Do you use your shower?

[robert claus]

My wife and I both use the shower everyday when camping. We usually take a navy shower - wet down, soap down, rinse, and so can get about three days on an empty grey tank. After the last use on a trip, I take my towel and wipe down the entire shower and just throw the rest of the towels in the shower with it. They go in the house for laundering. The shower shines and is ready for the next trip.
One time the hot water heater died without our knowing it. I had a nice hot shower, then my wife got in, got soaped up, and ran out of hot water. The cold rinse might have been tolerable in hot weather - it was below freezing outside!

[remcolent]

I never have used the shower in the As.
With my 6ft 7 I can't even stand upright in it.

[AWCHIEF]

alclad, I like the idea of the outside shower. Perfect for a quick rinse or cooling off on a hot day. Going to have to figure out how I can do that on my Bambi II.

[Inland RV Center, In]

A good shower only uses 3 quarts of water.

One quart is used to wash from the feet up, as far as possible.

The second quart of water is to wash from the head down, to as far as possible.

Andy

[Airtandem]

OK Andy; one quart up and one quart down; where did the 3rd quart go???

[dscluchfc]

Originally Posted by Inland RV Center, In

A good shower only uses 3 quarts of water.

One quart is used to wash from the feet up, as far as possible.

The second quart of water is to wash from the head down, to as far as possible.

Andy

the first thing that comes to mind here is that it is "possible" that needs washed most!!!

[Inland RV Center, In]

Originally Posted by Airtandem

OK Andy; one quart up and one quart down; where did the 3rd quart go???

The third quart is for "possible".

Andy

[RTurnConn]

I have a 2007 Corvette that I take to various road tracks mainly on the east coast. Many of us who have Corvettes feel they were meant to run......400hp is wasted if not let loose on some track. I know corvette owners who brag about the fact that their car has never been in the rain........it is a car for crying out loud, they don't melt!
All that intro is a lead in to my comment on do you use your shower. Of course I use my shower............... and sink and stove and furnace and AC and microwave, etc. I think that is why AS put them in our units, no?
To each his own, I just like to take full advantage of what I have purchased, no put down on those who don't......do whatever you are most comfortable with.

[Gene]

I wouldn't have bought it if didn't have a shower, but there were other reasons, of course.

Gene

[PhilipKS]

I can use all the hot water if hooked up, or they Navy way if boondocking. Either way, the shower gets used every day!

Philip

[perryg114]

My shower does not work at the moment and I have pondered the usefulness of it when camping without sewer hookup. We have been staying in camp grounds so no reason not to use their shower. Now if we had sewer or stayed where dumping gray water was ok then I would definately use the shower.

Perry

[Ag&Au]

Originally Posted by perryg114

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We have been staying in camp grounds so no reason not to use their shower.
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Perry

Now let's see................???

Viruses
Bacteria
Fungi
Just plain dirt.
Organisms not yet identified
Inconvenience of hauling all your stuff over there.
Going out in public looking unkempt
Even more bacteria, viruses and fungi.
Rodent urine and feces.
Don't even think about where the person who used the shower before you was or was doing before showering, or worse yet doing in the shower.
There are people who routinely pee in public showers.
Dog poop from shower shoes of person before you or perhaps even your shower shoes, if you didn't look carefully on the walk over.
Even human poop if a certain unnamed forum member was camping near you.

I could probably think of a whole bunch more, but I've lost interest.

Ken

[perryg114]

We have been lucky that most showers in state parks are well kept. I don't like public showers but there are a few tricks to keep you out of trouble. Always wear sandels. Don't sit on the bench and hang up everything you can. I won't be caught dead in any type of locker room like at a gym or other sports facility. When we go somewhere we usually go for a week. The graywater tank would be full in 2 days if we took showers. I don't have one of those caddy things and I am not sure I want one. Now weekend camping is a different story. The shower is one thing I have not had time to fix yet.

Perry

[Soyboy]

One of the reasons that I have an RV (AS) is so I can avoid the hoi poli, especially in rest rooms/showers. Do you ever look at some of these people and the way they live, no thanks on sharing a shower/toilet etc. Plus talk to a campground host about sometime about what goes on in the showers at a campground, you might be surprised, and not interested in visiting one unless it was well cleaned recently! Only time would be maybe in the off off season, when nobody is at that campground, then, maybe.

[tsunami]

We use it a vast majority of the time. We installed a shower curtain (doubled over, Velcro'ed along each side to the stall) so we did not have mess with cleaning the retractable door and worry about leaks that we could possibly discover after it may be too late. Works well for us.

[Rich of SCal]

Still brand new to this, but I used mine this morning, here at home. I am trying everything out, a little at a time. Apparently you had a good idea with the velcroed curtains, tsunami. Mine came that way. It was a bit tricky with the "wet toilet" but the water heater works well, so overall it was a pleasant experience. I plan to use it a lot when I camp.

[Pahaska]

Originally Posted by Rich of SCal

It was a bit tricky with the "wet toilet" but the water heater works well, so overall it was a pleasant experience.

When I had the 22' with the wet bath, I replaced the OEM shower curtain with a larger, much thinner cloth curtain I bought at WalMart. I took off the hangers from the old curtain and bought a couple of additional hangers from the A/S dealer for a nominal fee and sewed them on.

The thin cloth curtain is a lot nicer to work with in the small space and it was large enough to pretty well keep everything dry. I would drape it over the stool to keep that dry.

I hated the stiff curtain that Airstream installed.

[Rich of SCal]

Originally Posted by Pahaska

When I had the 22' with the wet bath, I replaced the OEM shower curtain with a larger, much thinner cloth curtain I bought at WalMart. I took off the hangers from the old curtain and bought a couple of additional hangers from the A/S dealer for a nominal fee and sewed them on.

The thin cloth curtain is a lot nicer to work with in the small space and it was large enough to pretty well keep everything dry. I would drape it over the stool to keep that dry.

I hated the stiff curtain that Airstream installed.

They must have changed it. My curtains are not stiff at all. They are similar to the cloth curtains I have seen in hotel baths. Here's a pic. Notice how easily they wrap up out of the way when not in use. I showered and in just a few minutes the curtains were all dry.