Alternatives to Showers?

[Anonymous No.1173788]

I'm trying to devise a way to maintain a good personal hygiene without relying on conventional showers. Is there really no effective means to stay clean without dumping a fuckton of hot water all over you for 10 minutes everyday?

Do you have any ideas?
Conditions:
>Has to use a small amount of water (Preferably something like 5-10 litres or less)
>Environmentally friendly (So things like rubbing yourself all the time with a ton of baby wipes is out)
>Not too costly

Let's say this is meant for someone with a buzzcut and no body or pubic hair. Is it doable?

[Anonymous No.1173789]

Make a system to filter and reuse the water after a shower.

[Anonymous No.1173791]

>>1173789
Or just store it and use it for toilet flushing, garden watering, etc. Water consumption would go down the same amount as not using a shower if you have enough use for the wastewater.

[Anonymous No.1173793]

>>1173789
>>1173791
What if I'm planning for a living arrangement that does not have a conventional shower?

[Anonymous No.1173794]

I shower every other day.

I keep myself smelling fresh by using baby wipes on trouble spots like my feet, ass, balls, pits, etc.

[Anonymous No.1173797]

Pump action pressure sprayer. Fine mist, lather soap, thicker mist to rinse.

[Anonymous No.1173798]

>>1173788
>>1173793
Whore baths every day
Every 3-4 days do a whole rinsedown and wash your hair.
Your hair will get used to it and will look fine after a while. The No-poo people are correct in certain aspects, you dont need to shampoo and wash your hair every day.

[Anonymous No.1173801]

Navy showers use very little water. Soak self in water and turn off the faucet. Just enough to set everything. Apply soap. Rinse. Normally uses so little water it doesn't warm.

[Anonymous No.1173802]

>>1173788
A clean body of water like the slabbers and their hot springs.

>Environment friendly so no baby wipes.
Fucking hippie. Use field wipes, military grade, surplus(cheap in bulk), biodegradable, and I can go a month on them while smelling fine.

The extra step is to use rubbing alcohol and a bar of anti bacterial soap between wipes. And make sure to use 2 wipes a bath, one that does from face to chest to legs to feet. And the second from nuts to ass.

[Anonymous No.1173803]

>>1173788
saw a video on Ellen or some shit of some fag who sprays bacteria on himself every day instead of taking a shower. Claimed he didn't shower in 10 years and it was the way of the future. Not sure what was in the bottle.

[Anonymous No.1173829]

>>1173788
>without dumping a fuckton of hot water all over you for 10 minutes everyday
Who takes 10 minute showers? You just need to get wet, lather up, rinse off.
If you're so butthurt about hot water destroying the planet, use cold.

[Anonymous No.1173833]

>>1173788
don't shower every day if you don't have to

[Anonymous No.1173839]

>>1173829
>Who takes 10 minute showers?
Anyone who find showers relaxing. The average is 15 minute showers.

[Anonymous No.1173840]

Idk what this post is about..1st off, you can take cold showers..if you want to reuse water, toiler is ideal.. Soap could kill plants.. If your homeless, hang a gallon or 2 of water from a tree, let it warm up in sunlight.. Poke a hole into the gallon, and wash under a trickle.. You should wash everuday.. I use dove for men, and only conditioner.. Inuse shampoo once a week.. Maybe 2 weeks.. Condition will clean out 90% of dirt in hair

[Anonymous No.1173853]

>>1173788
Sponge bath. You use like half a gallon of water at most.

Instead of using the water constantly, a lot of people turn the water on for a moment to get wet, turn the water off, lather up with soap and scrub then turn the water on to rinse.

[Anonymous No.1173877]

>>1173788
For those of us that sail and can't afford watermakers, get one of those pump up wand sprayers typically found at garden centers & hardware stores. Pressure is enough to feel good on the skin and rinse residue away with the right soap. (I use Lever 2000 with fresh water & Dove dish soap with salt water).

[Anonymous No.1173878]

>>1173788
>>1173877
I forgot to mention that this method lets me use less than 4 litres of water.

[Anonymous No.1173880]

>>1173829
I hate to tell ya, I take 45 minute showers.

then again. county never comes by and checks the water meter and the water bill is the same shit every month, 5 dollars. so IDGAF. and my state has PLENTY of fresh water, we bottle it and sell it..

