pop-up tent, heat the water on the stove (its' stationary in our Teardrop galley), and here's the difference we use a clean outdoor sprayer. We like this system because we just manually pump to get pressure, it doesn't take a lot. Then we don't have to have batteries.
Love the idea of a clean outdoor sprayer. We agree having to rely on batteries can be a pain. We carry an additional 4 "D" batteries with us just in case. Surprisingly 4 extra "D" batteries take up quite a bit of room and weigh more than you would think. Thanks for sharing your setup Karen!
you can also use a metal outdoor sprayer keep near fire to warm till needed
@@mist4926 From Lil Giant I do not know what a clean or a metal outdoor sprayer is. If I ask at the hardware store, will they know what I am talking about?
Great idea!! We use the black and clear shower bags from Walmart - $10. They can heat too much on a sunny day, so I have two plumbed together - one stay cooler. we hang them up and we have the pressure we need. not as much as a pump, but gets the job done. On a cooler day, I'll put them on the car to warm.
@@mist4926 Yup, this is our portable shower too. I looked at a commercial version for about $200 then went to a hardware store and bought a 5-gal metal sprayer for about 1/3 the price. It even has a handy pressure gauge.
It's nice because you can adjust the spray from stream to mist. My wife initially thought it would be a dumb idea. The first time we had a shower/ steam bath in our shower tent she changed her mind. Now she raves about it.
I use a rubber door mat as my shower base so I dont have to wear sandals or stand in mud. Rolls up small or lays flat in the truck bed when not In use.
Thanks for sharing this Bobby. Great suggestion. Light and affordable.
Good idea. I wouldn't necessarily think of that the first time around. Or shower shoes could work I guess.
Bobby, or you could use a rubber car floor matt? Save taking a extra item with you?
Wear crocs in the shower
Thank you for sharing that idea. I love it! I just recently started using a Cintas reusable 3x5 mat in front of my tent. Rubber backed with a black carpet surface. I pressure wash it when I get home, good as new. Also added a set of Stanley saw horses that clip together and a 1/2 4x6 piece of plywood to make a quick and easy table. 👍
Thank you so much for the shout out. I'm so behind in watching any of my favorite channels; combination of no/poor connectivity or trying to edit on the go. But as we drove back down to Riley Campground after hiking the Savage River Alpine trail today, my husband said, "do you know this guy, he just gave you a shout out!" LOL. I didn't even know he had downloaded your video. So glad to see your channel has exploded. But even that has its downsides as it makes it harder for you to respond to comments and puts ever more pressure on your time for content, etc. Loving our visit here in Alaska, especially all that sunshine...still can't get used to looking out at night and seeing so much light.
I'm happy for you 😊
Refreshing to see parents teaching their children and spending quality time. Awesome..... we appreciate you
We just got a $30 solar bag shower on amazon! It works well! It’s too heavy to clip on the Scamp anywhere and is best when hung in a tree or laid on the car. I was so happy to have it that I took a shower two days in a row! Great video man!!
Hey Elsa. We had a very similar issue with our black solar shower bag. It was too heavy to be held by our original popup privacy tent we had a few years back. Now, that we have the more robust instant tent you saw in the video we have no issues with the weight of the solar water bag. The design of the tent is nice because it distributes the weight of the bag across a suspended shelf on the top of the tent. We are often surprised even here on cold days the solar bag can get that water pretty warm. Thanks for the compliment on the video Elsa, much appreciated!
yes you can also hang an umbrella in the tree upside down and then hang a shower curtain on the umbrella points all the way around, the holes in the curtain are the perfect spacing.
mist That sounds like a really good idea!
@@mist4926 wow! great hack
Ahawo
In the Army, each person got 5 gal metal Jerry can painted black and you placed the can in the sun all day. Come evening, you had a nice warm shower.
Love this idea. Simple and effective.
Reason 3,543 why civilized men dont/cant join the army.
Your kid is literally too damn cute.
Thanks Andrew. We appreciate the compliment. He really does make these outdoor adventures so much more fun.
No kidding..kid is as cute as they come
Yep
I use a Nemo Shower, fill early in the day and sit in the sun...Sometimes you have to be careful because the water can get very hot.
Love those Nemo Showers. That is impressive that it gets so hot you have to be careful. Thank you for sharing Sonya!
I love my Nemo shower!
Google "Nemo portable shower" . It's super easy.
Asking for a link here for something this specific sounds lazy, or above a simple Google search today?
Geez, now I'm annoyed at some people..
Great information. We are sizing down from a Class A diesel pusher to a teardrop or square drop as soon as the Class A sells. I love your channel and the professionalism and great information you provide. It has helped me to decide that moving back to our roots was the right decision, and we can't wait for the moment we can do that. For now, we have a pop up tent to camp in our of our Jeep Renegade. Feels great to get back to what we truly love.
I see a belly! Congratulations! How is camping pregnant? How soon do you plan to get out in nature after baby comes?
You are the first person to notice! Thanks for the congratulations Suzanna :) The hardest part has been that May can only sleep on one side of her body. This has made finding her position in bed a bit tougher. The Scamp has been a bit tougher than the teardrop because the edge is a bit soft. But then again the Scamp is much easier because she doesn't have to bend over as much. God willing, baby will be born in late September, so with winter coming so early up here we probably won't get a chance to take "him" out camping this fall. Our guess is that some winter nordic skiing to a cabin will be his first outdoor adventure!
We just had a chance to watch this video. Just a heads up the tent is much sturdier than it looks. We noticed it was swaying in the video, which is because it has no stakes. Like we said we move it a bit to grassy areas to take showers and then return it back to the Scamp or teardrop for bathroom or mosquito relief. As usual we really appreciate all your creative ideas you have shared with us. We have already received a couple creative shower solutions from the community, please keep them coming!
Can you tell us what brand is the pop-tent? Thanks!
We have a pop up shower, and although we have a shower unit on the outside of our trailer, I like to use a big 1 1/2 to 2 gallon bucket, which I leave in the sun to warm up during the day. Then get a small pot to use as a scoop to rinse with. Simple and works great!
We like this, sounds much more simple than our shower. Someone today suggested painting that bucket black and putting a lid on it. That sounds like a good replacement for our solar shower bag. We spend a lot of time in Asia and the bucket bath gets the job done.
@@PlayingwithSticks We fill a big stainless steel pot with water and place it into a black garbage bag and sit it in the sun. The water gets SUPER HOT! I hope this helps someone. :-)
I use a similar pump at my off grid cabin. Its USB rechargeable and you can take several showers before recharging. I take a very good shower on 3 gal of water or less. 5 gal is a luxury shower
The USB rechargeable sounds great. It doesn't take a whole lot of water to get a great shower does it? Thanks for sharing your setup Mike.
Thank you for the heads up on the collapsible water bucket.
You are most welcome Eileen!
