Early Morning Solar Gagdet(s) - Outdoor Solar Shower And Solar Swim Suit | Showering Enthusiast

The Sietch Blog:

So summer is rapidly approaching and you might want to start taking some outdoor showers (while camping, the shower inside it taken, just because), many homes in the north east have an outdoor shower so that you can wash the salt off of you after swimming in the ocean. Well here is a quick and easy way to take that outdoor shower without burning fossil fuels on the hot water.

Called the Solar Fizz, it is a simple solar thermal collector that you hook up to your garden hose and whalla! Hot water.

Now you got your shower, you will need a bathing suit to go with it. Well the ladies at least have a solar option.

The black suit is not what I would call, umm, flattering. You also have to wonder how well the solar cells will do after they get wet? Lets hope they are sealed up in something. The suit powers small devices like an Ipod or cell phone. But really its so damn ugly I can’t see anyone buying it.

The brown model however is a little less scary, but still looks pretty uncomfortable. This one also powers a USB device.

I think that eventually we will see the integration of solar cells into clothing, and its nice to see some early pioneers.