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Member:
kathrynr

Posted on Wednesday, Mar 4, 2009 - 11:49 am:

Hi All,
Would anyone own the Hott Wash water heating unit for bathing and if so does it work well?
Kat
Member:
ekaufman

Posted on Wednesday, Mar 4, 2009 - 2:08 pm:

I gagged over the price on those things and bought myself a Coleman Hot Water on Demand Unit with a garden hose adapter. It was cheaper (I see they're over $200 now), ran on propane, is very portable, and gets unlimited amounts of water as hot as you want very fast. I love my Coleman. It uses those weenie cans of Coleman Propane and they last a looong time.
Member:
erika

Posted on Wednesday, Mar 4, 2009 - 2:28 pm:

I installed a small regular water heater with a mixer to mix hot and cold in the hose. About the same price and gives me more hot water than I need.
The only reason I could see for the portable is on the road, or at a boarding situation where the owner doesn't have hot water--but then they probably wouldn't be too thrilled about the electricity to heat yours, either...
Member:
kathrynr

Posted on Thursday, Mar 5, 2009 - 8:02 am:

Thanks for the ideas, I will look into both of these options. The price tag on the Hott Wash was a bit steep!
Member:
stek

Posted on Thursday, Mar 5, 2009 - 10:45 am:

Kat, you can pick up a submersible water heater for under $50 that will heat up a 5 gallon bucket very quickly, only downside is that you can only sponge rather than hose. They do work great though.

Here's a link to one sellers site:

https://millerharness.com/product.asp?pn=X4-4758&sid=nextag&CATALOG_CODE=DX811&EI D=X4811001&zmam=1460880&zmas=3&zmac=38&zmap=X4-4758&bhcd2=1236267707
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