Campmor had a sale a couple of months ago on a water shower heating unit
that used the propane stove.
Sam Conant
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Hanson" <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 10:41 PM
Subject: Hot showers/vans.

> Solar showers work very well and they are easy to roll up and stash, weigh
> nothing empty and are cheap.  We've been camping with them for months at a
> time each winter in Baja and in the desert southwest.  They last about two
> month before springing a leak somewhere.  Yah, you have to have some sun
> and
> yah, sometimes the shower is not super hot.  But then they don't have any
> moving parts nor do they use fuel or make noise.
>  At times in the desert they get too hot and you have to add cold water to
> be able to stand under it.  That luggage compartment on a Westy would be a
> perfect place to set one out for sun.  Some type of a hoist or a hook is
> needed to elevate the bag enough to get comfortably under it during your
> wash..  In a pinch, if it is cloudy for too long, you can heat water on
> your
> stove and fill the sunshower for a quick rinse.
>  We never go long without taking ours along..
>  Don Hanson