Portable pressure washers... Link

[chxh8me]

Hey guys, just saw these on woot. $76-$102.
I use something similar to the $95 one and it works great.

http://tools.woot.com/plus/portable-...s?ref=cnt_wp_2

[cell128]

Thansk might order The $100 one looks good. Rechargeable battery good for camping too...

[Fish Taco]

Thanks for the 'heads up' on this... Just picked up the $95 one for myself. This ought to be perfect to wash down the kayak after fishing in places that don't have a freshwater washdown station... which are often the case. Cool!

[chxh8me]

glad I could help. I'd be all over that rechargeable one if I didn't have one already.

[Fish Taco]

I have one of those emergency portable car battery chargers/air compressors that has a cigarette lighter receptacle on it that I can use to run this thing, and I usually bring that along anyway. That way I can move it around and not have to worry about keeping it close to my vehicle to stay plugged in. Should work out great! :-)

[fishingfiend]

Throwing another option out there, the Helio. Nothing fancy, you add pressure and it just works. Picked mine up at REI with a 20% off coupon.

http://www.nemoequipment.com/product...e+Shower+(Grey)

Here's the video review.
http://www.nemoequipment.com/product...e+Shower+(Grey)

[5-20]

Dana Landing sells an interesting model, can't recall what brand it is, but some of you guys might know what I'm talking about. They have a bunch set up right by the front entrance. Looked good.

[cell128]

Damn...was just about t order mine today.... Sold out...

[Fishin Phil]

I bring two gallons of water in plastic bottles and save the $100.00.

[Rocketfish]

I've thought about getting this one. For the price, it's a good option to TRY.

http://www.harborfreight.com/2-gallo...yer-95690.html

[Kayak_Bernie]

So I know that this item may not be the cheapest out there, but I can attest that The Spray Box has proved its worth to me over and over. First, it holds ten gallons of water, which means you can spray off all of your equipment, your dog, and yourself without worrying about running out. Secondly it has a great high pressure pump that pumps water out at 100 PSI which means that it will actually SPRAY and not just dribble out. Lastly is that you can link it to another tank through a hose connection at the bottom, so if you have another tank/ cooler to fill with water you can have that much more capacity. I can't imagine not having this in my truck bed!

Check it out at : http://www.thespraybox.com/

[Mr. NiceGuy]

I've been thinking about a way to rinse my poles and kayak when I roll up from the salt water of San Diego. I also want something to use as a portable shower for the 4WD MB Sprinter I hope to buy someday to replace my high mileage Chevy Express passenger van.


I was looking at the RinseKit for $90
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00UGA4DRA/...IKFRD2TC&psc=1
(Available at Dana Landing without the cost of shipping)


Then I thought I would convert a garden pump sprayer. I looked at Costco because they usually buy decent quality and they had a 2 gallon pump sprayer made by Rainmaker. The RinseKit is only 2 gallons too, and it has to be filled with the pressure from a hose bib.

So I bought a 3 gallon Rainmaker brand garden pump sprayer at Amazon Prime for $30.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ilpage_o02_s00



EDIT: I had photos inserted of this modification process and they didn't upload for some reason. If you want the photos, send me a message. Because of the photos being rejected, I had to upload my post in three parts.

[Mr. NiceGuy]

The Harbor freight sprayer mentioned above might be just as good .. not sure. It's worth going to look at the quality of the construction.

The fine spray of a garden sprayer is too much of a mist to be good as a portable shower or something for washing gear.

So I went to Home Depot and bought the hand sprayer and hose that connects to a kitchen sink for washing dishes. That sprayer has a spray switch built into the handle. It was under $10 for the hose and sprayer together.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/DANCO-Fau...-202305850-_-N


I then went to the brass fittings dept and bought a straight in-line connector that presses into the garden sprayer outlet hose that I cut off near the tank, and screws onto the bottom of the hose for the dish rinser.

I fortified the connection of my dish rinser hose to the tube coming up from the garden sprayer tank with a split piece of auto engine hose (3/8", I think), then covered that with a fat piece of electrical shrink wrap that fits over a battery cable. It made a very clean transition from the garden sprayer tube to the sink hose spray nozzle. This prevents kinking the smaller diameter garden sprayer tube at that point.

[Mr. NiceGuy]

My finished adapter looks like this, before I covered it with the shrink wrap to seal it all together tight.

[Sorry friends, the photo upload failed]

The spray volume is now good for a shower or washing gear. A 3 gallon sprayer is a good size and weight to pack and move around. 3 gallons is "adequate" but more water would be better so I filled a plastic 5-gallon Sparklets bottle as backup refill source for my 3 gallon garden spray bottle. I now have an ample 8 gallons available in convenient size containers that are easy to manage. 8 gallons is enough to wash off my own gear & kayak, then take a shower or hand it off to my friends so they can wash their gear too.

I'm pleased with the outcome. Spray volume and pressure is good. 3 gallons is good. the 5 gallon backup is optional and convenient, but not necessary. Breaking the water volume into two containers is easier water weight to manage. I didn't want to deal with a wimpy electrical pump or batteries, or a cigarette lighter socket, or rely on access to garden hose bib pressure as the RinseKit does. The RinseKit uses an expandable bladder like a balloon to maintain the 60# start pressure of the hose bib. It's a clever idea but it looks like it's prone to a parts breakdown after not too much time. I would need to research this more.

The traditional hand pump of a garden sprayer solves all this in a simple and reliable way.

If you want to use solar energy to your advantage for warm/hot water, paint it black.


Mr. MacGyver NiceGuy, at your service :-)