RuiMeer Portable Outdoor Solar Shower Bag Camp Shower Bag 5 Gallons/20L

The thermostat on my water heater died and I ordered this right after the plumber ghosted me and I was forced to order the new thermostat myself. The sprayer nozzle is not bad after you remove the kink prone hose provided. It's a hell of an improvement over a cold shower even at only the 90°... I do think that temperature gauge is a little off though, feels more like 85°... that it got up to after 3 hours in the Arizona Sun with an ambient temperature of 75°. I used a cheap cam-buckle tie-down strap to hang it instead of the cheap black cord it came with. The black cord might have worked, but I didn't try it. The key to getting it to heat up quickly is to manage to get all of the air out of the bag so that the black material is making contact with the water completely. Air bubbles drastically reduce the black material's contact with the water and doesn't transfer heat into the water very well.

It's good for taking a shower outdoors but heating the water by solar is a bit spotty. The "handle" portion eventually tore because 5 gallons of water (40 pounds) is too heavy for vinyl like this. I cut a hole in a 5 gallon bucket and put the bag in it and just hung the bucket up and that worked. The nozzle is a little bit leaky but no big deal. The whole thing is inexpensive so I don't worry about it.

I purchased one of these bags and two of the 2.5 gallon bags from Advanced Elements. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000J2KX88/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1This 5 gallon bag is unwieldy (40 lbs when full with no structure), leaked from the spout, and I wouldn't trust the handle for hanging. It did not get as hot as the 2.5 gallon, and as another reviewer said, the temperature on the bag seems to represent the black surface temperature more than the water - no way was the water as warm as the gauge stated. I also found that my 5 gallon hard plastic "jerry can", also in the sun, got hotter than this bag. Despite that, I did use this bag to refill the higher-quality, easily hung 2.5 gallon bags, because my teenagers have trouble understanding what it means to minimize their water use while showering, even at a campsite where water comes from a bag hanging from a tree limb.

Great for weekend camping trip. Makes washing up and staying clean a breeze without having to trek to the communal area every time. Very easy and compact to store when not in use

Was very excited to use this, we always carry bottles with water to rinse off so I thought getting something like thiswould make it a lot easier to rinse off afterwards...I shouldve stuck with the water bottles. I only filled it halfway just in case, made sure nothing that could puncture it was near it and kept it safe, it started dripping when i put it in the car but i thought it was just the spout thay was open, upon taking it out, the whole thing split open at the bottom in less than 5 seconds lol you get what you pay for so...pay for something better.