To the question of what to do when there is no possibility or need to run a water supply system with all accompanying units at the summer cottage, but you need to wash yourself occasionally, there is an answer: garden compact showers, which can also be used to water the garden. At the dacha, the issue of hygiene is especially important when work is being done where you have to get your hands dirty. Based on the technical characteristics and subjective description of different models, buyers have created a rating of the best for 2024.
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Description of technical characteristics is important for any category of goods. These are individual indicators, therefore, in addition to the price, they pay attention to them when choosing.
The shower is often made of metal, some elements at the junction of parts and the head are made of polycarbonate or other plastic. The bags are made of waterproof plastic PVC, or shower units are sold with plastic tanks included. Most often garden showers are sold with water bags, and plastic tanks are sold separately as a spare part.
Some models are sold with plastic pallets. Users make pallets from wood if it is not included, which is more common. But wooden ones can quickly wear out or rot if they don't have the ability to dry well. Outside, tanks and bags should be black in order to quickly heat their water from the sun. Even if the model has a heating function, heating from this heat source is often used to save electricity.
Shower cabins are on sale completely made of wood, but they are not popular, since wood is not fireproof, not electrically safe, and most summer residents, if they wish, can make it themselves. This is more relevant in our country than abroad, where most people do not know how to do anything except their profession. Residents of the CIS countries are used to specializing in many things. Therefore, wooden booths are simply irrelevant in our country, as a purchase, rarely which users, after all, buy ready-made ones.
Electric heating increases the cost of a garden shower, but allows you to wash with water at a comfortable temperature on a cloudy day. Heaters must have electrical protection and a sufficiently long cord, since the presence of outlets on the street is quite complicated and inconvenient. And it's not safe in the rain.
Showers, which are sold with walls, are equipped inside for changing rooms.There are coat hooks and waterproof curtains to help keep clothes dry. Also the presence of locks and hooks that close the door from accidental intrusion of roommates or other tourists. Cabins can be sold with compartments, separate for changing rooms. There may even be three compartments, connecting the changing room and shower.
Low-cost options work by placing a bag or tank over the user's head and simply flowing out of it. Or it can be driven by a pump, manual or electric. A very convenient pump that has buttons on the floor, you can pump water through it by trampling.
Good flow pressure - less time in the shower and time savings. As a rule, structures that are able to provide a high head have its adjustment. You can decrease or increase the force of the fluid flow at your discretion. Cheap options prefer to water with water relatively weakly, without the possibility of change.
Designs that are sold with water tanks. If they are without this device, most likely there will be a pump for pumping water from the tank, or the tank will need to be purchased.
Stands with three legs for easy mounting on a flat surface, and not so. Almost all tube-shaped designs are sold with peaks that are shoved into the ground. Such peaks will not stand on a flat surface. Therefore, tripods are very comfortable.
The shower can be in the form of a stand, which is attached in parts, or in the form of a hanging bag with a shower umbrella. Suspended are mounted on a tree or other support. The fastenings to which the structure clings must be very strong and reliable.
In order to wash one person you need up to 10 liters of water. Naturally, when the shower tank only intervenes 5 liters, there will be little sense from it, only torment. But it is great for washing small animals or watering a small area with plants.
When the contents of the tank are left for a long time, and the water is not drained from there, there is a possibility of contamination. If the tank is of corrosive metal, cleaning is necessary. This option is available in more expensive types.
To be successful in installing a shower, you need to take into account that the area should be as illuminated as possible by the sun, equipped with a path to get to it if the soil is very wet in bad weather. Arrange a waste water drain so as to minimize environmental pollution. If the shower does not have a tray, it is advisable to install one so that the water that flows down goes under the feet, leaving them clean.
It is not advised to place a shower structure near a toilet or a well, so that dirty water does not flow where it is not needed, and does not overflow the toilet pit. Also, an unpleasant odor can spoil the aesthetics of hygiene.
A drainage ditch (the path through which the used water flows) is made when more than 30 liters of water are used per day on a regular basis. It is advised to make a hole half a meter deep right under the pallet, lining the bottom with stones and sand.
One of the important criteria for choosing a product is its price. It may depend on where you can buy cheaper, in which store. This information changes quickly, it is worth checking it immediately before buying.
A model that can be used for watering plants from a popular manufacturer will cost 2,659 rubles. The kit includes a frame to keep the structure more confident, the height is adjustable. Maximum height - 220 cm, weight - 1.25 kg. There is a water flow adjustment.
