Trade-A-Boat — December 2017

Quick Rinse

A CLEVER IDEA FOR A PORTABLE PRESSURISED WATER SUPPLY

THAT COULD BE VERY HANDY AROUND HOLIDAY TIME.

Newly released onto the
market in Australia the
RinseKit consists of a plastic
tub with a lid, inside which
is a rubber gland that you
fill with water from your
nearest mains supply. This
fill process takes about 20
seconds and expands the
rubber gland to store the
water under pressure, much
like a balloon stores air
pressure when you inflate it.
Water is added by removing
the nozzle and plugging the
attached hose to a supplied
plastic clip-on fitting on a
tap. When full, disconnect the
hose and reattach the nozzle.
The pressure will be stored
for as long as the water

remains in the gland.

The makers of RinseKit

claim it holds up to 8L of

water (though we only ever

got a little over 6L), which

can be accessed using the

attached hose and eight-

position spray nozzle. This

can be very handy for

small washing jobs such

as cleaning fishing rods,

surf boards, kayaks, diving

equipment, children’s feet,

salt water out of your hair,

the soles of dirty boots and

so on. But beware, this is not

a means of washing down

the caravan or the car; there

isn’t enough water for that.

The makers claim

pressurised water supply

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lasting up to four minutes.

This of course, is a product

of the volume of water

stored and the pressure

under which it is pumped

into the RinseKit. Sydney

domestic water pressure

can vary anywhere from 150

to 1000kpa (21 to 145psi), so

volume and pressure would

depend very much on the

supply pressure at the point

of fill. Many regional towns

would be expected to have

pressure below major cities

such as Sydney.

I guess this writer’s home

had pressure at the lower

end as a filled RinseKit gave

enough pressure on the ‘jet’

setting to provide a stream

of about 8m initially, and a

stream of over 2m in length

for 80-90 seconds (and the

last half of that was getting

low). While on ‘shower’ the

stream finished completely

after about 40-50 seconds.

The RinseKit comes with

a handle for easy carrying,

and the lid is removable so

that you can stand on it while

washing off dirt or sand from

your feet.

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