Thanks for sharing. We grew up with bucket baths at home - my parents are from India. we used fill a bucket with warm water and throw this on ourselves with a jug. When I visited India, as the family didn’t have running hot water, they would heat water in a small pot, have a bucket of cold water and add whatever they needed from the hot water into the bucket to make it warm. Then same as usual bucket bath
That is May's family as well! We have had quite a few comments suggesting we do the "Asian" style bath. With all the time we have spent using this method when traveling in Asia we forgot to try it out for our camping experience. We will have to give it a go this summer.
Ive been wanting to try a hoolahoop with a shower curtan on it as the blind. and just bucket with a sprayer and valve on it. i think a 3 to one pully would make it very easy to lift that into a tree.
That is a great idea. Yes, you really could just use a rope throw like we do for putting a bear proof canister up in a tree. Again, great idea, so simple!
If you use a cheap foldable dog tub, you can shower without worrying about mud. Great video.
Never would have thought of this. Great suggestion! In another video of ours "Our 14 Favorite Teardrop Trailer Tips and Tricks" ua-cam.com/video/JMbS7B9G-pc/v-deo.html we mention using a drip pan for the bottom of water heaters for catching the water and keeping you out of the mud. But your fold-able version sounds much more efficient.
I use an inflatable kiddy pool. It works perfectly.
Or just put a tarp down
Use a foldable 'picket fence'.
I have an inflatable kiddie pool I actually found at the side of the road in a free pile. Works great and folds up to nothing.
We use a tent like you have done but for water we took a garden sprayer and painted it black leaving a strip unpainted to see the water level. We then set it our for the day in the sun and attached a kitchen sink sprayer and hose to the sprayer. We pump the pressure up and hang the kitchen sprayer in the tent and active the kitchen sprayer when we want water. Works great. If the water is not warm enough we do as you did by heating it up on the stove.
Love this diy shower you have. You are the first person to suggest leaving a strip unpainted to see the water level. Great idea!
Pulled up your video for shower solutions and forgot all about it while smiling ear to ear watching your little man help. Too cute and God bless.
Glad you enjoyed it Arthur. Sometimes just filming the tents and camping gear, get a bit boring for us. We like to use these videos as a bit of a video journal for our family. And sometimes even folks like you enjoy those segments as well, which is really neat to hear.
We just finished our very first teardrop Trailer vacation in Sweden. We drove 3000 Miles and visit 6 different campgrounds to sleep. Showers were there, next vacation more camping in the wild without showers..... Thanks for the shower info. Greetings from The Netherlands. 🇳🇱❤️🇺🇸✌️
Guido so great to hear you were able to make your maiden journey in your teardrop. 3,000 miles is quite a big adventure for your first trip! After all that distance we are glad to hear you are still excited to get back out there. I remember our first big teardrop trip. It took us almost 5 days to recover from it. Since then we made minor adjustments to our packing list and I am usually itching to get back out there the next day. Glad you enjoyed the shower info. Greetings from the States to you as well.
Keep up the good work, we love all the information about camping!
I put my 5 gallon jerry can directly on the gas stove, then I put it on top of my camper and let the gravity do the job, no need for fancy showers with pumps.
So simple. Love this. Wonder where we can find a metal jerry can up here?
Very similar to your setup. Two room instant shower tent (better for bugs since you can get changed on one room, shower in the other), we use two large collapsible buckets for water, and a rechargeable pump for the shower. The only difference is that we have a hot water heater on our trailer (we have a pop up a frame camper), so heating water is much easier :)
Thanks Natalie for sharing. We have almost purchased the two room tent on multiple occasions. We love that it has a rainfly and we think it would be large enough for us to use as a nice side entry tent. The hot water heater you have really does sound much easier than heating water the way do. Thanks again for sharing what you are using, we know people will appreciate hearing your approach.
I got tired of carrying all that equipment and all the work that went with it and now use the Shower Pouch. Very happy so far.
That is like a giant single use wet wipe right? That does sound pretty simple. Out of curiosity how much do those cost? Sounds like a great solution to staying clean out there.
Playing with Sticks I’ve only used them on two trips so far and they seem to work great. If nothing else I feel fresh when I go to bed and don’t have the campfire smell. Their website is theshowerpouch.com And the price depends on how many you buy at one time. You may be able to get a discount as a UA-camr. Hope this helps! I love your channel.
Thanks for the link and the feedback. Also thanks for the video idea. We would like to pick some up and try them out in the video. Just the idea of getting that campfire smell off of us would be worth it in itself.
I use a 2-1/2 gallon solar heated water bag hung from a collapsible PVC pole (looks like a coat rack). Sponge bath on cloudy days....
Where did you get that tent shower? I bought one at Wally's and it was a nightmare to set up. That one looks very easy. The other thing that was bad about that shower tent I got from Wally's is that it was completely see-through in the sun :O
The instant tent is from Lightspeed. I believe it is called the light speed privacy tent. To our knowledge this one's pretty dark and not see through. We have a light blue instant pop up and you can definitely see the silhouette of people. Dark brown seems to be the way to go.
Suggestion: to avoid having your feet in the mud or sand (when there's no grassy area), I always carry a polthene cut to the size of the inside of the tent and that has some holes of 1 inch diameter to instantly drain. Easy to fold, no weight and cheap
Okay, this is going to show our naivety... what is a polthene?
sorry. I just realize that I made a typing mistake. The wright word is polYthene. A simple plastic flexible sheet. So now you know that you're not naive :) :) :)
Hot shower while camping is a luxury. When we did our trip back to Alaska, we hosed the kids down with cold shower using the built in hose/nozzle from our t@g teardrop. They didn’t like that at all but at least they smelled better. I love the Lightspeed products, I have a half dome type of beach shelter, we used that during our trip, we face the open half towards the t@g for privacy. Water did pool up a little bit because it has a floor, but it drains easily for cleaning and setting up/take down was a lot quicker.
It truly is a luxury. Luu I know we've said in the past that we need to interview you and your family about your trip. When things slow down here we really do have to do that.I think a lot of people on here will find you one of the bravest men ever to take your family of 5 all the way from Arizona to Alaska in a teardrop trailer that you couldn''t even stand up in! You guys are our heroes!
And thanks for chiming in about your lightspeed product. We haven't used their other tents, but like you said the one we have we really love. Even the one we have that has no bottom for showering, the water does catch in the edges a bit as well but it does dry out really quickly.
I just warm a camping bag warmed by the sun. Works great and less work
Great method. That is what we use as well on sunny days up here (solar shower bag). But, those are pretty few and far between up here. Somedays we really just want that hot shower that feels like home. Other days it is just a nice sponge bath.
@Alex when you have arthritis or have more time to do other things. Less is more!
Suggestion: tea tree oil rubbed in skin will take itch out of mosquito bite, plus the mosquitoes hate the smell of it. Also; when you have a campfire, burn some sage and rosemary, it will repel many bugs (mosquitoes, fleas, and ticks)...love your channel.
