<![CDATA[Gizmodo: Leisure]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Gizmodo: Leisure]]> http://gizmodo.com/tag/leisure http://gizmodo.com/tag/leisure <![CDATA[ Instant Hot Tub? Just Add Water and Quicklime ]]> This is how you make a hot tub, hillbilly style. Three guys from the prairies of Illinois turned an old stock tank sitting in the open air into a jacuzzi, and heated it up using quicklime, that scary caustic stuff that burns your skin off if you're not too careful. A video of how they did it, using gas masks, tin baths and a lot of ingenuity, is after the jump.

Rather like a reverse-Bain Marie, the guys floated three metal tubs, each containing fifty pounds of quicklime, in the "jacuzzi." When water was added to each container, the quicklime fizzed away, heating the 700 or so gallons of water to the perfect temperature, 100ºF. You've got to love the palm-tree background, set off by the Hawaiian shirt sported by one of the tubbers. [PopSci]

]]> Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:40:00 EDT AddyDugdale http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=381366&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ Dutch Tub for Fun and Fry-Ups in the Sun ]]>
An eco-friendly hot tub, the Dutch Tub looks like something out of a soft-porn Euro flick from the '70s. Which is A Good Thing.

Apart from its looks, the $6,000 tub has rather a special USP: As well as being totally transportable (throw it on the top of the SUV, don't forget the fuel, find a nice spot and set it up) the log basket doubles as a cooker, meaning you can barbecue while you stew.

Product Page [Dutch Tub via Gadget Candy]

]]> Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:41:28 EDT AddyDugdale http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=272649&view=rss&microfeed=true