[Anonymous No.1173882]

As said. Navy shower, sink, or sponge bath.

Most people can shower every other day and smell fine. This alone cuts your water usage in half.

Take a warm or cold shower to cut down on your energy usage. If you want to remove it entirely, use cold water or warm up a jug of water in the sunlight.

This is what I do when camping. Hang up a black shower bag full of water and by the evening that shit is hot. I usually have to add cold water to avoid being burnt.

Also if you reduce your shower time drastically to 5 minutes you've again cut your consumption in half much more if you switch to navy showers.

Switch to 5 minute showers and take them every other day; 75% reduction. Navy shower of 2 minutes is a 80% reduction by itself and cut that to every other day 90% reduction.

Hell if you need to freshen up, keep a sealed container of alcohol with a cotton rag in it. Run that shit over your pits, balls and ass. As long as you don't have shit in your crack, the alcohol will kill all the bacteria and you can reuse the same rag for a week or more.

[Anonymous No.1173887]

>>1173880
In college I lived in the dorms, we had suites so it was two single rooms that shared a bathroom.

Water was free since rent was retarded high, and the school had a heating plant so the hot water was endless.

I modified the shower head by removing the center flow regulator and that shower had so much pressure it felt a garden hose on the jet setting. Plus I did a rough calculation of about 3-4gpm. I would fucking sit in that chamber of hot liquid sex until my skin started coming off.

I've never had a shower that good since even with the multi-head units. Household showers just don't have that retarded pressure.

[Anonymous No.1173917]

>>1173794
I guarantee you smell and just don't notice it. The rest of us do.

>>1173801
This is the obvious answer.

[Anonymous No.1173923]

>>1173839
I take showers up to two hours long when I',m stressed. Shits relaxing.

[Anonymous No.1173929]

OP you got me re-thinking my own shower wastefulness.

I use a ton of water in the shower. I leave the water running from start to finish because it is a hassle to have to reset the taps again to the right temperature after each shut off.

I'm a navy in that I actually do not need that much water, in fact I stand back from the water most of the time, watching it go straight down the drain. But it's just a pita to fiddle with the taps 3-4 times every time I shower.

There are faucets that arrest the flow at the spout, not affecting the faucet settings at all; sadly I do not have one of those, but that's what I'd use if I had one. I'd probably reduce my water consumption to 10%. Some shower heads have an off switch, maybe I'll look into that, or maybe use a sharpie to mark off where I should dial my taps to make restarts less inconvenient.

[Anonymous No.1173953]

>>1173788
Look into 'No-Poo Shampoo' method.

[Anonymous No.1173964]

>>1173788
>I'm trying to devise a way to maintain a good personal hygiene without relying on conventional showers.
It's called a bath.

[Anonymous No.1173966]

>>1173788
I've planned a showering method that is fast and should take minimal amount of water. Key word "high pressure water". Make that liquidy goodness rinse the shit odd you

[Anonymous No.1173972]

http://waldenlabs.com/extreme-do-it-yourself-resilience-a-home-scale-waste-water-treatment-plant/

[Anonymous No.1173973]

>>1173972
Whoops meant to post this instead

http://biorealis.com/biofilter/drumbiofilter/

[Anonymous No.1174009]

>>1173788
Just take a cold shower. You get used to it

[Anonymous No.1174024]

Why not replace the shower head with this?

[Anonymous No.1174034]

>>1173788
You are describing a cold shower ...

[Anonymous No.1174044]

>>1173788
A bucket and a washcloth?

[Anonymous No.1174045]

>get cat
>have it clean you while you sleep
>never shower again

[Anonymous No.1174210]

>>1174045
Does this actually work? How often do you have to replace it?

[Anonymous No.1174224]

I mean you could just use the way my grandparents did it. you cut the hot water from your house and boil about 2 gallons to shower with.

really cuts down on the amount of water you use I gota say

[Anonymous No.1174261]

>>1173797

Yeah, I have used this method on camping trips. It works well enough. Not nearly as nice as a proper shower but it does achieve the goal of cleaning.

