Homemade road showers

[bubbadangelo]

Hey guys! I am looking into building a road shower to mount on my Tacoma. Was hoping I could see some of your setups. Also, how do you get a decent water pressure? Any tips/ideas are appreciated!

 

[lhoffm4]

I’d stay away from the PVC ones. If you can fabricate/weld, I’d recommend hitting a scrap metal yard and looking for a air compressor tank. They already have pressure relief valves, bungs for air inlets/hoses, etc. If you are DIYing your shower, that will get you going cheaper than buying a “Road Shower”. Even easier would be to buy a Battery operated shower (Ivation- on Amazon) and a turkey fryer/stock pot. Multi-useful in camp. A lot less money/involved than a DIY shower.

 

[MuckSavage]

Trash picked one of those pop up out house things & a Nemo Helios

 

[kwill]

There's nothing wrong with homemade PVC versions. Lots of people make them, use them successfully and save money. The WaterPorts are plastic too. I've used both.

 

[Viking1204]

I think I'm going to build a PVC one, it would be nice to have a water source permanently on my truck rather than have to store it at home and pack it each time for the trip. The commercial ones available are way overpriced and I just can't see paying that kind of money for something that just holds water and provides enough pressure to shower with. Of course I have some water containers I might use for this system too if I can figure out a good way to store them on my truck without getting in the way of packing all my other camping gear.

 

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