I love the idea of this shower. I used it for the past week for some off-grid camping. It worked…sort of. Flaw #1 is that the water pressure is very inconsistent. The foot pump worked well to pressurize the tank, but then the flow of water from the nozzle only worked well half the time. Sometimes great, sometimes not at all. As others have noted, sometimes it seemed to work better if I wasn’t holding the nozzle too high off the ground. But sometimes it worked great even at 6’ up. I checked for kinks in the hose under the bladder but nothing seemed visibly wrong. I’m not sure what the solution is, but I wasn’t impressed. Flaw #2: It doesn’t solar heat very well. I had it in direct sunlight (80 degree days) for 8-10 hours and the hottest I could get it was about 95 degrees. Not terrible, but definitely not a hot shower. I’ve used cheaper solar showers (the gravity hang variety) and they heat super well in the sun in a fraction of the time. I’m guessing it’s because of the vertical design of the LX—not enough surface area? Or maybe too much black/too little clear plastic? My gravity solar shower is completely clear on top, black on bottom, and has a ton of surface area. Heats up GREAT. Conclusion: It’s a good effort and seems to be decently made, but it’s definitely not perfect. Yet. I have high hopes for future versions.
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