[Anonymous No.1174323]

>>1173788
Wash yourself in shower base with a bucket of hot water and a plastic dipper

[Anonymous No.1174358]

>>1173788
If you care about wasting water why are you taking ten minute showers? Taking a three minute shower is far easier and more comfortable than any shower alternative suggested here. Low flow shower heads use about 6 liters per minute so that's only 18 liters for a full shower.

If you want to get to save even more water, just turn on the shower to get yourself wet for ten seconds, turn off the water, lather up, rinse off for like 30 seconds. Boom. 4 liter shower. You can even do this with a hose if you don't have a shower availible.

If you want to take it to an extreme you can give yourself a sponge bath with 1-2 liters of water. Just put a bit of rinse-free soap (if you use reguar soap you'll need a second basin of water to wash the soap off) in a basin with 1-2 liters of water and scrub yourself with a couple washcloths. There's pretty much no practical reason to do this if you have a shower availible since you're hardly saving any water, especially if you're recycling grey water to flush the toilet since even low flow toilets use at least 1.5 liters per flush, so you'll easily go through the 4 liters of water you used taking a shower.

If it's the power you're worried about, get a solar hot water system.

There is no reason not to shower daily if you live somewhere with running hot and cold water. If you don't do anything too strenuous you could get away with every second day but it'd be more about being lazy than saving the environment.

[Anonymous No.1174371]

Sun heats it up too. Just don't use all of the water in it, and you'll be fine

[Anonymous No.1174411]

>>1173887
You can install a pressure booster if you own your home. They make smaller units for when people want those silly "waterfall" or rainshower type showers... Because if you boost the pressure retards get the feeling of more water for the same amount.

Rich peoples meme showers use no more water then your cheapo standard shower.

[Coconut !hEpdoZ.tHU No.1174467]

Whore bath. Preferably in a truck stop bathroom to get the full experience.

[Anonymous No.1174473]

>>1174411
Oh, I know they make boosters but all the ones I've seen are meant for whole homes.

The point of the multi-head showers is more water since the government limits the flow that manufacturers can make. So if you have 2 1.5gpm heads, 3gpm total.

[Anonymous No.1174625]

>>1173788
a river, or..... wait for rain

[Anonymous No.1174656]

When i lived out of my car i used to just fill a bucket with hot water and scrub myself down.

[Anonymous No.1174675]

>>1173788

People on long distance hikes use wipes to clean up by its recommended you shave all your hair before you start the hike.

[Anonymous No.1174678]

>>1173791
Greywater toilets are a thing now

[Anonymous No.1174687]

>>1174371
im assuming this doesnt work during winter?

[Anonymous No.1174708]

>>1174687
If it has direct sunlight on it, it'll warm up. If it's snowing it's obviously never going to heat up suficiently.

Even a cloudy day in summer isn't going to work particularly well, but at least a cold shower in the summer isn't literally going to kill you.

If you're in a more tropical climate you could use it year round if you were willing to shower with luke-warm water sometimes.

[Anonymous No.1174843]

Da fuq is a whore bath? I'm not googling that shit.

[Anonymous No.1174848]

>>1174045
imagine a blowjob from a cat

[Anonymous No.1174850]

>>1174843
Noun

whore bath (plural whore baths)

A quick sponge bath by hand, using a wet washcloth or a pre-moistened towelette, to extend the interval between showers or clean up after casual sexual intercourse.

[Anonymous No.1174866]

>>1173788
hobo shower aka >>1174850

[Anonymous No.1174941]

Check out buckminster fuller's mist gun. Supposedly allowed a full family to 'shower' using only a 2 liter bottle

[Anonymous No.1175062]

>redo your drain pipes to the showers. shower water goes to a holding tank. where things can settle. then you take the clearest water and pipe it through some hardy plants to water them.

>route the shower drain water through a heat exchanger with the cold water going into the hot water tank. as you use hot water from the tank, cold water comes in. you can take waste heat from the waste water and transfer some of that energy to the cold water. saving on energy needed to make the water hot.

[Anonymous No.1175066]

>>1174843
>Pits
>Tits
>Bits

[Anonymous No.1175082]

>>1173788
why don't you have pubes?

[Anonymous No.1175120]

>>1174044
Why did I have to get halfway down the thread to find the most obvious answer?

