Green Ideas: A Great Solar Powered Shower

Anyone with a pool knows the drill. Right after a dip in the pool, you need to take a quick shower. While there are other systems out there, this is the first that we've seen that will heat the water with solar energy so that you won't have to rush your shower. Also, this is something handy to have on camping trips.

Once you fill the tank at the bottom of this Solar Power Shower, all you need to do is to place it in a sunny spot. Two hours later, you can have a hot shower! In a swimming pool and garden setting, you can connect your garden hose and mix the hot water with colder water. This lets a few people take hot showers. That's pretty cool.

This enables you to take some nice showers in the garden or while camping. Sure cold water really wakes you up and soothes sore muscles, but there's nothing like taking hot showers, especially if you are cold. Like all outdoor showers, this will keep your bathtub clean and lets you avoid getting itchy from all that chlorine. It also saves you pennies and dimes on your water and power bill. The Solar Power Shower costs $200 and is available at Herrington.

[via DVice]

Comments (2)

Ok, Seriously. You guys seem to just copy off DVICE.COM, this was posted a day before this. Same with a something you posted a while ago, DVICE had posted it the day before you.
C'mon unplggd, really, i know you can do better and find things out for yourselves :D

posted by LewSpeight on August 15th 2009 at 9:03am
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These devices are not a new invention. 'Black bag' showers have been around since the 1970s at least. They are much cheaper than the one featured here, and are highly portable (REI sells a 10 liter shower bag that packs to 5"x3"x3" - http://www.rei.com/product/758045).

Fill the black bag with water, place it in a spot where it will absorb heat from the sun for a few hours, then hang it from a tree/fence/roof and shower.

posted by gerundgirl on August 17th 2009 at 11:11am
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