Cost: 851 rubles. Plastic, on an aluminum extension. One of the important features is that the spray gun moves 180 degrees.It is easy to install on the grass and has a special lance. The tap regulates the intensity of the water, on and off. Height adjustable: 165-220 cm. Packing width: 14 cm, height - 12.5, length - 86.
Cost: 1646 rubles. Easy to install on grass, head rotates 180 degrees. The water pressure is adjustable. There is a stand, a lance, the body has three sections. One of the novelties that does not corrode. Manufacturing materials - plastic and aluminum. Height - 225 cm.Weighs 960 grams.
Price: 1019 rubles. Designed for summer use in the yard. Made mainly of aluminum, there are plastic parts. There is a pressure adjustment. Weighs 900 g, maximum height 220 cm.
Cost: 1472 rubles. Three-section, composed of three parts, which are folded into a finished structure. Weighs 300 grams. Made of corrosion resistant aluminum. The pressure force can be adjusted. The structure is prefabricated, the height is not adjustable: 2.17 meters. There is a lance for installation in the soil. The tap is used to regulate the water pressure.
Rating of the best quality garden showers that have bags or tanks in the kit, recommendations are based on consumer feedback.
Cost: 24,500 rubles. What kind of souls are, tells their classification. Showers for summer residents that are used in the yard are not very popular. But if there is a desire to purchase just this type, there is an answer to the question of which one is better to buy: the mobile EcostyleEcoGR. Among all the others, this shower stall has gained the most popularity. A full-fledged mobile shower weighs 90 kg, consumes 2 kW of electrics per hour, inside the cabin walls are equipped with a changing room. There are hooks for clothes, shackles for the lock, shower head. The manufacturer offers a warranty period of 12 months. Sold in blue and green.
Price: 55 rubles. Portable view with a small bag of 20 liters. The bag is made of water-repellent fabric, polyvinyl chloride with a waterproof effect. Weighs 430 grams.
Portable, convenient type for a summer residence at a price of 350 rubles. With adjustable water flow, there is a bag for 19 liters. Weighs: 750 grams.
Cost: 620 rubles. Belongs to tourist types, can be used for a garden plot. The volume of the bag is quite large - 20 liters. In order to wash one person, you need 4-10 liters. At a temperature of 25 degrees, the entire contents of the bag heats up in about an hour and a half, it must be placed with the black side out. It weighs 455 grams, overall dimensions - 41x58 cm. The diameter of the watering can is 40 mm. Following the manufacturer's advice, for operation it is necessary to open the valve of the watering can, after the end of use - close it. The set includes a plastic handle, a hose, a watering can with a valve, a hook, a rope and a tank with soft material.
990 rubles. With a 20 liter tank made of PVC. The set also includes a hose, a hanging cord, an umbrella head, a mounting pipe. Hose 60 cm, construction weighs 450 grams.
Which is better to choose a compact version of a garden shower if companies offer a variety of them? What to look for will be shown by the rating of portable structures, created based on consumer feedback.
Portable with height adjustment. Average price: 1050 rubles. The height can be chosen just for any height: from 164 to 240 cm. Made of plastic and metal.
Cost: 4720 rubles. Portable shower 200 cm long. Weighs five and a half kilograms, water flow and height are regulated.
Cost: 5060 rubles. Portable shower-water heater with a power of 1300 W. Water heating is regulated. The device contains a pump and a watering can with a valve. Made of aluminum, has a first class electrical protection. The pump lifts the water up to 4 meters. Dimensions 36x11x8 cm.Weighs 1.9 kg. The set includes a hose and a watering can. The cable is 2 meters long, the shower hose is 2.2 meters.
1197 rubles. The model meets the popular demand for designs that are easy to install in the garden. The spray head moves 180 degrees. Height adjustable, aluminum body. The construction is prefabricated, has elements of ABS plastic. The water pressure is adjustable. Weighs 590 grams. Packing dimensions - 6x91x25 cm.
It costs 3390 rubles. A portable shower with a pump that works by pressing the weight of a person. Although the apparatus brings motion into operation, there is no difficulty in this, since you need to move with minimal forces, stepping from foot to foot, which is usually done in the shower. Weighs 2 kilograms.
A common mistake when choosing to eat is giving priority to cheap designs. But they may be less durable. Some cheap models can still be better than expensive ones. Therefore, an overview of the discussion of people who have already experienced various products is important, on the basis of them there is an opportunity not to repeat the same mistakes.