Thank you for this. Our family utilizes tea tree oil quite often, but we haven't heard about using it for bites. Thanks a ton for watching out for us. Looking forward to giving this a try. Also great idea on the campfire sage and rosemary. I bet it also smells amazing!
@@PlayingwithSticks burning sage and rosemary in the campfire does smell good for us, but not the mosquitoes. I do gardening and use these methods to repel many bugs. Happy camping!
Thanks for sharing I get ideas every time I watched y'all videos.Where you brought the fold down buckets?
Glad you get great ideas from the videos. That makes us excited. We are seeing these buckets many places. We picked up the large bucket at Bass Pro. I believe that one is about 4 gallons. The small bucket we picked up at our local grocery store. It is 5 liters in capacity. The large bucket was a bucket design for fishing which made it cheaper for some reason than the non-fishing bucket from the same brand and the brand name is Quarrow. Our small bucket does not have a brand name on it. Our guess is that these are made in China and are branded under many different names if you were to look on Amazon. Hope that helps.
@@PlayingwithSticks thanks
Thanks. I just purchased my first shower kit cuz with Covid I still want to camp but not thrilled about using public showers. So got the tent, portapotty and shower kit for fairly cheap. Tent was thirty and portapotty was $20, and shower (bag system) was $10. Thanks for link to the other lady’s video too
Good point on the bathrooms. We have ran into quite a few folks on here who are feeling the same way. $60 by the way is great. Especially beings most of these items have multiple uses. From She to Me is such a great resource. Glad you were able to check here channel out.
We have been looking for something JUST like this! Thanks for always recommending great products!
Glad this video was helpful. We have also heard great things about the Helios. We think that is what it is called.
I like the idea of a pump shower like you have, much better than hoisting a bag of water up into a tree.
However I do find the solar hot water bags to be amazing and they will heat your water up to a temp that is too hot to use without dilution in about an hour.
Question how to deal with soap with environment is there any eco-friendly so that it will be acceptable like at national Parks like Kings canyon / Sequoia? How to deal with it 🙃
Yes, at any outdoor store or even your local Walmart you can find biodegradable soap. I would Google how to use soap in the outdoors you’ll find a list about how far you need to be away from water sources and things like that. It’s pretty simple, but worth learning. We often use Dr. Bronner‘s as an alternative for biodegradable soap.
i have the same setup minus the tent. I have the same battery powered shower, however use a home depot bucket, and heat the water like you using the stove. Shower in my swim suit like your doing. Anyways, I sold my t@g last week, and now own an aliner aframe popup.
Thanks Eric for sharing your setup. We thought we were unique. I'm going to say great minds think alike :) Any chance I could interview you or correspond with you about your switch to the Aliner? The intention would be to make a video about it. We could keep it completely anonomous, minus if anyone reads this reply obviously. I think a great video would be "Why I sold my teardrop and bought an A-Liner." With this channel we really want to help people have a general idea of what works great and the not so great on small camper trailers. It is fun to hear the perspectives on others about why they chose a teardrop over a Casita or why they switched from the Casita to an A-Liner, etc. If that isn't something you would be interested in doing, our feelings won't be hurt :)
I'm not sure about doing a video interview, but thanks for asking. I wished I could off have kept the teardrop but I only have room for one camper in the garage. I didn't want to pay for RV storage, I needed something that would fit in the garage. Now here are my reasons. I was only comfortable in the teardrop when having attached the 5x7 PahaQue tent to the door. A place to stand and change clothes, and store my gear. It was taking me about an hour half setup time for doing the tent and getting camper level and situated. Picking a camping spot was time consuming as well as I needed to pick a spot which had room for tent, and a site that was not paved. I stay in campgrounds, like national forest campground and state parks, I have not boondocked as I have not felt comfortable yet about not having other campers nearby. Some state parks in CO are having the camping site paved, so in those cases I managed to use them by parking it with one side of camper on the grass/gravel, and still able to get the tent up, and the camp host usually didn't mind The last couple camping trips there was heavy wind, and that pretty much sold the deal, it was miserable time when tent is blowing all around. I wish I could off done like your are doing having both teardrop and scamp. I had the teardrop four years, it was not easy decision selling it, I will miss the outside kitchen area.. The Aliner may not be good in wind either, so time will tell I'm I made a mistake, ha ha
Thanks for sharing your reasons Eric. It's funny today is the first day we camped at a state park that had asphalt parking. We pulled out the side entry tent and said how are we supposed to keep this in place? We ended up moving it up to another grassy location away from the teardrop, which we were fortunate to have space here but now we don't have a side entry. It's funny because then we pulled out the phone to check the comments tonight and you shared the very same issue. We even filmed the incident so you'll see it in one of the videos this year. It is so tough to find a trailer that does everything. So far we haven't found one and that's why using the scamp and the teardrop for different style trips has worked the best for us. I may be wrong, but I thought I've seen quite a few videos of slim potato head where he didn't have too much issues in the wind with his A Liner. But I remember him being worried a lot, but come morning everything was fine. but then again I haven't watched all of his videos, so there may be some where he lost the battle. We're looking forward to hearing how the transition goes for you. Thanks as usual for sharing your insights.
I’m a little late on this video... also not sure if someone mentioned it all already? But when we dry camp we can use a few gallons for all 6 of us the whole time camping. We have a system similar to this but we run it through a filter and just reuse the water. So we have a basin we stand in. Then on the suction part of the pump is the 1st filter then on the outlet side it runs through another filter and pumps out from there. So we reuse the water over and over. I bought a water tester and it’s actually pretty clean and gets the job done when water is limited. We also fill a black pouch and let that sit in the sun all day. Then it’s nice and warm for showers later in the day. Otherwise we warm it like y’all did.
Nobody has mentioned your system yet. Lately we have had folks reach out and share with us a popular video on UA-cam called the 1 hour shower. Very similar to your setup. Love you setup by the way. We will definitely be stealing this idea in the near future :) Thanks for sharing with everyone. I know they will appreciate it!
I use a 5 gal bucket and a Chinese knockoff tankless water heater. I recirculate the water through the bucket. In less than 10 min it's steaming hot.
Sounds like a great setup. Where do you store your tankless heater? Is it mounted to your trailer or vehicle? I like the idea of it being portable, but I really haven't seen anyone with one not attached to something.
I no longer see your “clam” style shower tent on the From She to Me amazon store.
We find that tent is often sold out. Sometimes it is fun for May and I to think maybe we had a little bit to do with the demand for that tent. It truly is an awesome little tent! We are starting to see the same tent popping up online under other brand names. Even major American companies are selling this tent under their own brand. I just saw it yesterday...but I can't remember which company. It was a company that made some sort of shower pump or heater and they have this tent as one of their branded accessories.
