NEMO Helio Portable Pressure Camp Shower

One of my biggest complaints being away from home is not having pressurized water for camping, fishing or anything outdoors. This packs away very small and is so easy to use. I like that you can't "over pressurize" it and it provides enough pressure for whatever you need (shower, cleaning or washing). The price is the down fall but you pay for the quality. All the seams are welded nicely and I experienced no leaks at all. NEMO has things figured out. I'm sure you could spend a lot less, but the money is worth the quality and backed by a reputable company.

I was searching for an alternative to the original sun shower as I had a hard time finding a place to mount it high enough to shower without stooping down. After a long day working outside a hot shower is great. It arrived on time, and it works decently, though sometimes it felt like I was over pumping it. I was able to get two showers out of it per fill. It’s just difficult to completely dry it out. Another plus was NEMO has a great warranty, I see this lasting many trail maintenance seasons!

This tank is a nice unit. The difficulty in drying it out ultimately killed it for me.Pros:Holds pressure wellReally nice form-factor- I love that it doesn't tip overDoesn't take up a lot of spaceCons:Awkward to fillPlug is difficult to seal/unsealHard to dry outOnly needing the unit for a few trips over the season, I need it to fully dry out. I tried over multiple days to dry it out and still had some water drops or steam in it (leaving it in the sun to dry). Because of its horizontal form-factor, there is no good spot on the bottom of the unit to drain. You have to keep moving it around while looking inside to see if pooled water is draining. The plug is also too small for my big hands to get in with a towel to dry it out. I'm sure given enough time in the air, it would eventually dry out, but generally I am going to pack this down into a bunch of gear where it will not be touched again for weeks.If you have small hands to get in there with a towel or don't really need it to be bone dry the moment you pack up, this could be a very good shower. It is small, easy to move around, doesn't tip over, and provides good pressure.

Liz Shepard should be put in charge of the NEMO customer service division. We experienced a leak between the layers of our NEMO shower bag pump. It was late Friday, right before the 4th of July. She shared that management was either out to lunch, or already gone for the holiday, and she needed their approval to ship me a new pump.After searching for answers, and after I told her that we were on the road, and use the NEMO every day, she put me on hold again as she tried to find a solution.I told her we'd be in Miami for a few days only, as she told me they could ship me a new pump, but not till July 6, to arrive around the 13-16 of July. We'd be gone from Miami by that date. So, Liz asked me to be patient, as she was trying to get creative in solving my issue.Liz came back online to our Chat, to say she thinks she solved itShe had a few replacement pumps in the warehouse that could be shipped out later today, and they would arrive in Miami during the time we'd be there. Low and behold, the new pump was waiting for us in Miami on July 8th.I'm a lifelong NEMO customer now, as I've never experienced such creative customer service as Liz provided from any other company.Thank you Liz, for showing me what a company can do when it hires the right people.

EDIT: this issue gets worse over time until it's essentially unusable. Bumping down to 1 star.I used the original design extensively on the road and loved it until it was stolen from camp. I wanted to love the new design but it favors cute and cleverness over functionality and there are some major flaws that could have been caught in product testing.1) The most critical flaw is that it can't hold pressure. The top fill plug begins leaking as soon as it gets usable pressure. I've tested this on two different ones and they both had the issue. This means constant pumping and very little flow if you need to wash your hair or similar.2) The fill plug design is buried in a tight pocket, making it incredibly difficult to fill in most conditions. I find I need at least three hands, and have actually had to buy a siphon hose to make things easier.3) The original model had it's own structure so could stand upright. This is just a floppy bag of water with cute little legs that don't work unless it's pressurized. This makes it more difficult to fill, and more difficult to transport with water in it.In summary, the show stopper is inability to hold its own necessary pressure, and I'll be hunting for something else now.

This was the perfect addition to my camp gear. It's very durable and can take a beating. Leave it in the sunlight for a bit to get the perfect temp water for a rinse down.

I Really Rate this shower 5 Stars but if you are anything like me you read the 3 star reviews firstI love, love, love, love this thing. I travel with it and for some reason outside of America I always seem to run into situations where the water is turned off or the hot water is not working. For example, right now I am in Germany and the hot water has been turned off for 5 days.However because I have the Nemo portable shower you can always find a way to have a hot shower. You can warm water in a coffee maker and then combine that water with the cold water. Or you can fill up the tank and then leave it outside if you are in direct sunlight for about 3 hours (this is what I did in Africa).In Germany I used 3 container fulls of heated water that I would use to make coffee, so right around a 2 thirds of a gallon of heated water, combined with the cold water to fill up the rest of the Nemo and voila I had a hot shower.This shower is a life saver.Take my advice and buy this shower. You will not regret it.