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Portable 12 volt shower from maplins
« on: July 28, 2009, 03:46:00 pm »
Just got one. Might save some queueing in the cubicle (and for washing cars, plates etc) next June.
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Re: Portable 12 volt shower from maplins
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2009, 04:45:50 pm »
What!

your going to wash gaps??

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Re: Portable 12 volt shower from maplins
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2009, 06:03:01 pm »
So we'll all be pushing starting a frogeye late Sunday!

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Re: Portable 12 volt shower from maplins
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2009, 01:04:34 pm »
Whilst on the showering topic - Anyone know where I can get hold of those shower tent things that only cover your bits??
The only ones I can find are complete with roofs.
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Re: Portable 12 volt shower from maplins
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2009, 01:22:56 pm »
Whilst on the showering topic - Anyone know where I can get hold of those shower tent things that only cover your bits??
The only ones I can find are complete with roofs.

I don't want to make you feel inadequete Robbo, but some of us need a roof to cover our bits

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Re: Portable 12 volt shower from maplins
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2009, 03:33:39 pm »
Really......... Does that make you a knobhead????  ;D
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Re: Portable 12 volt shower from maplins
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2009, 04:09:05 pm »
Absolutely ;D
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Re: Portable 12 volt shower from maplins
« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2009, 10:38:03 pm »
Whilst on the showering topic - Anyone know where I can get hold of those shower tent things that only cover your bits??
The only ones I can find are complete with roofs.


Simple - use a wind break you see at the beach, get one from  Argos, garden centres or at the seaside.

Did that a few years back no problems, also uses a small wooden pattet to stand on or good use a wood patio panel you get at a diy store.
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Re: Portable 12 volt shower from maplins
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2009, 09:41:30 pm »
Thanks for the post! Picked one up today. gave it a quick test earlier, I half expected a trickle of water out the nozzle but it ain't bad at all even with the nozzle 6 feet above the bucket  :)

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Re: Portable 12 volt shower from maplins
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2009, 10:39:29 pm »
To save you asking !  ::)

From the Maplin site

Frequently Asked Questions

Q- Does this actually heat up the water? - devon miles

Answer- This does not heat the water.


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Re: Portable 12 volt shower from maplins
« Reply #10 on: July 30, 2009, 11:29:08 pm »
I suppose you could connect one to a solar shower.

As for the windbreaks, mine are only about 3 feet high, so you'd be a bit exposed
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Re: Portable 12 volt shower from maplins
« Reply #11 on: July 31, 2009, 12:15:00 am »
Babywipes......???

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Re: Portable 12 volt shower from maplins
« Reply #12 on: July 31, 2009, 11:40:08 pm »
babywipes, okay if you are on hard routine, going to LM there is always space for a bit of home comfort ;D  you'll be telling us next you take a dump into a plastic bag and piss into a bottle and hump it all back to the UK

No, No my dear chap, that's what the pee and dump tube is for, so that one can leave it behind, along with the chaff to confuse the Frog's radar......

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Re: Portable 12 volt shower from maplins
« Reply #13 on: August 07, 2009, 02:55:16 pm »
REX!!!!!!!!!! i need one of these (how does the water get in the shower??)
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Re: Portable 12 volt shower from maplins
« Reply #14 on: August 07, 2009, 04:45:45 pm »
It comes in special compressed cartridges that just clip in. You buy them from Maplin. Clever really ;D
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