L.O.L. You gotta be kidding us. You call that an excellent hot water shower ?????
We see your point. It really isn't the most luxurious is it? It does however help us get a great night sleep and sometimes that is worth it's weight in gold!
Instead of boiling single pots of water over and over, why not simply go buy one of those large deep spaghetti pots so you can heat the water all at once, leave it in the pot and simply remove from stove and and use. This way it's easier to add cold water if it's to hot, rather than boiling more water etc. Cheers mate. 👍🏽😎👍🏽
Great idea! What you saw was our ridiculous frugality showing through. We only have one set of pots (our backpacking pots) for camping and backpacking. However this year our goal is to get a set for each style of camping so we don't have to move them all around
Nice I have the zodi shower system and I just purchased the Helio shower.
We are pretty interested in the Helio shower. We are hoping to come across someone who has one at a campground that we can try it out. If you have time let us know how the Helio is working for you. We would love to know.
We use a Zodi propane shower for our hot showers, and the Helio for rinsing dishes, washing hands, quick spray showers in warm weather, etc....
I use a stainless steele pest/weed sprayer. heats up on a butain cooker. Only uses about 2/3 liters of Water Per shower. When travelling in Australia the only water you have with you is the water you carry. My wife and I can shower plus 2 kids with only 7 liters of water.🇦🇺
We have never heard of a stainless steel version. That is a great idea. We will have to see if they sell them here in the States. Do you know what brand yours is?
It's a generic kind of pest prayer. It's called "capital stainless steel sprayer" I bought it from Bunnings which is our hardware supply chain. It cost $79AUD. I'll have to do a video.
Is this guy for real???who can be arsed with this?using all the gas for heating the water?by the time youre done i have already bathed myself in a waterfall or a river, sorry but no way in hell would i be doing this x
It is a bit crazy. But, sometimes nothing beats a nice long hot shower after a long time on the road.
No shower yet. Sponge bath and occasional $10 truck stop shower.
I did buy a small outside tankless heater like for a barn. It is HUGE. Setup each time is a real pain. It would be great for a camper.
When going for a week or longer we love the truck stop shower as well. Up here it is the "Harbor Master"shower, but virtually the same thing.
Playing with Sticks, Sounds like “Harbor Master” shower could go on the video idea list!
We will add that to the video list. Thanks for the idea. Coming up with topics can be tough. We never even thought of this one.
why not get a rubber bladder for warm/hot water using solar heat or run a tee-fitting to the return radiator hose and one hose for the for heating water. not the engine inlet hose because the engine thermostat will not function properly.
The solar bag is a great suggestion. We do actually use one most the time, we forgot to mention it in this video. Well, most the time it is warm up here. Creative idea on the return radiator hose.
A padling pool makes a great sower tray.
Hi Joseph. I am not quite sure what a paddling pool is. Would love to know more.
Great video Drew! We haven't camped longer than 3 nights in our T@G ... it was kind of a rainy summer last year ... and we're not having dry weather this year either! Chris and I are trying to figure out what we will do if we run into back to back rainy days...We have a 10' canopy that covers the kitchen and has screening for buggy days... but we don't have awnings for the doorways. When we open our doors to the rain, the inside of the door gets wet as does the exposed part of bedding. I may just buy some waterproof fabric or tarp and velcro it to our roof rack and tie the other end to our canopy or a tree.
We've been using the state campground showers for longer stays... but I will definitely check out your shower pump for longer camping trips ...
Have you seen this youtube channel? He built his own teardrop and he did an amazing job! I love all the details - it's beautiful! This link is for his walk through... ua-cam.com/video/W3akxypFlZE/v-deo.html
Thanks for all the info on your shower setup... I love the still you used for your video thumbnail... such a cute shot of your family!
Blessings, ~ Maria
Thanks for the sweet comment. We struggle with the same rain setup as you. Our biggest annoyance is when we pull into camp and it is already raining. This means we have to setup all the rain protection in the rain. Now you are wet and cold to the bone before you even got started. If we pull up to a site and it isn't raining the first thing we do if we know rain is on the way is to get up our side entry tent or our awning. But, like you we haven't created a way to protect the little gap from the teardrop door to the side entry tent. I am assuming you have seen this video ua-cam.com/video/dvbsJDDaYKg/v-deo.html. This is essentially what we need to do to ensure our bedding and you and I don't get wet. If you saw our boondocking tent video that setup would only require us to attach one of the side walls, which become awnings to the teardrop roof with suction cups. Unfortunately the suction cups stick to the Scamp, but not the material of our teardrop. We are looking at maybe just adding 3m hooks to the roof. The Scamp has 3m hooks and surprisingly it has held up for multiple seasons. Glad you enjoyed the thumbnail, we are trying to be more intentional with the thumbnails because we realize they can be pictures we look back at 10, 20 years down the road.
Okay, my first reply was getting lengthy so thought I would start a second. Yes, we love Camp and Camera. Did you see his video he just put out about what he learned from his first outing. We actually picked up quite a few ideas from him that he shared in that video. He reached out to us yesterday and shared a new channel with us. It is called RV East Coast ua-cam.com/channels/QurUTFzMFdfEH0a1uwYjqw.html. Watching their videos is like watching a movie. There cinematography, editing, and story are on point! Thanks for suggesting Camp and Camera. If you ever think of any other channels you think would be suitable for us please let us know. Safe travels Maria and Chris!
try install a sliding screen door that will roll back to close position. that will keep the bugs and mosquitoes out, better yet get a bug zapper lamp. great for good night sleep inside your tent or trailer.
Robert Chow - I’ve seen the bug zapper lamps online while looking for other things - I’ll check them out.
You could also jump in the lake to get mostly clean then soap up and rinse off with hot water
Now that just sounds too easy 😂
I use a metal pail, to collect water then heat it on the fire. I store the pail inside of my luggable loo bucket. Also have an air pressurized camp shower that has a trigger on the shower head. Less than 35 bucks at Canadian Tire
Smart storing the pail inside the luggable loo. As for the air pressurized shower do you happen to know the brand on that? Here in the States there only seems to be $80 plus pumps such as the Helios. Would love to find a $35 option.
Alaska looks beautiful,never been there, but it looks like there’s lots of mosquitos.wow!
There are a ton of mosquitoes! That was a pretty calm day.
Millions of black flies and mosquito
Walmart has a rechargeable(I think it's 20 volt tool batt) backpack sprayer my friend has with a RV shower head with on/off . I got the 15 gallon 12 volt sprayer for ATVs for my truck setup, she likes a long shower so make her happy . Being in Southern Nevada, most of the year we solar heat water. Painted tank black with a sight stripe .
Now that sounds like a good setup. You are the first person to mention this. You are also the first person to mention adding a sight stripe. Makes sense.
@@PlayingwithSticks Jaya the Cat Hello Hangover is good
What exactly is a "sight stripe"?
(I tried Goggle but got nothing.)
