Campground bathroom or camper bathroom?

[leslie]

Do you use the bathroom in the camper or the bathroom in the campground?

Hubby will tote his flip flops and toiletries to the campground bathroom. When he was in the army, he had his fill of rinse, turn off the water, soap, then turn on water and rinse. I wanted a dry bath in the RV, and I am willing to take a quick shower in a bathroom that I know is clean.

I use the shower to store stuff when we are not at a campsite. Even the dry baths are small, I will admit.

What do you folks do?

[djsamuel]

If possible, we definitely use the campground bathrooms and showers. We too use the shower area for storage, but we have used the camper shower. We always use the camper toilet during the night.

[pinstriper]

Thing is, if you use the toilet at all, you may as well use the heck out of it so you can get a good dump. er...I mean of the tanks.

And you also want a sufficiency of grey water to complete the process.

That said, we have only used the shower to prove we could if we wanted. Our state parks have generally excellent and clean showers.

I have also used the outdoor shower for a quick hair wash.

[kodabear]

+1 - What Pinstriper said. Except I don't need to worry too much about washing m'hair.

[lap527]

Our 7 Gal tanks don't go far so we do shower in the campground showers if they are clean.  Several weeks ago it was so cold I took showers in the TC, luckily we had full hookup.  DH was tougher and used the campground showers.  I am neurotic about my bathroom so I always use my own terlit, night or day. 

[runningwriter]

Campground facilities, mostly.  The wet bath on a 13QBB is for night visits.  Did I ever tell you about the time I stood in our wet bath relieving myself only to bang the shower control with my elbow.  Got drenched down the backside.      It's okay.  Go ahead and lol.

[oleo]

Here's our deal.  The campground bathrooms / showers at the state parks we frequent are fairly newish and cleaned regularly.  It seems a majority of people use them, even if they are in huge rigs.  However, we (wife and I) use the wet bath we have in our 13QBB.  I think it just really depends on each person's preference but it works for us. The 13QBB has grey=27 gal, black=14 gal, and fresh=20 gal.  We are able to take (6) showers total before we have to dump.  After the first (4) showers, I use (2) Reliance (6) gallon fresh water bottles and add 12 more gallons to the fresh water tank.  We can then take another shower each, which adds up to the (6) showers total.  I then dump using a TOTE-N-STORE (15) gallon dump tank, making (2) round trips to the dumping station.  So that basically gives us (3) days with (2) showers apiece, then I take the slow drive to the station with the TOTE in tow.  It's really not that big a deal.  The (15) gallon dump tank is quite manageable.  I usually fill the fresh water tanks on the way back.  So if we are on one of our (10) day trips I use the TOTE twice and final dump on the way out.  On our (2) or (3) day weekend trips, we only dump on the way out. Yes, the wet bath is small (only one of us can fit in it at a time-darn it).  It is easy to squeegee clean.  We use a few suction cup hooks to hang the towels to dry. Couple of corner baskets up high for soaps / shampoos, etc.  We run the bath fan with the door cracked open to dry things out.  Now, all this said, it is only the two of us...but we really like the convenience.  Obviously everyone's situation is different.    

[admin]

I can only use the campground bathroom unless you count the woods as an option...

I have been to enough locations to know its a gamble on what kind of condition the bath house is going to be in. I personally hate it when the showers are dirty, but I can get over that. It is camping after all and the fact that a shower is even an option is a luxury. The other major pet peeve of mine is a dirty bathroom when camping with a child. I have a 3 year old daughter and obviously I'm making an assumption here, but I always hope the women's bath house is cleaner than the men's. I'd hate to try and get a three year old to use the toilet if its nasty.

Eventually I'd like to rig up my own outdoor bathroom. I'm thinking one of those pop up bath shelters, a portable flush toilet for limited use, and a simple shower head. If my plan works out I will have a 12v on demand water pump that can be used to supply the shower head. I even have an idea about how to have hot water. It wouldn't be as convenient as an established bath house, but again it is camping after all and it can be setup anywhere.

[leslie]

Sean, in another life I was an environmental consultant. Testing public bathrooms for bacterial contamination was something I got involved in. Surprise - women's bathrooms had higher bacterial counts than the men's bathrooms. Results are results. Someone in the office thought it might be due to more children using the women's bathrooms with their mothers indstead of using the men's bathrooms with their fathers.

I started this thread because I was interested in what the rest of you thought. My husband prefers to walk through the campground to enjoy a leisurely shower instead of a fast shower in our own clean bathroom. I am scratching my head?

[pinstriper]

[quote source="/post/5577/thread" author="@dave" timestamp="1418845478"]Campground facilities, mostly.  The wet bath on a 13QBB is for night visits.  Did I ever tell you about the time I stood in our wet bath relieving myself only to bang the shower control with my elbow.  Got drenched down the backside.      It's okay.  Go ahead and lol.[/quote]That's why they call it a "wet" bath !!! he he he...

[jeeps]

Last year we bought a year's membership for Thousand Trails campgrounds and did a lot of tent camping.  They often located their camp bathrooms in the RV sections, farther from the tent areas where we really needed them.  Never made sense to me.  Now that we have a trailer, I really like having our own bathroom, but will probably still use the camp bathroom occasionally.

[shovelhead]

I was in the submarine service so I know how to take a quick shower. I have somewhat of a phobia about public  bathrooms so I use the LL.

[funpilot]

[p]Not sure if I posted my thoughts on showering here before, but my DW says she wants long hot showers when we are at full service sites.  She also will not go to the campground bathrooms if she can avoid it.  So, I have spent months researching whether or not the on demand or instant hot water heaters would really work.  I had discounted all the ones now on the market when I came across a new to the US instant hot water heater from Truma (Germany).  There is quite a write-up on it in the March 2015 issue of MotorHome magazine including how to install it (they said it only took them two hours to do it). [/p][p]
[/p][p]The issue with these water heaters is that they do not work properly if there is not the proper water flow.  That can happen in any camp ground and so you experience the water going cold way too often.  Truma claims that that does not happen with theirs.  I had a chance to have an extended talk with one of the people that was lucky enough to be a tester of the product and says it works perfectly for him.  I am in the process of buying one but want Truma to install it as they are still building their dealer network. Thus, I cannot provide any personal experience yet.  [/p][p]
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[pinstriper]

Well, hot water supply is a problem, but it's only ONE problem.

Where's all that water going to go ? My (limited) understanding of full-service hookups is that you still don't leave the dumps open full time. You just treat it like an onsite dump station and dump as frequently as needed. But the valves stay closed when not actively dumping.

Otherwise you get sewer gasses coming up into your tanks, no ? And yeah, the sinks and probably shower have p-traps, but the toilet doesn't.

[vrvinmo]

Bought a camper with a bathroom for a reason. I use it and like it. My Wife and I have no problem showering one after the other and have plenty of hot water. We just take military type showers. No big deal.