| Four Wheel Drive Showers have been a luxury | | | | longer shower. I would suggest for those that go |
| that exists in the camping world for quite some | | | | camping regularly, this is a great option. You can |
| time now. The variety of Portable Showers is | | | | install the whole setup in your car in under a day's |
| quite large, but you can get something that suits | | | | work, and it's quite simple too. |
| your requirements and budget. The base model | | | | Alternatively you can use bags which heat the |
| Portable Showers are designed with a small 12v | | | | water up, and a pump to move the water on top |
| pump that runs on batteries or off your car's | | | | of you, or there are even stands which have |
| cigarette lighter. This pumps warm water (that | | | | water tanks and gas burners incorporated in |
| you heat up on the stove) up to a shower rose | | | | them. For those who are good with your hands, |
| and onto the person in the shower. These are | | | | you can make a portable shower set up which |
| very cheap, and you can even get a shower tent | | | | pumps water out of a stream, filters it, warms it |
| for fewer than 40 dollars for the privacy that | | | | up and then dumps it on the person having a |
| most people require. | | | | shower. The limit to what you can do is really |
| Alternatively, you can put a heat exchanger in | | | | nothing, but it takes a bit of thought. At the end |
| your engine bay, which warms water as it flows | | | | of the day though having a four wheel drive |
| through the engine bay. This is a more expensive | | | | shower mounted on your car will make the whole |
| set up, but well worth it. The water tends to be | | | | family enjoy camping much more! |
| more controllable, and you can have a much | | | | |