Coleman 5-Gallon Solar Shower

Why we love it?

Uses solar energy to heat water Strong handle for reliable hanging and carrying

Some comments about this we saw on the web:

* /u/smashtheqube on /r/BurningMan Most people bring these: http://www.amazon.com/Coleman-5-Gallon-PVC-Camp-Shower/dp/B0009PUT20/

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——* /u/starkraver on /r/BurningMan Right. The shower is the killer. Showers make the burn soooo much more tolerable, but logistically it doesn’t scale well. Evaporator systems clearly have limited effectiveness. They can evaporate enough water for a small camp, but there’s no system that effectively evaporates the shower water for 50 people. (if somebody else has a different experience, I’m always happy to be contradicted). But with 50 people the need to evaporate is greater.

Here are my two solutions to the problem:

1) Conserve on shower grey water. Instead of using a traditional gravity fed solar shower bag use a pump pressurized garden sprayer set on coarse mist. You will be amazed at how clean you can get with just a liter of water when its under pressure, and pumping it up tends to last half of the shower. Just re-pump and finish.

2) Make camp members responsible for hauling out their own grey water. If everybody takes out a few gallons of shower grey water with them, its really no burden at all. Many hands make something something. This has the double effect of encouraging conservation and engages your whole came in resource management and planning.

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