It next trip, we should have the bathroom fully functional so we will be showering in it for the first time. Does everyone shower like normal, or do you do more of a get wet, lather, turn water back on and rinse? I just wonder if there are issues with running the shower water for a full shower.
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I do the turn-on-squirt-turn-off-scrub-turn-on-squirt-turn-off-repeat routine. (Oh, gosh, the spell checker is just sure that I got the spelling wrong.)
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It next trip, we should have the bathroom fully functional so we will be showering in it for the first time. Does everyone shower like normal, or do you do more of a get wet, lather, turn water back on and rinse? I just wonder if there are issues with running the shower water for a full shower.
We have a six gallon water heater in our Bambi. If we use the wet-soap-rinse method, we can take showers back to back, and the grey tank lasts longer before we have to empty. When we shower normally, the grey tank fills up pretty quickly.
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I do the turn-on-squirt-turn-off-scrub-turn-on-squirt-turn-off-repeat routine. (Oh, gosh, the spell checker is just sure that I got the spelling wrong.)
Lynn
I do the same except maybe add a couple more repeats. DW will not let me out until she is certain I have all that ole-man-smell off of me.
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We shower normally. We have a six gallon tank and wife and I shower back to back and all is well. When grey tank fills we just dump it- no big deal. Enjoy your shower!!
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My wife and I are both retired Navy, water conservation a way of like at sea, or in our Airstream without hookups. I don't see it as a hardship at all, or less enjoyable. Just a matter of longer use of water supply and grey tank.
I do the turn-on-squirt-turn-off-scrub-turn-on-squirt-turn-off-repeat routine. (Oh, gosh, the spell checker is just sure that I got the spelling wrong.)
Lynn
I spent eight years in the Navy so it's no big deal to me. I take a Navy shower but the wife does whatever she wants when we're hooked up to shore water and a dump. As near as I can tell with my late model A/S that has both gas and electric water heater even with the water running it stays warm/hot.
If we're dry camping she's good about it and we both take Navy showers mostly to keep the gray tank from filling up and of course to not run out of fresh water.
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Depends if you have a dump at your campsite. Thats why I am adding another 30 gal grey tank. if you have a dump at your camp site go for broke. IF not, on and off is the way to go. I hate hooking up to go and dump the grey tanks...
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I take Navy showers. Mr. Mod hasn't used the shower in the AS. He is 6'4'' and 250 lbs. So he uses the showers at the campground. I was thinking of setting up some type of outdoor shower but haven't put much thought to it yet.
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We boondock so gray water isn't a concern, plus we have no gray water tank. Our fresh water tank is only 26 gallon's so we do the water on n off bit. I also carry 50 gallons of fresh water in the back of the truck.
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Since we rarely dry camp, I prefer to use the more commodious campground showers, while my wife prefers the coach showers. While we're 99.99% with hookups, it's not always full-hookups; consequently, when using the coach shower, it's always Navy shower in order to extend the gray water.
Cool. I am thinking that the on-off method would be best even though we will be hooked up to sewer 99.9% of the time. We had a 6gal gas water heater in our pop-up and used a pop up outside shower. My family of four could each take showers back 2 back and the temp was great. Those little heaters are efficient! It is more of a concern of if the shower is really designed to be used as a regular shower or just a quick clean shower. Thanks.
If I have connections, I shower just like at home. One of the things that sold me on the 25' Safari was the spacious size of the shower. Did'nt buy this high priced trailer to not be comphy! I leave the grey tank valve open so it never fills up. If we are in a campground with showers, my wife prefers to use their showers. She claims she is reducing "wear & tear" on the AS shower. To me, it still looks like the day we bought it! I think she just likes to go the the campground showers to visit other travelers/campers!
If I don't have sewer connections, I hook up my large portable dump tank. If I estimate I will be camped here long enough that I need to conserve grey water capacity, then I only run the shower to get wet, turn it off, soap up, turn shower back on and rinse quickly. Again, leave the grey water valve open until the portable tank fills up, then close it and let the on board grey tank fill up. If it fills up, which it normally does'nt since we do not "boondock" that long, go dump the portable tank and start the process over again. (We normally stay in state or national parks.) (It usually works out that I only have to dump the portable tank once and then dump the trailer as we leave at a dump station.
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I attended a seminar on full-timing not too long ago. The presenter made a comment that bothered me: "When I'm at an RV park, I don't care if I leave all my lights on. I'm paying for it in my overnight fee."
Actually, we all are paying for it. If all RVers had this attitude, the rates would skyrocket substantially. Many parks now meter the electricity. I'm sure some do the same with water.
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