I did pretty heavy research for a shower system and there are alternatives that have a larger capacity. Where this excels is in metal construction and in name branding.
I have a shower head like that but mine works perfectly like it’s suppose to. I bought my road shower from the original inventor before Yakima bought the rights to it. I bought my shower head attachment off Amazon without that rigid pipe.
Use ours all the time for work to wash off muck from waders and boots. Has enough good high pressure to get the job done. Easy to pressurise w a battery operated handheld electric pump. Have showered with it too, and it gets the job done. Two of us can shower w it b4 having to pressurise again. Shower attachment sucks.
I have one on order. I'll get a solid rubber hose and a quality shower attachment (for the wife). But that tank is well-made with an internal air pressure limiter. A lot of the knock-off do nto offer that nor the quality welds.
A couple things to mention that might help you and answer some of a couple of the things I read in the comments. The shower head Yakima sells for the Road Shower is advertised to help conserve water among other things. I get it I don’t think its a good choice either but if you read closely it was designed that way intentionally so that you can conserve water. Yes there are other cheaper tanks out there and I happened to buy one and saved a couple hundred bucks in doing so. People who are commenting on why did you mount the RS under your rack which keeps it from getting hot just need to chill. The water in the tank doesn’t increase in temperature that much when mounted on the top compared to below. In the summer the water will be warm enough even if you mount the RS under the truck. I bought an instant hot heater for about $150.00 to heat the water when needed. Water pressure will always decrease the more you use the shower. I have a cordless Milwaukee air compressor that I keep attached to the shradder valve. A tip for filling the RS with water. You don’t necessarily need to fill the tank through the screw top if you don’t want to. If you take the quick connect of the hose bob and put a hose to hose adapter on the hose bib you can then fill the tank up through the hose bib. How do you know when it’s full?? The pressure relief valve installed on the tank from the factory will release and water will start to come out off it it’s is when you know the tank is full. Just a couple tips from things I learned along the way. If interested in hot water get a insta hot off Amazon or look into the Joolca System which i also have and love because of the many other things it does.
i think they may have done that with the shower head to conserve water. not a lot of water is necessarily needed to actually get yourself clean just enough to wet and rinse
@@OverlandFlorida you're welcome. Even better get a kitchen sink sprayer. It uses less water and has a very nice spray pattern for showering and it's more compact than a regular shower head for a house, plus has the push button to dispense ‼️☝️
Nice video, thanks! How much usage would you say you can get out of the tank? Trying to decide between 4 gallon vs. 7 gallon. My plan would be using it to rinse mud/dirt off 3-4 bikes after riding. Maybe have some leftover for a shower if needed.
The pressure will be the same when I consume 4 gallons of 7 ? Or I have to pressure again to 55 PSI to enjoy the same pressure for the remaining 3 gallons ?
Road shower should have never sold it to Yakima, I'm sure RS had their reason. Yakima have not updated this with newer version since RS4L in 4-5 years when they bought out RS. If RS never sold it, I'm sure so many things would have been updated with customer's feed back. Yakima its 2024, ask customer's for feed back, there could be so many updates & changes made to this.
The idea is that the tank is mounted on the roof. As it is black it will heat the water in the sun. Works perfect. Good for dish washing, general cleaning or shower.
Hi, I also have an Xtrusion rack and do not have a tent. Does the mounting system work with the Xtrusion rack? I’d like to mount top side on my rig. Thanks!
The Mt Bike suspension pumps don't have much volume, they are designed for higher pressure low volume applications. 55 psi is on the low end for a bicycle pump. Only thing is you'd want a longer hose so you don't have to hold both ends in your hand.
what height X-trusion rails did you get for this. Im going for same setup with tent and all and it looks like this rack is about as low as I can go and still get some side panel (moly) use and reach some items in bed. Or do you now prefer ecommend another height? Thank you!
You will need to "brisk shower" when camping. If you so need heat a pan to mix in your water jug but that's 15 min wasted and some propane. If you have a lady along make the hot water for her. If she can go "commando" and toughs out chilly water send her photo.
I have to laugh at most of the comments. Guessing skater kids. I've used gallon jugs for 35 years. 1/4th jug easily washes, then 3/4ths rinses. Have wet thongs and a good towel.
Your voice died out a bit when ending that sentence with ford maverick 😂 Lots of nice knick knacks there guy but why this model? No Colorado? No Ranger? No Tacoma? Hell, even an H3T! Anyways, how far do we have to bend over for this tank? Thats what everyone wants to know.
Do the hose clamps keep it sturdily attached? I’m trying to accomplish the same mount under my bed rack and I stumbled upon your video. Might have to try it since yakima discontinued their Z bracket option.
That "engineered" shoeer has too many negatives starting with how to fill it. There's no garden hoses any place I've stayed in 35 years. I use gallon jugs over my head.
@@OverlandFlorida upon viewing your videos I get it. Your poser chanell is for clicks. Trips for the sake of a video, not actually camping/ hiking or seeing America. Just "selling" people on questionable gear., like a shower they can't fill and need to store ancillary items to get water out.
Just curious, how do gullible yuppies wash that out? Water will "film up" and be in your wife's hair. But only after season 1. All water storage requires de-cooty-ied. Eeww!
Dipping cup or Nalgene wide mouth. Just don't cross the Nalgene driving/ sleeping pee bottle! I climbed Manaslu in '89. Each night the sherps gace 3 sorta hot Nalgenes for our sleeping bags. 2 to snuggle with and one stored in underware.
In Germany you pay 700 Euro for this outdoor shower. This is too much for my budget. I stick to my used 15 Euro Swiss army water bag which I put on the roofrack or after a tour on the hood to heat it up. Worked fine for a 3 weeks Albania tour and left me 685 Euro for gasoline
