OZK Customs + Joolca HOTTAP V2 Essentials Portable Hot Water Kit

Is there any modern convenience quite like hot water? We may not think about it often in the midst of all our many modern luxuries, but a quick hot shower at the end of the day, or the ability to wash your dishes off in warm water adventure can be valuable and practical comforts on your van adventures. We also understand the space constraints to be considered in your camper van build, and that realistically there just may not be room for a full indoor shower, or maybe even a Galley cabinet with a traditional sink. The good thing is, plenty of companies have worked to come up with space-saving solutions for hot water in those off-grid situations, and one of the most portable and versatile is the Joolca HOTTAP V2 portable water heater.

The Joolca HOTTAP V2 is the world’s tiniest portable water heater in its class – but don’t let that fool you! This instant water heater runs on a propane tank – it heats the water AS it runs through the heater – hence the “instant” feature. This means there is no need to figure out where to sandwich a water heater with a standard tank, and no wait for the tank to reheat after use.

Anywhere you put the Joolca HOTTAP, you can have hot water in seconds making it an incredibly versatile and useful component for camper van life! All you need is a waterline connection point and a bottle of propane, and you have endless hot water. This tiny but powerful instant water heater provides over 15 hours of run time on a single propane tank – requiring no power from your van’s battery or power station to heat.

And, it’s more than just an instant water heater, the Joolca HOTTAP V2 is your portable hot water solution for an outdoor shower, including everything necessary to set up an outdoor hot shower! The impressive 37,500 BTU burner it will provide a shower as hot as you want – easily adjustable with the precise integrated temperature control knob.

Outdoor showers can be a simple proposition with the HOTTAP Portable Hot Water Kit – with quick connect points for your water lines in and out, and a quick connect to the line from your propane tank, you can have this compact shower up and going in moments. The shower head has a comfortable, rich spray pattern, and the HOTTAP offers up to 1.6 GPM of flow through rate. So you can be assured of a REAL shower, not just a tiny drizzle, and enough water pressure to truly feel clean.

The HOTTAP shower head operates with a simple switch. Switch it on, and hot water begins flowing, so you can just as easily switch it off while you are scrubbing down to save on water use! The handle is magnetic, so it can be simply hung on your van until you need again – or it can be hung from a hook, making it a versatile and easy-to-use accessory that can be attached for an overhead shower, or used hand-held. And depending on your water storage system, the HOTTAP will provide hot water as long as you need it.

HOTTAP Outing Kit

Speaking of water storage – the HOTTAP portable water heater can also be ordered with the Outing Kit. This accessory kit is manufactured with the understanding that adventure van enthusiasts who love being off the grid likely don’t have gallons upon gallons of water to spare for showers, outdoor or not. So a simple solution is integrated into the Outing Kit in the form of a separate water intake with a two-stage filter with long distance feed and powerful, but tiny 12V pump to power the intake line. So you can literally throw the filtered intake into the nearest creek, and the pump can push water up to 100 feet to your campsite and your shower.

The pump is IPX3 rated, which means it can handle being left out in the rain, and it will not be damaged by running dry. The two-stage filter head is compact, sturdy enough to handle being tossed into creeks or shallow rivers, while filtering out all but the very finest of sediments. (It’s an outdoor shower… cleaner water is almost certainly better than no water!) Once you are done using it, the filter can be separated and easily flushed out.

If the outdoor shower sounds like a great solution for showering (and you weren’t wanting to take up living space in your camper van with an indoor shower) check out the Van Wife Components Adjustable Rear Door Shower Curtain. A magnetic curtain that hangs in seconds on any set of van rear doors – you can shower in privacy and as much comfort as the weather that day allows!

Nomad Kit

If this incredible level of functionality it sounding great to you and you wonder if Joolca has leveraged this into any other handy camper van components – they have! One more accessory option you can add to your HOTTAP Essentials kit is the Nomad kit. If you want to be able to wash your dishes – but only occasionally foresee the need and don’t intend to add a galley or traditional sink to your interior van layout, the Nomad Kit provides a practical solution.

With the Nomad Kit, you get everything included in the HOTTAP Essentials and Outing kits, plus a sturdy plastic sink and faucet. The sink is manufactured as a tub that holds ALL of your HOTTAP accessories, including the water heater unit itself. The top of the sink slides open for use, with tilted drain and dish racks (because who likes to dry dishes right after doing them, even in a camper van?) Simply quick-connect the hot water line to the faucet, which pivots and tilts like a standard sink faucet, and you have the convenience of hot water to take care of your dishes.

Designed to be truly compact, portable, and modular, the Joolca HOTTAP V2 is a highly functional component to help you maximize your van’s space and battery life, while providing hot water on demand for multiple useful applications.