GASLAND 6L Propane Water Heater with 12V Pump and Strainer

This GasLand Heater exceeded my expectations. I have a hunting camp deep in the woods. There is no power or running water. I purchased this specific unit because I needed the pump to supply water from my 200 gallon collection tub. Then a propane bottle and a battery to power the pump and I was in business. We have had this camp for 35 years and this is the first hot shower we have ever taken. It does not matter if the temps or in the 30's or 40's the hot water is there. The directions to assemble left a lot to be desired, but I managed to figure it out and all is good!

We bought this about a year ago, original plan was to install in 5x10 we were building. Went different route and we just installed this in our bathhouse. The intake water hose was not long enough, installed a fitting & extended the hose. Then ignitor would not start, took a bit of trouble shooting as doubted the D batteries age. Eventually figured out had a seal issue with hoses, swapped to a 15' hose. Now fantastic. Super excited for upgrade from gravity camping shower/heating water in the sun or over a fire. (Have a rv/off grid accumulator ordered to help extend pump life.)

I do some dispersed camping and like to hike and get dirty…real dirty. This is very propane efficient. I use it to clean up with a shower after a day in the woods and use it to wash camp Dishes and gear before packing up. I added a pump that runs off a 12v battery to draw water from a bucket or straight from the river/lake with an inline sediment filter. This thing gets hot fast. I’ve had it up to 130° for cleaning up grease (oils and butter) off the camp stove, utensils and dishes. Using 52° degree lake water was no problem for this to get the temp up to 100° for that perfect shower in the 32° outdoor temps. I have hung it on my deck hooked up to a hose bib and a 20 lb propane tank to use to wash off the cold river water of the Willamette when I winter paddle board/kayak. Good unit. No troubles with this other than minor hose leaks, easily fixed by adding light teflon tape to the threads.

Set it up and tried it out. First thing to know is that it will not run if propane tank is low. The 20 lb. tank that would not run the heater was later hooked up to a two burner camp stove with oven and provided gas for almost a week. So make sure you have lots of gas. Setting the heat for the water is strange. In the "summer" setting it barely raised the temperature of the 75F degree water going into it. "Winter" setting was more than hot enough, but tricky to get just the right temperature. An important coupler fitting was missing from one of the lines. I had plenty of garden hose couplers on hand and managed to improvise a fix to get it to work. Sent Gasland a message accordingly several weeks ago. They said they'd send a replacement. Still waiting.... It's an OK heater, but a buyer might want to explore different options.

This thing is sketchy. The dials take some fiddling to get the temperature right. It works though. I have used mine about 25 times and am satisfied with the results.