thats pretty smart bro; let us know how it holds up
So you're tired of refilling gallon water bottles and throwing them into your backpack to schlep them out to your remote growing location?
Me too.
So I bought one of these:
It's a solar camp shower, which I actually may use for its designated purpose someday. It's made of durable plastic, holds 4 gallons (they make them in 2.5 and 5 gallon sizes too). It has a shower head that has a snap action that closes it, which works very well.
It was about $20 at REI. Seems pretty damned solid. Plus, since I bought it at REI, if it craps out, no questions asked return. Not to mention the 10% off ...
I took my 10+ year old backpack, which had some convenient holes already punched in it, and dropped this bad boy in there. First thing I did was to remove the bar at the top which prevents it from fitting well in my bag:
This was as easy as a slit in the rubber and it slid out. It could easily go back in.
Next, I attached the handle at the top to the carrying handle on the top of the bag through a conveniently located tear at the top of my bag, using a strap that came with the reservoir:
The pack has its valve at the bottom, also nicely located near a hole in the bottom of the bag, which I pulled the tube through:
And ... that's all! Below you see the completed pack.
I used this for the first time today, and it was freaking awesome. Show up, pull out the hose - without taking the pack off - drop the head below waist level, and pull the head to get water flowing.
I don't have to set my bag down and pull out noisy water bottles, or at all between planting locations.
It is totally inconspicuous. It looks like a hydration pack - and can be used as one, as long as you're not loaded with nutrient solution.
I can't fit four gallon bottles in my pack, but I can easily get four gallons in my pack with this guy. I think I could have even fit the five-gallon monster in there.
I'll be using this quite regularly, so I'll post if I have any durability issues.
thats pretty smart bro; let us know how it holds up
Go grow pot
Thanks guys.
all you made was a Camelback
GOOD JOB!
I was just checking out camelbak's. most are only 3 litre. the military one is 25l which is more like the shower pack but $200. So for sure I would say GOOD JOB!! saved $180
Last edited by ceestyle; 06-26-2008 at 01:19 PM.
HAHA if they had 5 gallon camel backs i would be dead on the side of a mountain.... I fill my camel back up with a nice cocktail (maybe captain and coke or a screw driver...) and go snowboarding, so i am kinda glad they don't make a 5 gallon camel back, that would just be bad news....
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