DIY Camp Showers: How to Make Camp Showers

To take along a camp shower or an outdoor shower for a camp, is a nice idea to make it more comfortable. To keep clean during a camp, is a challenge in itself. Nowadays, there are many companies that offer ready made camp showers products. However, preparing our own camp showers is fun and it also saves money. To make our own camp shower is easy and doesn't need much investment on the part of the camper.

How to Make Camp Showers?
The materials required for building a simple camp shower are eight 3-way connectors, 5 pieces of 5-feet PVC pipes, 9 pieces of 1-foot PVC pipes, a drill, garden hose, a bucket, a 4 by 6 feet plastic tarp and tie backs.

The first step in the process of making a camp shower is to create a square by connecting 4 one-foot pipes and 4 three-way connectors together. Using the above mentioned procedure, a top and base of the shower is created. With the help of 5-feet PVC pipes, the sides of the shower are made. Thus, the basic frame of the camp shower is created. The plastic tarp is wrapped around the frame for the purpose of covering it. The tie backs are used to connect the tarp to the frame of the camp shower.

DIY Camp Shower
One can make cold-water as well as warm-water showers for camping. The materials required to make a basic cold-water shower are rubber medical tubing of around 10 feet, pump spray bottle of 1-gallon capacity, heavy duty rubber bands, knife and a rope if necessary.

Cold-Water Shower
The hose that is connected to the bottle should be cut with the help of a knife. The other end of the hose which is connected to a spray nozzle should also be cut. The purpose behind cutting off the hose from the bottle and spray nozzle is to replace it with the rubber medical tubing. The rubber tubing should thus, be fitted to both the nozzle and the bottle. The heavy duty rubber bands should be wrapped at the points where the tubing is fitted. Aquarium sealant or duct tape can be used instead of rubber bands. Water should be filled in the bottle and pumped by means of the spray nozzle. The connections where the tubing meets the bottle and nozzle should be checked for leakage. If there are any leakages, the rubber bands should be readjusted. The completion of the above steps makes the camp shower ready for use.

Warm-Water Shower
To make a warm-water shower is easy but needs dry and sunny weather to help heat the water naturally. One can also use a stove or pot to heat the water and then pour it in the 1-gallon bottle for storing the water. The rest of the process in making the warm-water shower is the same as that of the cold-water shower.

The above steps help us understand how to make camp showers. Proper planning and gathering the required materials would help in building a nice camp shower.