Pathfinder III
Has anyone had any experience with their products (good or bad). They seem to be a fairly new company but their water tanks look to be a promising option for storing AND collecting.
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No experience but it seems really gimicky. Does anyone really concern themselves with washing their vehicle while out & about?
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Not washing the vehicle, but I do wash fishing gear, boats and dogs. If I wasn’t a DIYer, that kit look very attractive depending on the price and psi/gpm of the sprayer.
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Agreed, rinsing fishing gear, dogs and hulls is a positive. The advertisement shows a guy washing mud from his jeep. LOL At a retail price of 500 I’m hoping that the spray wand is either stainless steel or brass. I too am a DIYer and I did pay maybe 400 for a pair of tanks over 10 years ago holding 21 gallons. . The rest I plumbed up on my own.
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My solution for washing the vehicle is to pull into a small stream and unlimber the telescoping brush. Finding just the right stream is the trick.
Pathfinder III
It doesn’t only come with the pressure hose. It also comes with a low pressure shower/ wash head.
I've had mine for almost a year.
I was able to use it on a family camping trip.
I had it dismounted and placed on a table where we washed our hands, dishes and brushed teeth at.
We used it to clean our hands after coming in from the lake swimming and that's it.
After washing my truck one day, I noticed some hard water stains on the side of my truck that I couldn't wash off (by hand or by the pressure washer).
It was directly below the big cap where you fill it at.
It had been leaking very slowly. I hadn't noticed because it would evaporate before I had seen it.
One morning before work, I glance over at it and saw the water beading from it. It was cool enough that the water was still wet on the truck and on the cap.
I took it off and sat it on a table out on my patio to see how much comes out.
In an hour, there was a pool under the tank.
I had put seal tape around and it didn't help.
FYI: I mount it with the bronze spout at the bottom and the big cap w/ breather at the top (this same orientation is pictured on their website and on distributor's)
I contacted Colin and he said to check the seal and the rim around the cap.
Seal was good with no distortion or rips.
Rim on tank had a bump where the tank was fused together.
He told me that's the cause of the rip and advise me to take a razor blade and "try" to cut it off and keep it smooth.
After trimming it down and smoothing it out, it seemed to work for 24 hours.
After the first day, I noticed it had a pool of water again underneath.
For the next couple days, I left it outside in different orientations to see if it would still leak.
With the big cap at the bottom, 2/3 orientations, the cap leaked.
I'm in the process of waiting on what to do next, but the only way to use this without leaking is to set it in a way that the cap is at the top.
My thoughts as of now:
Plastic is good and durable. It was able to withstand snow, dirt and hot sun.
I hadn't notice any warping or deforming the entire time it was mounted on my rig.
The breeder cap (on the big cap) is soft rubbery and is cracking.
With this leak, it's starting to be a small incovenience, not a big one.
I have kept it off my truck until I know I will need it. So I have an empty mount driving around. haha!
For the price I paid for it, other options seem to be better.
When compared with other water options out there of the same gallon and price, I would consider other options.
I was able to use it on a family camping trip.
I had it dismounted and placed on a table where we washed our hands, dishes and brushed teeth at.
We used it to clean our hands after coming in from the lake swimming and that's it.
After washing my truck one day, I noticed some hard water stains on the side of my truck that I couldn't wash off (by hand or by the pressure washer).
It was directly below the big cap where you fill it at.
It had been leaking very slowly. I hadn't noticed because it would evaporate before I had seen it.
One morning before work, I glance over at it and saw the water beading from it. It was cool enough that the water was still wet on the truck and on the cap.
I took it off and sat it on a table out on my patio to see how much comes out.
In an hour, there was a pool under the tank.
I had put seal tape around and it didn't help.
FYI: I mount it with the bronze spout at the bottom and the big cap w/ breather at the top (this same orientation is pictured on their website and on distributor's)
I contacted Colin and he said to check the seal and the rim around the cap.
Seal was good with no distortion or rips.
Rim on tank had a bump where the tank was fused together.
He told me that's the cause of the rip and advise me to take a razor blade and "try" to cut it off and keep it smooth.
After trimming it down and smoothing it out, it seemed to work for 24 hours.
After the first day, I noticed it had a pool of water again underneath.
For the next couple days, I left it outside in different orientations to see if it would still leak.
With the big cap at the bottom, 2/3 orientations, the cap leaked.
I'm in the process of waiting on what to do next, but the only way to use this without leaking is to set it in a way that the cap is at the top.
My thoughts as of now:
Plastic is good and durable. It was able to withstand snow, dirt and hot sun.
I hadn't notice any warping or deforming the entire time it was mounted on my rig.
The breeder cap (on the big cap) is soft rubbery and is cracking.
With this leak, it's starting to be a small incovenience, not a big one.
I have kept it off my truck until I know I will need it. So I have an empty mount driving around. haha!
For the price I paid for it, other options seem to be better.
When compared with other water options out there of the same gallon and price, I would consider other options.
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Off-Road Ranger I
- 2,865
- First Name
- Donald
- Last Name
- Diehl
- Member #
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0745
- Ham/GMRS Callsign
- WRPN 506
FishinCrzy
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Advocate I
- 2,595
- First Name
- Rob
- Last Name
- Duncan
- Member #
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19015
- Service Branch
- StateHazmatResponder
Advocate I
Why not just get a 2 gallon garden sprayer? Sure it doesn't collect, but......$$$$;
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Camp shower/pressure water for my Land Rover 109.
Well, after watching a few video's online I went to the local ACE hardware store and bought a 2 gallon garden sprayer #7437668--$17.99, sink...
poppageno.blogspot.com
