Movin’ on up

With or without a wetsuit, I’m coooollllldddd when I get out of an ocean swim in winter. Sometimes we have access to hot showers at the Mairangi Bay Surf Lifesaving Club, but mostly not. One of the other guys in the group turned me on to the solution on the right a couple years ago. Fill up a milk jug with hot tap water and wrap that into your towel. When you get out of the water, switch to a lid with some holes punched in it, and presto, it’s a hot shower.

But let’s be honest, it lacks a certain James Bond cool factor.

Thanks to the magic of targeted advertising, Lee was presented with the solution on the left the other day. And presto, a gift was born. You fill it up with hot tap water, pump the handle to create some air pressure, and presto again, it’s a shower. Very stylish.

I’m now the envy of all my friends, but luckily the new gadget holds more than twice as much as the milk jug, so I can afford to be generous with my good fortune.