@@RipsterSA When I painted the semi clear garden sprayer , I put a piece of tape down the side, top to bottom so after painting remove tape now I have what we call a sight glass for boat fuel tanks. Just shows water level. Hope I didn't over explain.
@@slamboy66. Not over explained. I've not seen that before. Seems good to have. Thanks.
I use a collapsible shower bag that holds 2 1/2 gallons of water. Because the bag is dark, I will lay it out in the sunshine and depending on the time of the year it'll be from warm to hot.
Because I camp a lot in a teepee, I use a small kids inflatable pool for the floor that I put just inside the doorway of the teepee to stand in. I then hang my camp shower bag above my head from two of the poles that are on each side of the door and I just stand there and shower. I've done this for over 25 years and it works for me.
Thanks for sharing this Tim. You are definitely the only person we know who uses a Teepee on the regular. Sounds amazing!
@@PlayingwithSticks I started camping in a tipi when I started doing American Indian Powwows 28 years ago.
Over the years, I found myself doing 6 to 20 powwows a year, 2 to 4 nights at each one. Since I have it fully furnished, I would prefer to stay in the tipi and having to find a way to stay clean, especially during hot months became crucial.
These days, I do 7 to 10 powwows a year, 2 to 4 nights each. I will try to avoid doing it in the hot months but still do them mostly in the Fall with some in the Spring.
I've learned how to keep clean in temps as low as in the 20's.
I still use the same shower bag, along with the pink kiddie's inflatable pool but have had to change out the hose a couple of times due to it's age.
In cool and cold weather, I'll hang my shower bag next to the campfire that I keep going all night. In the morning when I shower the water will be warm.
And If it's just to cold to do that, I'll resort to bathing out of a pot that's hung over the fire and is used just for bathing.
Keep on camping. :-)
@@timdeane2056 How neat. That would is impressive how many Pow Wows you get out to. Those are big events. It is neat to hear that you bathe all the way down to 20 degree days. When it gets that cold here we just stay dirty which isn't that fun, maybe we need to get a bit tougher and try more fall showers this year.
Hey guys, 1st and 4most, tx 4 sharing these cool videos with us, definitely appreciated and helpful, cause I'm thinking bout trying 2 live the outdoor life 4 change of scenery, the experience, nature, 2 learn and study on plants , shrubs, etc...I also heard the Mrs. mentioned the Salmonberry, i never heard of a berry by the name, so this alone has definitely piqued my curiosity ...like a cat on the prowl 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm so f!@#$& 🧀🧀🧀zzzy!!🤣🤣
N e ways,
I've been a city girl all my life, living in urban neighborhoods as well...the closest place to go is by the Schuylkill river, like a block away from my home.....
And most importantly, I'm definitely struggling with personal issues that I'm not to proud of, trying to do something that can help get through life without continuously causing others and myself harm.....
I apologize 4 getting into the logistical aspect of my life, I'm just a too personable at times, and no, I'm definitely not a f!@$^#& weirdo 🤣🤣...
I've liked what I've been watching; camping, rving, just surviving the outdoors.....cant and wont ever stop learn from folks like u guys....
Do u by chance have or thought bout making a video on building a shed, let's say out of pallets? Or have any tips, suggestions on getting started, things like that?
Once again, my apologies 4 the drawn out posr... I'll think bout things to help me shorten my comments lol...tx guys 4 sharing this video with us, especially me. .
God Bless and stay safe and sound lovebugs😘❤🐞🐞🐞🐞.
Ps: I also have an old colman brand stove just like urs, definitely in need of tips for the clean up and maintenance of it please and tx😘❤🐞
Salmon Berries are amazing. A Native Alaskan favorite up here. Lot of studies on how the outdoors will help with mental health, anxiety, etc. Great place to go out and reset to your natural rhythm. Sorry no shed videos here and unfortunately no great ideas on that either. God bless you as well Bonnie. As for cleanup and maintenance of the old coleman stoves we have the same issue. Someone last week told us that you can purchase a maintenance kit for these that replaces the parts that get gummed up over the years.
@@PlayingwithSticks tx for replying lovebugs lol....I appreciate that....and no problem, I've been looking up other vids on here anyways, and as far as the stove, I'm going to set aside a day and play with it to see exactly what it needs....but I believe it's only been used 2 times at the most..
Great info filled video. Can't wait to catch up on watching your videos. Yall are precious!!! Keep making great vids!!
Somehow we missed this comment. Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for the sweet comment!
I also have a similar shower Cabana as yours. But I use a 3-gallon garden plastic pump up sprayer. I sprayed it with black Fusion paint. Lay it out in the sun it gets pretty warm if not I can heat water on the Coleman to add to it. I cut the spray wand off and added an extension of hose with a kitchen sink sprayer on the end. Then I pump it up and wet myself, soap up then pump up and rinse off. Out of the three gallons I can personally get two really good showers and wash my hair. No batteries to worry about. It is so wonderful that you and your family enjoy nature so much and you're bringing your children up to expose them to the Beauties and the wonders of this country. I admire you. You are such a beautiful family.
This is a great show solution! We have used the sprayer in the past, but we have never heard of painting it black to absorb the suns rays. We use a black solar shower, but it requires it to be hung vertically. The pump is great because you can use it in all settings. Washing the little guy would definitely be easier with a pump sprayer vs gravity fed. Thanks for this great solution. These are the type of things that make UA-cam so addictive. We have never really been into the prepper thing. But, the more we get into the various hacks people use it makes us curious how much more we can learn from the prepper community. The internet is like an onion, and we are realizing we have only peeled back the top layer. Thanks for the sweet comment about our family. Your kind words are really appreciated!
I have the exact same setup. I bought everything from home depot and assembled it in 10 minutes. Our family "splurged" and carry around a teak outdoor flooring from ikea so we don't have to step on dirt or grass while rinsing off.
@@BeesBirdsBiscuits The teak flooring sounds like an upgrade we should be looking into. Thank you for sharing Nicole!
Still little too much work, but at least one can take warm water shower. If that pump has problem during your shower what you would do?
True, it is a bit of work. Sometimes that warm shower is so worth it though. If the pump was to go out we would have to go back to our trusted small bucket used as a scoop to pour the warm water all over our body. We have heard from other comments that we need to be gentle on the pump as it can corrode.
Just an FYI, Scamp trailers are NOT considered a tear drop. They are a Bollo. They look nothing like a tear drop
Definitely not a teardrop. That was a word slip as we use the teardrop as much as the Scamp so sometimes my terms get a little switched up when filming these videos for all of you.
@@PlayingwithSticks Ha ha ha ha ha! That neeeeeeeeeever happens to me! Ha ha ha. I just loved ours but I liked my pop-up better. Good reviews tho.
You may want to consider adding a stick of 3 or 4" PVC painted black to the top of your Scamp. a 10ft stick of 3' will hold 3.7 gallons and the sun can heat it up during the day at least warm so you dont use as much propane and time heating on the stove.
