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Sometimes being away from help for days we like to play it safe Lozza - and hence prefer to minimze products - a simple bar of pure soap is what we reccomend.

The cheap shower items are okay but don't last long and are fiddly, they will rust internally in a year with mineralized water left in them.

Goods to carry a solar shower if you can , can be used if electric shower packs up and you don't have to deal with hot water so much.

hi lozza nsw
i have been using a 'clairol herbal essence' shampoo for many years and dont go camping without it
it is herbal based and is compatible with hard and soft water out of bores and wells
i have found it has good cleaning properties and gets the dirt off no mater what
its cheap and has a range of different herbal contents to choose from to suit

most supermarkets have it
you only need to use a very small amount to wash hair and body
my daughter also is rapt in it and its ability to mix with hard water is a bonus compared to ordinary soap that has problems doing this
my daugher has problems with skin irritations due to certain chemicals but has found this product to be irritation free
try it you will be pleasantly surprised
cheap and very good
cheers barry

Those cheap showers from BCF are pretty good and with a little care will last a long time.
In the pump part if you unscrew the filter part you will find a sponge type filter and this can get blocked up rather quick if the water is a little cloudy.
To fix this I removed this filter screwed the cover back on then completely covered the whole pump in an old stocking. When it starts to get dirty just move the pick up part to a different part of the stocking.
When I get back home I simply clean the pump then spray with a silicon spray run dry for ten seconds then pack away till required again.
If you take the shower head off the pump then can be used as a water pump to fill your water drums etc from a clean stream.

Dump the soap bar idea. Mascan is spot on that herbal stuff is the go it's great stuff. So my wife tells says, Me i will use anything.!

I only shower if I'm away for more than a fortnight. Nothing like the primitive pleasure of fermenting in your own juices.

Why carry soap when you already have Napisan LOL

I have made a shower with one of these.works a treat


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Whale 12V Pump Submersible 12 litres/m. Self venting 12v submersible water pump with anti air locking design.

Features

Provides an inexpensive way to update existing manual systems and has low noise and power consumption. Model GP8815 has an 12 litre per minute capacity.

The outlet is 10mm or by adding the included nipple can be used with a 12mm hose. (will not come off once fitted).

Recommended max run time of 15mins per session, maximium water temperature of 60 degrees C.

Stand pump vertically in tank.

Specifications

Body of pump is 110mm high and 36mm diameter.

we use a bcf shower pump and two coleman ensuite tents, which we picked up from local camping supply for cheaper then bcf.... the second tent holds our porta potti.

i also went to bunnings and bought a big yellow low edged tub, which we recycle the shower water in! we use 10 litres for 4 adults an my wife sells nutri metic's. Teena (the wife) buys the shower gel and uses that with a scrunchy, so far gets all of the dirt off and have used it with bore water.

recently for my birthday my lovely wife bought me the coleman hot water on demand, which we may use to heat water for showers, i still prefer to use a camp fire and billy for hotwater...

When travelling, we go a day or 2 without showers, that's never an issue. But SWMBO does her hair thing regularly, with me and the drawbar of our camper. I just use a couple of sauspans of water, she soaps up, with her favourite shampoo, and I rinse it all off for her.
We take all our favourite shampoo's, body washes, and soaps with us.
When all else fails, I use our dish washing detergent,, anythiing is sometimes better than nothing.

When filling up with fuel, there is nothing like asking the propitor, if they have shower facilities, if not, then its up with the shower tent that night, and warm up some water. the sauspan, and some soap, and she is happy.

I use anything I can for a quick A...B...C type shower.

Cheers Bucky

When you say whole family, are you talking about little ones too? We have a solid washing basket that doubles as a bath for the littlies. They wouldnt be able to wash before the water ran out from a shower.