Andy Handy Water Dispenser: What Happened to It, and What to Get Instead

If you've searched for an Andy Handy water dispenser, you've probably noticed something frustrating: it's genuinely hard to find one in stock. The Andy Handy was a simple, clever idea out of Finland — a small tap that turned an ordinary water container into a hands-free wash station for camping, boats, and allotments. For a while, it built a loyal following of people who just wanted clean hands without lugging a sink around.

It's no longer being made. Stock has dried up, listings have gone quiet, and anyone searching for one today mostly finds dead links and old reviews rather than a working "buy" button.

Why people are still searching for it

The appeal was never complicated. A gravity-fed tap that you mount onto a jerry can or water container solves a small but constant problem: how do you wash your hands properly when you're off-grid? Wipes and hand gel help, but they're not the same as running water over soap. A pump-action bottle works until the pump wears out. A tap that just uses gravity has almost nothing to go wrong.

That's exactly the gap the Andy Handy filled — and it's exactly why people keep searching for it by name even though it's no longer available.

What we built instead

We came across the Andy Handy through work on a composting toilet business, and once we understood why people liked it, we couldn't find anything else on the market doing the same job well. So we redesigned it from scratch and started making it in the UK.

The result is The Rinse — a push-valve tap that fits a standard 14mm hole in the base of almost any water container. No batteries, no pump, no plumbing. Fill a container, attach the tap, and you've got a controlled flow of water wherever you need it: at a campsite, on an allotment, in a van, or at a basecamp with no tap in sight.

A few practical differences from the original design:

• UK-made, manufactured in the UK by a family run engineering company
• Anodised aluminium construction, built to hold up to regular outdoor use.
• Precision flow control, so you use less water and don't end up soaking your boots.

Ready to see it in detail? See The Rinse →

Is it a direct replacement?

Close enough that if you were after an Andy Handy for the reason most people were — clean hands without a sink — The Rinse does the same job, built to be available and supported for the long run rather than something you'll be hunting for spare parts for.

You can read the full story of how the redesign came about in From Finland to the Forest, or go straight to The Rinse product page to see it in detail.