BougeRV water heater review: hot showers to go

Hot water is mostly like internet connectivity Stuffy Readers: You just expect it to be there. But this is unlikely to happen this summer when the tent camps at a music festival or tripped roads in great unknown. At the same place there is a battery -powered shower.

BO 310 “Portable Propen Outdoor Camping Water Heaters” from Bowgiro Not only has the option of discovering the search engine has been improved, but it does not give a luxurious spray of washed water, whether it be human, canine, or stubborn utensils and pines. Charge the battery, attach the propane canister, drop the pump in a water jug, and you are ready to get the sunrise.

It is so useful and flexible that I have dug my plans to install permanent shower cabin and expensive hot water systems within my adventure van, even if I am not fully confident.

My current portable shower Contains 11 liters of water bags, manual fit pumps, and a spray nozzle. To make it warm, I have to heat the water on the stove or the bag in the sun for several hours, yet it costs more than $ 150. For 10 310, the boilo looks like a hot shower bargaining.

The Bogar V system can produce maximum heat production 20,500 btus – half of a normal residential gas water heater. It measures 15.75 x 6.7 x 14.57 inches (40 x 17 x 31 cm) and weighs 13.2 pounds (6.21 kg), making it easy to compact with two large handles and light enough. Hoses and cables make it a bit unbearable – unless a small space is able to be chased until dealing with care.

The start of the assembly is easy to find a pound (454 grams) propane canister that is connected to the unit’s rear. This size is boogiro, but you will not be able to run the hose from the current property tank from the current propane tank to the water heater. Blue and red labeled to be attached to two quick-linked water hoses-stupid proof-from your selected reception, make water through this gas furnace and through the shower head. The long 2.5 meter (8.2 feet) allows the shower hose to determine the flexible space of the heater.

The small water pump only measures 2.24 inches (5.7 cm), so it fits easily through the opening of the standard Jerry Ken. The pump has been strengthened through the Bogar V unit with electricity, which is powered by its rechargeable battery, an AC wall jack, or 12V adapter that plugs into your car’s cigarette jack or Solar Generator.

2500mAh / 12V (30WH) It takes about three hours to charge with integrated lithium -ion battery added charger. A full battery of liquid propane gas and one pound (454 grams) canister can both remove the hot water for an hour before drying. The shower gas consumption rate is 20mj/h.

As an alternative, you can save gas with a long press on the pump button to put the shower into a cold water mode.

Dial controls the size of the dial flame in the front of the heater. I conducted a handful of tests, which started with water, which started between 13 and 16 degrees Celsius (55-61 degrees Fahrenheit), according to which. After turning to the left with the dial, the water shed from the head of the shower became 23-25C (73-77F) after just a few seconds. The right side turned, the temperature ended at a steam -filled 34-41C (93-105F) in about 30 seconds.

If you dare, water recycling can make it even hotter. After two or three rounds on Max, the heater raised the temperature above 51C (124F) before the unit should be closed by design, with an error. This does not mean that the average temperature of the water is more than 50C (122F). Reset the E6 error.

The water flow is between 2.2 and 3 liters per minute – which you can expect to flow 9 to 12 l/min from a modern home shower. It is still acceptable, in my opinion, and higher than that Nothing, When camping away from home, which is a common alternative. The head of the shower has a swing chair to togel between an on -off -limeter button to help protect the water between the hard, mixed, and soft water flow rates as well as the water protection between the liters.

The pump is surprisingly calm even though it is on. Have some faster click to irritate the gas (then a WHEOSH Flame) Whenever the flow of water returns, and the pump produces a lower surface that quickly sinks with the sound of water spraying.

Water heater is also protected from tilt, collision and empty water sources. When I bowed my review unit more than 30 degrees, the unit closed. After two minutes of trying to pump with an empty bucket, it closes automatically. The Master Over Ride Unit on the button/off switch prevents the unit from accidentally if the next section collides with on -off button transport or storage.

I am affected by the water heater of Bowgiro, but I’m a little worried about its stability over time. After using it on the beach day, once I returned in, I got upset: the heater was not heated and the water was reduced by a trick out of the shower head. It is possible that some sesame seeds trapped in the lines reduced the flow rate below 1.2L/min needed for ignition. Nevertheless, after a few minutes of stirring with the hoses and filters, and after repeatedly bending the unit, the problem was solved.

Bowgiro offers a two -year warranty and says that the water heater has been ranked IPX4. So when it is resistant to spraying water, no assurance has been made against dust and sand blowing.

I have something else. They may be at risk of tripping and snatching hoses, and plastic clip means holding the shower head to one of the lifting handles to prevent it from rotating and spraying their surroundings. I also want Bowgirov tied the heater to the equipment bag to take all the power editors and hoses. And when keeping the device away, you have to advance the Forward to extract all the water collected from the Intelet and Outlet – there is no way to automatically emit.

But in fact, these are minor issues for what this unit does at this price.

Prior to this review, I was in the late planning stages of shower cabin, water pump, gas heater, extra large water tank, and all the necessary plumbing installed in my sprint van. Total cost: about $, 000 4,000. I am now convinced that a portable system like Bowgir V is a better option. Why is it so permanently paid for something that is probably only a few minutes every week, maybe for half a year?

Instead, Bowgiro’s $ 310 portable water heater can act as an outer shower in the summer months or when one is combined with one (with ventilation). Portable shower curtains And basin, all for less than $ 600. It looks like a better use of my money, and maybe you are a Wennelfer if you wish.

And when the van stands up, I can take my adventures, take the hot (or cold) jets of water (or cold) jets: Cleaning after a mountain bike in the mud forest or cutting kites in a salty sea, to wash the dog Out After rotating the dirt again, or after taking a refreshing shower during a four -day music festival.

A bold water heater is sold nearby RainFor, for, for,. CockdoFor, for, for,. Communications Brands, but they have 4000mAh (48WH) batteries and 9 349 and 9 399. So it can pay for a nearby purchase.

Photos of Thomas Recker / The Verge