I plan to buy a portable propane instant hot water heater for mine. You can find them for less than $300 and they dont take up too much room.
My system is a lot like yours. I use a 2 room shower tent and the same Zodi shower pump. I also use a cheap 12 quart stockpot from Walmart. I heat only as much water as I need on the stove right in the stockpot and drop in the pump. I hand hold the shower head and just drop it back into the pot so the water recirculates and I don't have to keep shutting it off while showering. When not in use the pot holds the pump, a silicone trivet to set it on plus soap and other shower needs. The stockpot comes in handy for lots of other things too. My a-frame pop-up camper has a water heater but I never use it.
Great idea on putting the shower head back in the bucket. Totally makes sense, but we never even thought about it. As you can see in our video we had to bend down quite far to turn off the pump. Thank you so much for this advice! Those A-frame trailers are pretty cool. We love watching Slim potato heads videos. We just had a major contributor to this community's postings upgrade from a teardrop to an a-frame.
@@PlayingwithSticks Question if you can...I need a new shower tent and was looking at the Lightspeed that you have but found mixed reviews. Has it been durable for you and does it handle wind well? The lazy part of me really likes the instant set up part and this one has a lot of room inside. I also just discovered a product called Lunatec Aquabot. Essentially its a pressurized water bottle. I can take a full shower with 64 ounces of water plus I use it to wash my hands, brush teeth, do dishes, wash mud off things and even put out out my campfire. They have an extension hose adapter that really makes it versatile. Extremely handy device that saves a lot of water.
@@wallywal6139 Sorry for the delay on this response. I thought I replied, but I must have accidentally deleted it. We are really surprised to hear the Lightspeed tent has some bad reviews. Honestly the tent is pretty overkill for a popup shower. The pole system is incredibly strong. Unlike the other tents we highlight on this channel we never baby the Lightspeed tent. We through it around, pack it up sometimes without drying it, use it on a daily basis...and we have had no issues with it. We get a lot of questions about wind. Unfortunately most the boondocking locations in Alaska are sheltered from wind by large mountains and trees. So we really haven't had the chance to test the wind. However, our little blue $30 pop up shower constantly blows over in small gusts. We definitely have not had the Lightspeed blow over. And the SPACE! Like you mentioned it is quite large. We often have all three of us in the tent with our camp chairs, our small camp table, and the heater on cold days. The aquabot seems like a pretty neat product. One of our favorite UA-camrs for outdoord product testing is Taras Kulakov "the CrazyRussianHacker." He convinced us that it was a pretty great product. We would love to try one out some time.
@@PlayingwithSticks Thanks for taking the time to reply. I sure appreciate it!
i believe the long haul trucker has this set up for the onboard sleeping cab. i saw one cab that will sleep two, queen size and all the neat home away from home comfort. the cab about the size of the VW Nest
We have seen a few trucks that are pretty luxurious. When you are on the road that often I would want the same setup as well.
I use a USB-powered shower setup (you can find tons of Amazon for $20-$35). Better than batteries and charge lasts for 5+ showers easily!
Finally a video that shows how these showers work! Thank you and your beautiful family.
Glad you enjoyed it! We’re excited to make another one this spring using a tankless water heater. Just showing people the options
Too bad the water was probably too cold to bathe in, it looked very inviting
It was pretty cold Ed. But, that day there was a family on the other end of the lake swimming and laughing for hours as if it was 75 degrees.
The little guy carrying his bucket???? ❤❤❤❤❤ so adorable little camper. Lucky woman with her two guys to take care of her.
I just have five solar showers and I fill them up with water hanging out in the trees and then what I do for privacy is I take a sheet with little alligator clips and I find like two or three trees and I either attached part of it too our camper and then wrap it around the trees for privacy using the alligator clips to hold the sheet up basically if you find three trees that make a triangle that's the best spot to use for your shower and bathroom and then just hang the solar shower up on one of the trees with the shower nozzle down step inside get already and boom take a shower but like the other person said be very careful cuz that water gets really really hot and it could burn you
Love how simple your setup is. We carry one solar shower and use it quite often. Never thought of carrying more. Great idea.
We use the essentially the same set up at our off grid cabin. We have a regular size bathtub with shower curtain and we set up a 20 can size ice chest on a small table next to the tub. We bought the whole Zodi system but ditched the heater part and heat a large pot of water to near boiling on camp stove. We then dump that in to the ice chest by the tub and then add cold water until we get it to desired temp. I love the Zodi pump because the batteries last forever. I get a ton of showers out of the 4 D size batteries. To conserve water I placed a hose clamp on Zodi hose to restrict the flow that comes out of the shower head and it allows you to take more time before water runs out in ice chest. That looks like a great set up for out in the field. Have you guys used Hipcamp for spots yet?
Love hearing you chucked out the heater. We always wondered if we made the wrong decision not buying it. You made our day! We are fairly familiar with Hipcamp, but we have never used it. Wonder if there are quite a few hosts in Alaska participating in it. Guess we have to put this on our list to find out. Thanks Eric for reminding us about HipCamp.
Just paint the buckets black with a lid.
We just shared your tips with someone else. Great suggestion Tommy.
I have a blue instant pop up that I use for a shower/ shitter combo sorta like a wet bath.
We might have the same one as you. There are no poles? We love how that style packs away so easily.
Wait so you potty and shower in the same bucket?
Haha. I could see how you came to that conclusion. He was actually talking about the pop-up tent.
@@PlayingwithSticks lol oh
So you're taking a shower with dirty water .... Not good
Technically...yes we are. This is a pretty common technique. I must say you feel squeaky clean when you get out. Yes, you are recycling some water, but you feel much better than before you went in.
I don't remember what they are called, but you can buy a weed sprayer at the store, the kind with the pump, and paint It flat black. Set it in the sun and it will heat the water, then use the sprayer for your shower.
i have two shower options...if im close to a water source i hook up my gas powered shower if not i just get 6-8 collapsible water Jerry cans and store them under my tent trailer camper...one will do two showers..of ill use the 75liter tank in the trailer...www.savebarn.co.nz/camping-trailer-7x4-tent-awning-270ft2-25m2-premium-model-roadchief-51410?search=camp+trailer&description=true
Wow Abe, that is a neat camper. We have never seen a Road Chief. Very unique and durable design. A gas powered shower sounds really nice to have as well. Thanks for sharing Abe!
@@PlayingwithSticks i have fully customized it with custom built battery pack with Tesla style cells with a total capacity of kWh and a petrol generator that has been converted to LPG (trailer cam with two gas can holders about 20 pounds) hybrid charging (solar and wind) this can last for ever. we used it for the first time in 2016 as a refuge from a tsunami warning...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Kaikoura_earthquake
but camping is going to wait until our new born is a little older...lucas is only three months old
@@abecoulter8550 Sounds like the perfect rig. As for the newborn, we definitely get that. We started taking our first born out when he was about 6 months and that seemed to be a really great age for him to travel with us. As long as we broke up the road trips into small segments he seemed to do really well! He even did good on the longer drives, but we were mindful that over time he would probably start not enjoying it. You are going to have such a blast taking the little one out. Take care!
