Starling Travel

April 2, 2012

Reliance Camping Sink

Filed under: Camping,Teardrops & Tiny Trailers — Laura Moncur @ 10:00 am

One of the cool things about my new teardrop trailer is the sink that came with it. It’s a five gallon jug that fits nicely in a recess in the galley hatch. You fill it with water like any other water jug, but once it’s full, you can use a hand pump like a water faucet to fill the sink within the jug. Here is a video showing you how it works.

This sink was made by Reliance back in 1989, but I can’t find anything from them that works as nicely. They do make the Wash’n Go 3 Gallon Sink, which is a similar design without a hand pump faucet, though.

Wash'n Go 3 Gallon Sink at Amazon.com

Leisure Components 131-5 2-Way Low Boy Hand Water Pump at Amazon.comIt is also a water jug with an integrated sink. I suspect you could add this Leisure Components Hand Water Pump to the lid of the product and connect an aquarium hose to the water spout at the bottom of the sink for a similar experience as my Reliance camping sink.

Reliance also makes the ON TAP Powered Washing Station Camp Sink.

ON TAP Powered Washing Station Camp Sink at Amazon.com

This sink requires a separate water reservoir. You put their powered water pump into the water source and it will be a pressurized sink, just like at home. It’s so rare that I have electricity when I’m camping that I think this setup would be bad for me. Additionally, the reviews on Amazon make it sound like it is flimsy and overpriced.

In the end, this sink from Reliance that came with our trailer is ingenious and very rare, so we are doing our best to take good care of it.

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