Yakima  RoadShower Portable Shower - 4 gal.

Want to love this product but it does have a few shortcoming and took some fine tuning to get it to function efficiently. Great concept, light and sturdy construction. Came missing the hose adaptor and REI was great about discounting the price due to not being able to get the part. After a trip to Home Depot I picked up a couple adaptors to have an extra one. Was well packaged. after initial setup I did have leaks on the plug and on/off faucet. The plug did not come prewrapped with plumbers tape so I taped it and tightened extra tight and then it did not leak. The on/off faucet leaked so I tightened it some more (directions say not to over tighten) and it still leaked, it also was at a strange angle pointing upwards. I removed and retaped and tighten down tight with a plumbers wrench, this is very tight but the only way I could get it to stop leaking. I hoping if it ever needs to be removed and replaced the threads will be ok. Took it on a 3 day camping trip and worked great. I used a small battery operated air compressor to charge and filled the tank every morning with a gallon water jug. (campground had water available so I did not have to travel with it full). The locks provided are a good idea but tricky if the brackets from the Roadshower are near your crossbar towers. They need a good bit of room to spin on so you need to keep this placement in mind. The filler/pressure release cap seems to fill with water when raining, I wonder how this holds up over time, any remaining water seemed to evaporate during the day with sun but wondering how it would hold up in a good week/month of inclement weather. My one main complaint and possible design oversight is that you have to take the tank off your rack to fully empty. (as suggested by REI after every trip) There should be a drain valve. If I use this every weekend in the summer that's a lot of on and off, not that big of a deal as the tank is light but the lock washers will wear more quickly this way. So keep an extra eye on that, I'm going to get a second set of mounting hardware to rotate if I use the tank often. And not a functional issue but aesthetic - the front and back "Yakima Roadshower" logos were printed (powder coated?) on very uneven, like it was a quick after thought so I sprayed a bit of flat black Bedliner over them, kept the Yakima logo on the side dont mind advertising the company, great products but I feel like this acquisition of Roadshower was a bit quick and could of used a little more QC and design upgrade. All that being said after some work on the unit it looks great and functions well, hoping it holds up.

Started out very useful, then the hose started getting gross, yellow and sticky on the exterior and water started to smell. Did full rinse and clean. Hose Disintegrated less than one year. Replaced it. Valve went out next. Leaking valve. Twice. Replaced valve. Then would pressurize tank but not spray. Released pressure, re pressurized and same, no spray. This on multiple overland trips. Hauled full tanks of water back home as it would not spray. $400 plus shower waste of funds. Read about the same issue on other overland sites and should have listened!