i was gonna go camping and i was thinking of a way to make a hot shower i was thinking some kind of barrel over a fire with like a hose over a tree branch and i was thinking for that hose could i create a suction like when siphoning gas to get the water up or MAKE a pump i don’t want to buy one cause i want to see if i could make one im kinda of a survivalist and try to make as many things homemade when camping
just take a jug with u and pour hot water on urself from that
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A barrel or gas can will work if you are “car-camping” and not backpacking. If you want to use siphon power, then the barrel must be higher than your campsite shower location. If you use a water pump, then you need a power source. So, if you find a twelve-volt DC pump, then you can use a lead acid battery as a power source. Otherwise, you will need something like a Honda AC generator which is gasoline-powered. A propane stove is cleaner and more easily controlled than a campfire. You should have a thermometer to control the temperature of the water in your holding tank. You will also need hosing with an appropriate shower head. You can purchase a portable shower stall. Overall, you have a lot of internet shopping to complete. Your return is about $10 per day of camping, since you will not need to stay in developed campgrounds or go to recreation centers for showers. Primitive campgrounds are likely to cost between $5 and $20 per night, while dispersed camping along Forest Service roads is generally no fee and fairly unregulated. Your investment will likely take years to recoup. A cheaper, less fuel-intensive solution is heating bath water in kettles over a propane camp stove and applying with a washcloth. Another body sterilization technique would involve using dilute isopropyl alcohol, ammonia, or chlorine bleach. Wildland firefighters, for example, use no wash water for days to weeks on fire-line assignments.
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When I want a shower I just use a Sea-to-Summit 10-Liter shower bag. It packs small, is lightweight, and holds enough water to do a good job of cleaning-off. Fill in the morning and leave in the sunlight all day, it is warm enough in most weather conditions by dinner time. If not, I just add two liters of boiling water to take the chill off.
There are on-demand hot water heaters from Zodi, Coleman, Camp Chef and others. The Zodi and Coleman units have their own water pumps, while Camp Chef and similar require pressurized water. All require propane and batteries.
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You don’t need to go to all that bother. It’s easy to get a hot shower in the wilderness. I worked one summer at an archaeology field camp in the Gros Ventre mountains in Wyoming and we all had hot showers every day just using Sun Showers. A Sun Shower is a 2 to 5 gallon black plastic bladder bag with a loop on one end to hang it and a clamp controlled shower head on the other. You fill the bag early in the day and lay it on a rock in the sun. By evening it is over 100 degrees just from solar heating. You hang the bag from a tree branch, reach up and open the valve and can take a great hot shower, wash your hair and rinse off easily with 2 gallons or less. Worked even on overcast days.
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