How long do the batteries last? That would be my concern.
Good question. We have no idea. We have used it for 2 years now, but very minimally, and are still on the same batteries. We carry an extra set, because like you we assume they probably don't last too long.
I use a portable shower with a USB rechargeable battery powered that pumps the water from 2 gallon collapsible dish pan. It cost about $30 about 6 months ago. For a tent I just open the front passenger door of van with shade still on window & windshield, then magnet a tarp back to rear corner. Water ratio is 1/3 hot to 2/3 cold. It’s enough water because I turn off pump between wet down, lather & rinse.
Thanks for sharing your setup Karin. Would you happen to know the brand of your usb rechargeable pump. Sounds like a great pump that we think a lot of folks may be interested in. Love the door shower. We are very similar in that we take water breaks between the lather and rinse. Again, thank you for sharing this unique idea.
It’s stashed out in the micro camper van awaiting another adventure. My order section says the brand name is KEDSUM, however there were several on Amazon that looked just like it (orange pump bulb) so I had the impression they were all made in same factory in China & rebranded for sale. I went with one that shipped 2 of the USB battery parts so I had back-up power, but I did get several uses out of one charge so I don’t know if that was needed. One that plugs into the vehicle’s 12v socket would have worked ok, too. Also, I tested it at home in the shower before I took it camping while I experimented on how much water was needed. It gave good pressure, so I was surprised at using less than the 2 gallons.
Thanks Karin for sharing. We had looked at these on Amazon a few days ago. We were wondering if they were the style you use. Thanks for this feedback. With the Zodi pumps on backorder it is good to know there is another option out there for folks. And your option sounds like it may be better anyways because of the USB power and yours didn't break like ours did on the first use :)
@@PlayingwithSticks I also have one of those orange rechargeable showers - we haven't been out camping with it yet but I use it to add water (5ish gallons at a time) to a couple of awkward-placed fishtanks, and it lives on my gardening bench as my outdoor sink, with a hardware store bucket for a reservoir. It's still halfway through its first charge and has moved probably 25 gallons. One thing to watch for is that it's got such a large bathroom-shower-type head with good pressure that it goes through water very quickly, which is nice when I'm putting 5 gallons of water into a fishtank in just a few minutes, but could be frustrating if you have very limited hot water and aren't very efficient turning it off every second you don't need it.
We use 2 gallon sprayers. Like the kind you use for spraying chemicals on your lawn. We just buy them new. For about $10 each. We fill them with water and they set in the sun all day and get warm. We find that usually one two gallon sprayer is all we need for both of us. And we have forgotten to set them in the sun. So in that case we just heat water. Usually 2 small sauce pans is enough to get the entire 2 gallons warm. It’s a nice shower. Leslye
Leslye this sounds great! Nice and simple. Add a bit of black paint to those sprayers and you can probably get them heated up even faster. Thanks for sharing this. Much appreciated!
You might consider getting an energizer rechargeable battery kit. I bought mine at Costco. The benefit is that the kit comes with AA and AAA batteries. It also comes with adapters for C and D batteries. This allows a AA battery to power a D or C battery device. My reasoning is that A and AAA batteries are easy to find whereas D and C batteries are sometimes not as common
Thanks for this Nice family. great informative video!
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the compliment.
Cool set up. I use a quick pop up shower tent by "Leader Accessories". Its pretty awesome. For water pressure, I purchased a 2 gallon hand pump bug sprayer at Home Depot.. cut the wand off.. and attached a sink sprayer. It works pretty awesome. I usually heat up about 3/4 of a gallon on my stove.. and add it to the other 1.25 gallons of cold water remaining in the container. It makes for a nice comfortable shower temp. Also, I put a kids inflatable pool in the shower tent. It keeps us from stepping on the dirt and from getting the ground all muddy. When we're done.. we just drag the pool out from the tent and dump it on an area we won't be standing on. Anyway... cool video.
Thanks for sharing this Joe. The hand pump method sounds very simple and efficient. You are the first person to mention using an inflatable kid's pool. Great idea! We have the same pop-up shower tent as you. We didn't highlight it in this video. But we often use it inside our side entry tent as our changing room. It also comes in handy as a shower tent, but it is a little too flimsy to hold our uv solar water bag. We also did not highlight the solar shower in this video, but is another great tool to bring along if trying to consume energy.
My shower tent is a popup type. Love the fast up/down, but it cannot support ANY weight, so no hanging even a little hose. My next shower tent will be like yours or one of the easy up floor-less screen rooms doing double duty.
We also have the flimsy popup like you. We tend to use it more as a changing room and a place to use the toilet. Like you said it can be quite tough hanging items on there and can get very awkward on windy days. If our heavy duty pop up had a bug screen on one side it would be our everyday tent. It is big enough to fit all 3 of our camp chairs in there and stays very warm during fall and early winter camping. We thought about modifying the door to add a little screen to it.
Playing with Sticks, Ha! Yeah! My fear is my little floor-less shower tent blowing away while in use! Staking it is mandatory with one line tied to the truck. I think I will put a couple of cords inside tied corner-to-corner to stand on to keep it from blowing away while in use! Yeah. I like that.
You got us laughing there. We had the same thought with the shower that "She to Me" made. It is a great simple shower, but we could also see something come unattached like the suction cups and you are showing off that birthday suit to the world!
New 5 gallon plastic pump up garden sprayer painted flat black.
Great advice Bill! Someone else mentioned this today as well. We never would have thought about the black paint. Do you suggest flat because that absorbs more light?
@@PlayingwithSticks Yes, the less reflective the better. If you want to go custom you can replace wand spray hose with a kitchen sink sprayer/hose. Leave it in the sun, pump it up and hose yourself down. You can get a couple showers out of one "pump up". By using water on demand it is amazing how little water is needed to take a shower.
@@Yellow.Dog. That is great! Love the fact you can get a couple of showers out of one pump up. Thanks Bill for sharing.
When my wife and I had our first truck camper (1994) I bought brand new 2.5 gallon stainless steel pump up bug/weed sprayer. I bought a dish sprayer head and attached it to the hose on the bug sprayer, I filled it with water, heated on the stove and pumped it up. It worked great! We eventually bought a camp trailer, I sold the shower at a VW show.
That is a great idea. Love that you can just throw it on the stove. Eliminates one more step of using the pots and pans. Thanks Dave!
