GASLAND BE158 Propane Tankless Water Heater 6L, Outdoor Portable Hot Water Heater, Overheating Protection, Easy to Install, Use for RV Cabin Barn Camping Boat, White

I recently bought a hot tub. I wanted an outdoor shower to rinse off before and after. I thought about a passive solar hot water delivery system. Not enough hot water. I thought about trenching and connecting my hot water supply from my basement. Too much work. Then I stumbled upon the propane instant hot water heater world. I purchased this one.It is totally great. Hot water is super scalding if you set the temp high. I don't recommend that.I did not use the cheap supplied shower head though if I were camping, I supposed it might be useful.I built an outdoor shower and I run both hot and cold to the mixer.The heater kicks in the moment it senses water flow. I can hear the pilot light go on instantly. Hot water takes 10-15 seconds to feel. I don't have a sense of how much propane it will use but I estimate it will be around 600 minutes. We'll see.The gas line comes already connected to the device so I did not have to do anything with that. The other connectors are well made. I wish it came with the stainless steel vent cap. I bought one. I also think the battery compartment is flimsy.I noticed after I bought it that they don't recommend leaving it exposed to the elements. I had it attaches to the wooden back of my outdoor shower. But I got worried about a fire, so I put some blocking on the back of the shower wall and then cut some corrugated steel roofing and attached it to the blocks with the steel roofing making direct contact with it. Then I build a little rain protecting roof a couple of feet over it. It should be fine.It's been 2 weeks. I hope it lasts! So far, so great!

We previously had a camplux for our outdoor shower, but it died after 2 years so we tried this one out. It works great and I LOVE that it displays the water temperature. I like my showers around 104*F and it quickly heats up and stays consistent for the duration of my shower. Very simple to use, and you can alter the temp with either knob. Turning up water pressure means colder water, but you can turn propane up too to compensate. If you want to use less propane, you can turn the water pressure down, which conserves both water and propane while maintaining warm temp! Overall I love it and would purchase again.

