Tessa Flores is a Staff Writer for HuffPost covering a number of shopping topics and lifestyle trends. She is based in Los Angeles and is an Oregon Native.
, however, that I discovered portable camping showers and how essential they are for enhancing the camping experience. Since then, most of my extended trips into the wilderness have always included packing a camp shower.
If you don’t know anything about the annual arts festival, know that it takes place in Black Rock Desert, a stretch of inhospitable “” in Northwestern Nevada that’s prone to frequent dust storms, soaring temperatures and a variety of conditions that can leave revelers, well, absolutely filthy. After a few days in this kind of environment, you can imagine how refreshing and necessary it would be to have a way to rinse off and feel a bit more comfortable.
Granted not every outdoor adventure takes place in such extreme climates, but I have found that portable shower systems can come in handy for a number of uses like cleaning off sandy feet car-side after a trip to the beach or washing hands when there’s no access to running water. And if you’re thinking that the mechanics of a portable shower seems all too much work to bother, they are actually pretty simple and low-effort. Depending on which tier of shower you choose, many of the more straightforward designs are just a sprinkler-type shower head and hose attached to a hangable bag that’s made with heat-inducing material so the water inside becomes warm after a few hours sitting in the sun. Then you just re-fill your bag with your potable water as needed.
The higher up in price you get, you’ll find more high-tech models that allow for pressurized water flow and even automatic heating systems for real at-home shower experience — these might be better options for camping in colder climates and seasons.
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