Description
The Flame Kings 5L Outdoor portable camping shower heater compact and lightweight design allows for added convenient carrying. Feel safe with the built-in flame failure device, anti-freezing, and overheating protection. Maximum power output 34,000 BTU per hr, low water pressure start-up needs just 3.6 PSI of water pressure.
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Your family is safe with these protection features
Ignition is automatic and powered by 2 size D batteries (not included)
34,000 BTU with FULLY ADJUSTABLE control knobs: MIN/MAX Gas Setting and MAX/MIN Water Flow Rate Setting
DURABLE steel cased water heater designed to last
Gas vents ensure safe and efficient operation by venting combustion gases, such as carbon monoxide, so your family is safe!
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CONVENIENT, EASY TO INSTALL & USE
What’s in the box:
- 5L Outdoor Portable Gas Tankless Water Heater
- ON/OFF switch Shower Head with 5-feet hose
- CSA Certified gas regulator with 5-feet hose
- Garden Hose adapter & Gas Compression fitting
- Hardware Pack & Wrench Set
3ric Johanson –
This thing worked great until a year into ownership — then it sprung some bad leak and dumps 90% of the water on the ground. Not sure what happened — but I suspect some fitting or piping failed along the way. I’ll open it up soon and figure it out.
Minerva Ramos –
Muy buena calidad
BigAP –
We have a lake lot with electric only. We carry water in. We just finished a full week of camping and the Flame King made it so much more comfortable, providing hot water for showers and dish-washing. We had previously bought a C0leman one that worked a few times and then completely broke down. We like the simplicity of this Flame King in that it is just the hot water heater…no built-in pump. We bought a separate pump to carry water to the heater. It automatically ignites with water pressure so you don’t have to mess around trying to ignite it.Cons: The inlet leaks and it seems impossible to tighten to stop the leaking no matter how it is adjusted. Will see if we figure it out with more troubleshooting. The shower nozzle and mount are chrome-painted plastic and will eventually need to be replaced as they are flimsy. The house to the nozzle is a little short for our purposes of using for both sink and shower.For the price and ease of use for this heater, I am impressed.
Matt West –
We had one before and loved it, so we purchased this one and it won’t work for some reason, exchanging, this is why I am giving it 5 stars.
Tom –
Works very good hot water you have to turn it down it gets so hot
Steven G –
This was bought as a replacement unit for one that froze. In the picture you can see where the water valve, gas valve, and winter / summer valves are. That is the only place this unit would run. It would maintain approximately 120 to 130°. Way too hot to shower. If I turn the gas valve lower, it will run at 90°. If I turn the water volume up, it won’t run. It will not even fire to heat the water. A complete waste of money.
ubetabelizeit –
It was a little bigger than my old unit but was definitely worth the minor restructure to make it fit. Now I don’t have to worry about running out of hot water with a head full of shampoo!
WirelessGuy –
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I believe that Flame king and similar manufacturers built these tankless hot water heaters for the camper or mobile traveler. The handheld shower that comes with it along with a standard garden hose are probably good enough once the way that the unit mounts has been decided. The temperature of the water can be adjusted using one of the controls on the front.In this case, the goal was to provide seasonal hot water to a wash rack for use on a horse or maybe do some cleanup work that requires warm water. The unit is installed in an area that is prone to freezing temperatures; in any case the unit would need to have the ability to withstand the cold. As seen in the video, the tankless hot water is mounted on a board on the wall of the barn. Once everything was hooked up, the unit performed well enough. When I originally tested the unit, it produced hot water at about 110 degrees or so. After I had the tankless water heater permanently mounted, 99 degrees seems to be its warmest temperature.In the complaint department, I have two big ones:First, the installation manual (pamphlet?) is very limited. One of the things that the manual seemed to gloss over was some of the hook up information. Specifically the drain plug mechanism. When I turned on the water supply initially, there was water coming from a place that was unidentified in the owner’s pamphlet. I tried to go on line and get to customer support but that seemed to be an opaque and mysterious. RV helped facilitate by getting me the number. However the number went to an answering machine. I eventually got a call back from Flame King, but apparently it went to voicemail and I did not talk to them. In the mean time, I discovered that this “leak” was coming from a what I suspect is the drain plug. Again, the manual did not identify what “the thing” was. After looking up this thing, I could see that there was a place for a flat blade screwdriver that can tighten to shut the water off.Second, since this is a Chinese made unit, the input and output water connections use British Standard Threads (BST) and not National Pipe Threads (NPT) for the water hook ups. Flame King provided a BST to Garden Hose Thread (GHT) adapter that I could see working for the campers but not for me. I had to buy adapters (thank you RV) to eventually make the connection to the pex pipe water supply. Again, it would have been helpful to have had enough information in the booklet to help me when going out to get the attaching hardware.I like the fact that the gas only comes on when there is water flowing though. The gas regulator comes with the unit and all that is needed is your own LP tank.[6 months later] Through a lack of speedy action on my part, I did not drain the unit prior it freezing, which caused a leak when I went to test it. The picture you see is of the gas inlet. When I was disconnecting the plumbing to take it off of its mount, the pipe that deals with the gas broke as you see. I think that I could have fixed the leak (I suspect that a seal failed) but I don’t think that I can fix this. Keep in mind, other that the branding on the front of the unit and a serial number, there is no manufacturers plate and no means to contact the supplier to investigate repair parts. I would suspect that there is a warranty but if I thought there was a problem, I would have no easy way to reach out to the manufacturer. I have made a decision to buy another unit from another manufacturer with the hopes that I will be more successful. Having said that, it still did a decent job of creating hot water.
