16/03/2026
“It’s too expensive.”
Let’s actually look at what it is. Because once you do… you realise how cheap the Hippo Go-10 actually is.
First up – it’s a full 10kw combi boiler.
The sort of boiler you’d normally have in your house to heat water and run your heating.
A quick Google tells me the boiler alone, if it were sitting in your house, would cost about £1,387.
But our boiler?
We’ve made it tiny and portable while keeping the same power output. That means doing some pretty magical things with exhaust gases so it can be massively smaller without losing performance.
So already we have a house-level boiler… shrunk into something you can carry around.
Then there’s the pump.
Because some people don’t have running water. Or some people want to be able to have hot water where there is no tap. So the Hippo Go has a pump that sucks water up and pushes it through the system.
That effectively turns it into a pumped shower.
Who has a pumped shower at home? They’re about £200 on their own.
But ours had to be engineered to fit inside a tiny portable unit while still doing the same job.
Then there’s the power pack.
A big lithium battery pack that runs the whole thing for about 2.5 hours continuously.
Then the digital control panel so you can set the temperature and keep it stable and reliable.
And finally the portable casing that holds everything together and lets you throw it in the back of the car, take it camping, or use it anywhere on the yard.
What does all that actually mean?
It means someone with no tap and no running hot water can have a proper hot shower anywhere they like.
Wash a horse.
Wash a dog.
Wash yourself after a ride.
Camp.
Travel.
Live off grid.
For someone with no access to hot water… that’s pretty priceless.
So no.
I don’t think they’re expensive.
And I’m willing to bet all the lucky peeps that have one agree with me. Sometimes you just need to see these things in real life to appreciate them.
Link to buy in comments for anyone that agrees they’re an absolute bargain for what they are!
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