I just bought a 35gal tank I’ll put on the back of a cargo carrier and use a expandable water hose to fill it up with pump if no spout is available. I’ll use my Coleman shower (new pvc + poster conversion to save water coming soon) to heat it up or run my portable sink (video on my channel) to wash dishes. I use a huge jumper pack or car to recharge anything needed.
We couldn't find the video. We found the "Best Camping Video." Any chance you could send us the link?
Playing with Sticks
Sink + potential:
ua-cam.com/video/w84Of7ETD5k/v-deo.html
The shower is still being thought out.
Camping setup v.1
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What is the brand of the tent and how does it hold up to wind?
The tent is made by Lightspeed. As for wind we aren't the best folks to ask as we don't get a whole lot up here in Alaska with the mountain coverage. But, our other blue pop-up privacy shelter does flow over often, this tent, never. Even in wind blowing off glaciers it has been great. This thing is built quite tough. Toughest and most robust we have seen for any shower tent.
We used to use a battery operated shower/sprayer, but we found it emptied our bucket (just like yours) too quickly. Now we've gone really low tech and just use a 12 ounce cup. Two cups for getting wet, two for rinsing off soap and shampoo, and another two for rinsing off conditioner and/or extra soap.
Great simple solution. That is even easier than the solar shower. Thanks for sharing Christina.
Yo me baño poniendo una cortina desechable y caliento el agua en una fogata en una tina bucket de galvanizado... Si no tengo la forma de poner la cortinilla lo hago al aire libre usando un short para no estar nacked desnudo y a jicarasos como decimos en Durango México
Aun haya frío... Lo importate es bañarse rápido
Love the idea of heating the water on the fire. We bath we shorts as well when we do quick sponge baths if we are in an area with a lot of people. And like you said we bath pretty quick up here in Alaska because it can get quite cold!
Where can you purchase these buckets?
We purchased one of ours from Bass Pro and one from our local grocery store. They are also on Amazon. There are many of these blue buckets online with different brand names. Our guess is they all come from the same factory oversees and then different companies rebrand them.
Love video but items he has it dont work its unavailable on amazon
Boo! This has been happening a lot lately. Especially with the world economy right now.
Thank you so much for the shout out. I'm so behind in watching any of my favorite channels; combination of no/poor connectivity or trying to edit on the go. But as we drove back down to Riley Campground after hiking the Savage River Alpine trail today, my husband said, "do you know this guy, he just gave you a shout out!" LOL. I didn't even know he had downloaded your video. So glad to see your channel has exploded. But even that has its downsides as it makes it harder for you to respond to comments and puts ever more pressure on your time for content, etc. Loving our visit here in Alaska, especially all that sunshine...still can't get used to looking out at night and seeing so much light.
You are most welcome! We had thought you would probably never see it as it was related to camp showers, not as luxurious as van showers :) We are so glad to see your channel is growing quickly as well. Honestly our started the day you gave us a shout out. Like I said before you must have some very loyal viewers because we received quite a spike in viewership that week. We are so glad to hear you are enjoying your Alaskan adventure. The sun can be pretty incredible. We feel like we can get so much done in 24 hours up here. Now that we have a little one there are times we would love to take the trailer down to the lower 48 so he could experience summer stars or even fire flies. I think that will have to be a trip we make soon. Looking forward to seeing all those frigid north adventures of yours. Not too frigid though this summer :)
This is great! I’ll be using these tips and tricks dispersed camping this spring :)!
Just get a three gallon pot too heat up the water...
What and make life easier! Haha. Good point on the three gallon pot. Honestly, we never even thought of it.
Aloha, as for the mosquitoes try and use Avon SkinSoSoft bath oil in the "original scent" mixed in a spray bottle with water @ a 1to5 ratio then shake it up and lightly mist your clothing and exposed skin no face just around neck is enough.This will keep those buggers from landing on you! they hate the way it smells... and the best part is no deet!
We have put in our order. Funny that we never tried this as this is what Drew used as a kid on his horses. When the horses had fly issues the Skin So Soft came out. Thanks for sharing.
LOL. The water looked like it was sooo cold that it should ice cubes floating in it. The 'salmon berry' looked like Australian stinging nettle (ouch) and shower tent looks like it was made back in the '60's. We stand in a collapsible silicone clothes basket But hey, we use the same battery powered shower setup. They are the best all round solution for occasional showers. Tell you the truth I would dump the shower tent and just use a shower pole.
Thank you for sharing. We did dump the tent this summer, but never thought of a shower pole. Do you just lean it against a tree and tie it off, or is it something that has three legs and stands by itself?
I use stainless steel buckets 3 1/2 gal. I bought on Internet for 11$ a piece ! You heat directly on propane stove and use digital thermometer a 100 degrees Fahrenheit feels great !
That is a great idea. We love the simplicity of placing it straight on the stove..
EVERYTHING THE HARD WAY. But I'm commenting from 5years hindsight, and you're still pioneers `this far on.
Found this awesome shower container with pump online. That's probably what I will be using for a while when camping. I like it so will be getting it. I plan on camping mostly in National Parks with all the amenities though but in case I'm beach camping I will have that Handy for shower and the light washing I may need to do.
Shower with a little hand pump is perfect for a backup situation. We carry around our little black solar shower with us everywhere, we don't use it that often but when we do it feels so good!
We use a big stainless steal pot on the fire if U ain't got gas😉great video good on ya
Great idea Jace. Last year we thought about trying this as well. Just the novelty of being able to heat your own water over a fire sounds like a fun experience. Again, thanks for sharing Jace!
its more easy and fun just jump to the lake..
Very true. Can't argue against a good swim!
@@PlayingwithSticks maybe u have to think in a solar cell portable shower. cause, its not the price, its about the time thau spend preparing the portable shower and heat the water.
The lake might be ice cold.
I'm new to your CHANNEL, but I'm enjoying all of your videos!
im alittle gross out about the recycled dirty water that why i don't go camping out of a camper tho .lol
We kind of feel the same way. Typically we turn the shower off during the suds up portion and back on so we don't have to recycle. But, we will admit on a cold day we love just taking a long outdoor shower. Unfortunately this does mean a bit of recycling will have to take place.
We have black solar shower bags, we fill them in the evenings for the next mornings shower. We leave the bags on large boulders and let them soak up the sun the next morning. By 10 am, if the weather is good the bags should be nice and warm. About 70-80 degrees.
Love the idea of filling them in the evenings for the next morning's shower. Also like the tip of setting them on large boulders. We typically hang our solar shower bag and sometimes it is warm by shower time and sometimes not so much. Here in Alaska getting it warm can sometimes be a challenge. We will definitely have to try out the boulder trick.
I found a submersible aquarium heater that will heat up to 100°F (I think it has to be at least a 5 gal bucket. Figure I can plug in the USB connection to my Promaster when it is running and be able to wash dishes after a quick dinner and probably have a quick shower/hair wash as well! Now to find a way to shower inside the short wheel base Promaster... hmmm. Sure there is some way!