So let's get this out of the way for the people that are viewing this and have no idea if it may or may not work. It does work, and it works wonderfully.Specifically I went ahead and bought the model that comes with the LED temp reading which I need to emphasize is in Celsius not Fahrenheit. Not a big deal once you Google how to convert between C to F so whatever. Frankly the readout is necessary otherwise you'll be relying on feeling alone. The hot water this puts out is just jaw dropping, we set it on the "Winter" setting on the upper-middle Dial and with just halfway up the gas and the water pressure dial at full (all the way to the left) it will easily put out hot water at 44 Celsius (Roughly 111 Degrees Fahrenheit) which is my ideal temperature for taking a shower but a more consistent temperature of 42 celsius (107 Fahrenheit) seems to be the norm for this heater. It'll all depend on the temp of your incoming water and how high you have your gas dial set. Where I've set it up, I draw water from a standard Garden Hose faucet with water coming out at about 56-57 Degrees Fahrenheit and it will heat up that water immediately in about 10 seconds or so. I hang it up via the handle bar thing included on it and it seems stable so far, the mounting kit that's included is only for wood and in my case it's near a concrete wall but it'll work just fine if you use the included hardware kit. Speaking of the accessories, the hose included for the shower head is FLIMSY as all, I'm still using it but it'll break eventually especially if you move the hose around much. It's also rather short so careful where you mount the heater unit it since there isn't much length on that hose. I ordered a nice long one off of amazon here for 10 bucks or so that is much sturdier and will replace it with that once I get the chance but in my case I mounted everything close by so it works just fine for now. The shower head itself is fine, it's all plastic and the push button may be hard for some people but I have no real complaints, maybe I'll replace it with something better but I'll have to research what works with the heater. The brass adapters included seemed well made and I have no complaints on that end. And the gas line to hook up to a propane tank seems well built but the regulator itself feels plasticky. I'm using it right now since it works but I'll replace that with something sturdier down the line. The kit also comes with some wrenches and oh boy did they cheap out on that. They simply don't work, period. It seems like a 9 year old cut these out of sheet metal (and that might not be far from the truth) and they were useless. Luckily I had some adjustable wrenches otherwise I'd be out of luck.I should note that I set this up for a place in Tijuana, Mexico so if you are from there or plan to use it there it'll work just fine with some caveats so keep reading. If you are using this for USA applications everything is plug and play, sort of.So my setup:-Standard 5/8" hose from Home Depot. There's a bigger 1/2" hose adapter included but I have no idea why you would need a hose with such a huge diameter. Whatever.-Female to Female 5/8" adapter from Home Depot. This connects to the Garden Hose Faucet into the hose itself, you'll need it. It's about 3 bucks so just get it or order it from Amazon, your choice. You WILL NEED IT.-An adjustable wrench or some standard wrenches. So I'm not sure what the diameter is on the included adapters for the inlets and outlets, I just used two pairs of adjustable wrenches to tighten everything down. Use one wrench to hold on to the brass fittings itself and the other one to tighten everything down as not to damage anything. Common sense will take you a long way.-Teflon tape. The kit with the heater came with some already but An extra roll is cheap and never hurts. I ended up needing it since I suck at installing things like this. Note that teflon tape isn't sticky so you'll need a pair of steady hands.-D Cell batteries. Got these at home depot too, some standard Energizer ones for $8 bucks because I'm a genius and should have just ordered them here on Amazon. Oh well. I should note that the battery cover on the heater unit itself do in fact have the provided positive and negative indicators when you open the cover up but since they are part of the white plastic they are hard to see. I used a bright LED flashlight to take a good look, they are there.So Garden hose on the inlet with the provided 5/8" adapter for the unit itself, DO NOT FORGET TO INSTALL THE INCLUDED RUBBER GASKET or everything will leak. The gasket will go inside the adapter and that screws into the inlet on the unit itself, put teflon tape on every part that has threads, Teflon tape on the pipe on the unit itself, more Teflon tape on the threads on the adapter. Make sure whatever garden hose you use has a rubber gasket on the female ends as well to avoid leaks, if you don't have one, home depot sells a kit of gaskets for standard 5/8" hose for 5 bucks or so. The hose I bought already had one but just letting you guys know.The hose for the shower (the hot water outlet) is 1/2"? Whatever, it's small, so put Teflon tape on the threads on the unit itself and screw the included hose onto that, then take the other end with the bell cover and just gently screw it onto the shower head, I didn't use teflon tape on the plastic thread for the shower head itself and It doesn't seem to leak.The next important part is obviously the gas line and for the love of all make sure to put teflon tape on the threads for the gas line on the unit self, DO NOT FORGET this or you will leak propane everywhere. Properly tighten this down then connect the other end to the propane tank you will use. Put teflon tape on that as well because safety. Once everything is hooked up get some soapy water and put it on the gas line ends, turn on the propane and turn on your water source, and check for leaks. Google a youtube video of this if have no idea what I'm talking about or how it will look like. Or get a fancy gas leak detector just in case, up to you.Once everything is up and running just press down on the shower head and you should hear the click click sound of the heater igniter going off and it should light up the gas. There's a small grill on the side of the unit where you can inspect the flame but it's pretty obvious when it gets going.And that should be it.There are three dials on this unit, the leftmost one is for how high you want the gas to go, the middle one is a "winter" and "summer" setting, probably to adjust how much gas is introduced into the heater I just set mine to winter and call it a day since it's cold anyway. The one on the right (the blue one) is for how much water is circulating into the unit. I leave this on all the way but the way you adjust temp is to first turn up the gas and then lower the water pressure on the right if you want the water to get hotter. This will lower the pressure of the water coming from the shower head. Mess around with it until you get it to what you want.So far it's been working great, no issues, the accessories are iffy but it works. If you are thinking twice about buying it I can say this one works fine.Extra notes:-I installed this in Tijuana, Mexico and for anyone wanting to use this unit in Mexico you need to know that the gas line included with the kit only works for newer style propane tanks in the USA, Mexico is still using an older connector variant for their gas vessels and it simply will not fit. I was able to completely replace the connector on mine but I would highly recommend finding a compatible gas regulator line in a Mexican home depot if you can get one. I would suggest you take the unit with you and test out different gas hoses. Not the fault of the product since it's not being used for its intended country. IIRC, gas containers in mexico have internal threads while tanks in the USA have external threads and some safety valves and such and they aren't compatible.-We turn of the water and gas after every use because, well, safety but there is one thing you should watch out for. We had a family member who turned on the water faucet but forgot to turn on the gas line on the propane tank itself. With the water on coming out of the shower head they then went to turn on the gas on the propane tank itself and of course, the gas didn't ignite because I assume it relies on the initial burst of water pressure to turn on the gas. We caught this idiocy in time but make sure you turn on both the gast and your water source on before turning it on or you'll get a fireball. Nothing happened on our end but just something to watch out for. Not sure if it leaked propane at all but better safe than sorry.I'll include some pictures later but boy oh boy was this purchase worth it.

UPDATE: If you are in any extreme cold environment, pass on this. This did not make a single freeze. I obviously drained the unit prior to but that drain plug does NOT get all the water out and a line busted once the temps dropped below freezing. Complete waste of money. It works. I am comparing this to the Camplux heater which is basically the same thing. The issue I have run into with this as a replacement (My camplux did not drain completely and when it froze outside, it busted one of the lines. My system was already set up and just needed to plug this one in). I have a 5.5 Gal pump which is an upgrade to what comes with this, if you get the pump which is why I think it has an issue. In cold weather/water, with the lowest water flow and highest temp setting, the absolute hottest you can get the water is 113. Makes for an decent shower, but you will not be able to get one with strong water flow. As you increase the flow, the temp drops, or course. But it takes the absolute maximum to get just hot enough for a shower. The camplux would be around 127 degrees for water this cold which is significant if you are taking a shower outdoors in a cold environment. This will wrk most of the rest of the year just fine since I don't need water that hot in the summer or even should seasons. Conclusion, it works but I recommend the camplux over this and make sure you bring that one in when the temps start to get seriously cold.

It works great. I was surprised when it didn't cut on when I put batteries in the unit. It only works when you have waterflow. This is really a great product when you hook it up properly. Their customer support is helpful without making you feel incompetent.