Most of the caravans in the market today offer a hot water system with an external shower as one of their added features which I had added on my 16.49.2 Expanda Outback.
This is considered a luxury by most, a necessity by some, and as a silly gimmick by a select few. However, when you are out to get a caravan of your own, and can’t wait to test it in the outback, you have to decide whether, or not, you need a caravan with an external pop-up shower.
There are a couple of cons to having the external shower and I will share all the examples and let you judge, if you typically stay in camping sites and caravan parks with facilities an external shower and water service could be a waste of money. This is because these sites provide you with shower facilities, they require no setup and they provide more constant hot water if you have a large family to wash.
However, there is a couple of vital points being missed here. External showers can turn out to be an indispensable necessity in your caravan, whether you like it or not. How many times have you arrived at a camp site free or paid and found it either overurn or unclean to a point where you either make a complaint or just jump in the ocean for a swim to clean off. I have a found it very easy to come back from a day out roaming around seeing the sights to come back pop up a 2 second shower tent jump in wash off and jump out. No nonsense dragging all the toletries to shower cubicle or running through the park chasing the kids with only a towel to protect you. In my experience its worth its weight in gold!
Now thats only the shower bit here is the deal cruncher. Let me ask you a question, you just cooked a nice BBQ some lovely steak, vegies or fresh fish. Its time to clean the dishes, how fun is it going to be using cold water? Not at all, a sink full of hot water will clean the dishes quicker, use less water and less power as you don't need to be continously using the kettle.
I am sold on the hot water option!
Happy trails!
This is considered a luxury by most, a necessity by some, and as a silly gimmick by a select few. However, when you are out to get a caravan of your own, and can’t wait to test it in the outback, you have to decide whether, or not, you need a caravan with an external pop-up shower.
There are a couple of cons to having the external shower and I will share all the examples and let you judge, if you typically stay in camping sites and caravan parks with facilities an external shower and water service could be a waste of money. This is because these sites provide you with shower facilities, they require no setup and they provide more constant hot water if you have a large family to wash.
However, there is a couple of vital points being missed here. External showers can turn out to be an indispensable necessity in your caravan, whether you like it or not. How many times have you arrived at a camp site free or paid and found it either overurn or unclean to a point where you either make a complaint or just jump in the ocean for a swim to clean off. I have a found it very easy to come back from a day out roaming around seeing the sights to come back pop up a 2 second shower tent jump in wash off and jump out. No nonsense dragging all the toletries to shower cubicle or running through the park chasing the kids with only a towel to protect you. In my experience its worth its weight in gold!
Now thats only the shower bit here is the deal cruncher. Let me ask you a question, you just cooked a nice BBQ some lovely steak, vegies or fresh fish. Its time to clean the dishes, how fun is it going to be using cold water? Not at all, a sink full of hot water will clean the dishes quicker, use less water and less power as you don't need to be continously using the kettle.
I am sold on the hot water option!
Happy trails!
