solar shower

bassinbob · 06-25-11, 11:23 AM

Has anyone used a solar shower? I see Gander has one for around $100 and Dicks has one that is not solar for $24. The one from Dick's requires a seperate water bag for $10. The reason is here in Pa some of the parks have been closed due to low funds. I have a camp but no shower and we used to drive to the camp grounds for our showers. I was just wondering if they are worth the cost?

bamabassman · 06-25-11, 04:35 PM

bob i don't know how the solar shower does man, but bac in the day..we had 2 55 gal drums attached to the top of an old school bus we converted into a make shift camper. this was with my frist wifes dad and his bro-in-law. we would park to where the drums were in the sun. filled em with water first. but they wouldn't get real hot, but warm enough to take a decent shower with. we painted them black on the outside so it would draw more heat to it. i would think that they would work fine, like i said...may not be like coming outta water heater, but wouldn't be freezing cold either.

Stew · 06-25-11, 11:52 PM

Solar showers are a great investment. I had one, a self-contained unit, that I used almost daily for about a year (I was living in El Salvador at the time). I don't recall my exact unit but it held five gallon. On one interior side, it had some kind of sun-magnifying material. In the morning, I'd fill it with collected rain water, let it sit all day in the sun, and by evening time I had a perfectly warm shower. NICE!

Stew · 06-26-11, 10:34 PM

This is like the product I had: http://www.basspro.com/Stearns-SunSh.../43677/-271862

06-25-11, 11:23 AM	#1
bassinbob BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pitts. Pa. Posts: 3,801	solar shower Has anyone used a solar shower? I see Gander has one for around $100 and Dicks has one that is not solar for $24. The one from Dick's requires a seperate water bag for $10. The reason is here in Pa some of the parks have been closed due to low funds. I have a camp but no shower and we used to drive to the camp grounds for our showers. I was just wondering if they are worth the cost? __________________ you can have my fishin rod when ya take it from my cold dead hands

06-25-11, 04:35 PM	#2
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	bob i don't know how the solar shower does man, but bac in the day..we had 2 55 gal drums attached to the top of an old school bus we converted into a make shift camper. this was with my frist wifes dad and his bro-in-law. we would park to where the drums were in the sun. filled em with water first. but they wouldn't get real hot, but warm enough to take a decent shower with. we painted them black on the outside so it would draw more heat to it. i would think that they would work fine, like i said...may not be like coming outta water heater, but wouldn't be freezing cold either. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

06-25-11, 11:52 PM	#3
Stew BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shawano, Wisconsin Posts: 154	Solar showers are a great investment. I had one, a self-contained unit, that I used almost daily for about a year (I was living in El Salvador at the time). I don't recall my exact unit but it held five gallon. On one interior side, it had some kind of sun-magnifying material. In the morning, I'd fill it with collected rain water, let it sit all day in the sun, and by evening time I had a perfectly warm shower. NICE!

06-26-11, 10:34 PM	#4
Stew BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shawano, Wisconsin Posts: 154	This is like the product I had: http://www.basspro.com/Stearns-SunSh.../43677/-271862

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