Tampa Sailor –
There are a lot of these heaters on the market. There is one version put out by multiple sellers that cost in the low one hundreds (2021). I have been using these lower priced versions for about twenty years, and they last about three years (Florida salt water environment). The last two I installed did not stay on for more than a few minutes. So I installed this one, it is auto on and off when water is flowing, instantly heats, good pressure, and just a very nice shower. Yes, it has plastic knobs, and it is still a price point item, but really, no complaints and very nice. I would highly recommend this. It is much nicer and more functional that the ones that cost about a hundred less and definitely worth the upgrade.For questions about install, I am adding a photo of my set up. I use a PVC garden hose adapter and pvc pipe instead of hose. The red valve is on and off for water. When water is on, the unit automatically comes on. Temp is displayed. Plastic knobs adjust water pressure and temp. Adjust them once and they stay that way. So just turn red valve on and off and unit goes on and off. No pilot light and no propane or battery drain when off. No electricity other than batteries for ignition.Update: I answered a question on temp. Mine tops out at 147 with max gas, min water. Full water and one notch up from min on gas is 108.
Teezy –
OK Let me start by saying that I spent well over a month looking and researching, what felt like, EVERY Tankless Propane Water Heater/Shower on RV. I’m not exaggerating. I spent so much time looking up specs, searching for videos, and reading reviews for so man different Tankless Heaters. Ultimately id end up getting scared away from every one I was initially interested in because id read some horror story review from what was very likely half wit who hooked up the heater wrong and when things went bad they blamed the heater instead of acknowledging their own ignorance and short coming with understanding what it actually required to properly and SAFELY install one of these Tankless Propane Water Heaters. OK, so with that, once I couldn’t wait any longer and needed to just make a choice. I found this Flame King. It seemed to check the couple boxes i had. Mainly, the 10L 2.64GPM as I had an electric tankless heater prior that only flowed something like 1.3GPM-ish and it left a LOT to be desired. Upon receiving the Flame King, which actually came next day. I was really happy and suprised to see that they had actually included the infamous1/2″ BSP F to 3/4″ GHT F adapter which allows you to hook up a standard Garden hose. Also included and actually already installed was the 1/2″ BSP F to 5/8″ -18UNF M adapter/fitting which allows for your standard Gas hook ups. Id read so many reviews where these were not included or more importantly people didnt know or understand they needed them. As a result they seemed to just attach their hoses, likely stripping or cross-threading them in the process. Which obviously would NOT allow for proper seal. The result would be either a completely unreliable heater or worse a catastrophic fire ball. I was honestly amazed at how well this heater worked right out of the box. I Maxed out the setting on it to see how hot I could get the water. It heated up to 142F before I stopped it. There are 4 ppl who use this shower here. I’ve had it almost 10 days and its been used at very least twice a day but at times 6 times a day since I installed it. One of the questions asked is does this heater have a 20 min timer… NO!. This is one of the first things I tested once it was installed. I know the manual says it does, but I can personally attest to it producing hot water for longer than 20 mins. I happily took a 34min shower with water temp of 120F the entire time. Other ppl have complained about the knobs being plastic. Truthfully I think For the money, You seriously cant beat this! Dont let other people’s lack of understanding or negligence discourage you from purchasing what has been, at least so far, a really impressive Water Heater/Shower. I really can’t say more about how awesome the Water pressure is, how great this thing heats the water, and at least so far, how pleased I have been with the Flame King 10L 2.64GPM Tankless Propane Water Heater/Shower! I have 2 reminders set up in my calendar 6mo and1yr out to Update this review.Bottom Line, as someone who was scared off from purchasing almost every other water heater as a result of reading horror story reviews. I can honestly tell you that this heater has preformed amazingly and exceeded expectations across the board! Hopefully this helps.. Apologies for being so long winded haha