You could buy a shower head with a cutoff/trickle setting built in. That's what I have. It's got 5 settings, one is a trickle. I spray down with water when I step in, then I wash my hair, rinse, wash my head, rinse, then do upper body, rinse, then lower body, rinse. A 10 minute shower only uses 3 minutes worth of water. Pic related.

[Anonymous No.1175123]

Op get one of those mist water sprayer things, and use them to take "showers". Should reduce water consumption quite a lot as most of the work will be done by you and the water is just there to keep is slightly moist and to help wash off soap/whatever you use

[Anonymous No.1175141]

>>1174467

Also suck off some truckers for the REAL full experience.

[Anonymous No.1175255]

Take showers like submariners.

1. get your self wet.
2. turn water off.
3. later up before you dry off.
4. rinse
5. done.

[Anonymous No.1175456]

>>1175255
dafuq, you mean to say that's not how normal people shower? I've always been doing that as far as I remember.

[Anonymous No.1175516]

>>1175456
I never turn off the water, shit's cold yo

[Anonymous No.1175706]

You can do a dry bath by rubbing antiseptic powder all over the body. Not sure if it's suitable as a long term replacement for showering.

[Anonymous No.1175707]

Only washing my balls&cock, but and under my arms at the morning.
My feet before to sleep.
The rest dont smell.
Maybe it's a hormon thing.
Working in one of these self regulating buildings office.
Sports do not make fun.

[Anonymous No.1175775]

>>1173788
Check up on the legendary Buckminster Fuller and his "Fog Gun" from 1927:
https://www.gwern.net/fog-gun

[Anonymous No.1175788]

>>1173788
roll in sand naked a dozen times
you'd be as clean as a baby

[Anonymous No.1175790]

10 minutes is overkill for a shower. Aus government says 4 mins is enough and I don't even take that long. Wet and
lather hair then wet and lather srunchy type body cloth, turn off water and scrub all over. Armits, groin and feet get extra attention. Turn water back on, wash off suds from head and body then turn off water, drip for a minute and exit shower. Lasts me all day with no body odour unless temps are in the high 30s (c) and/or fuckin humid.

[Anonymous No.1175892]

>>1175790
>turn off water

U wot?

[Anonymous No.1175900]

>>1173829
I take like 45 min showers daily

[Anonymous No.1175901]

>>1175790
>Aus government says 4 mins is enough
Why is the government telling you how to shower

[Anonymous No.1175969]

>>1174848
let's not and say we did

[Anonymous No.1175985]

Used water isn't wasted.

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/water.html

[Anonymous No.1175987]

>>1175901
It's kinda their job to give various recommendations
It's not like you have to listen to them.

[Anonymous No.1175990]

>>1173788
There was a video of some Indian dude who straight bathed himself with a bucket and some soap for instructional purposes, looked like it worked pretty good. Not sure how it works long term though. And damned if I can find the video.

[Anonymous No.1175993]

>>1175990
Nevermind, found it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BieMRx-lXNE

[Anonymous No.1176045]

don't actually do this btw

[Anonymous No.1176305]

5g to spare??

https://orbital-systems.com/

[Anonymous No.1176546]

>>1175993
>that intro
>that entire video
>TERMINOLOGY

But uh yeah.

Just turn the shower off when you're sudding up. It's like turning off the tap when you're brushing your teeth.

Sometimes if your hair is really oily(haven't showered in a while, doing dirty work, etc) it's best to use soap/body wash before you shampoo. Cold water/oily hair prevents the shampoo from foaming. So your shampoo might be doing fuck all. Try it next time, shampoo twice, second time you'll get way more suds.

[Anonymous No.1176552]

Stand in one bucket.
Fill another with warm water.
Take a sponge and some soap and wash yourself.
If you run out of water stand in the other bucket and repeat.

[Anonymous No.1176635]

>>1176546
>prevents the shampoo from foaming

The foaming action is an additive agent to impress you. It does nothing to help you get clean.

[Anonymous No.1176737]

Dude, dry brush. Dry brushing and oil are LIFE SAVERS.

[Anonymous No.1176939]

>>1173788

>turn on water and spray yourself down for 30 seconds,
>spend 2 mins scrubbing your wet body / hair.
>Now turn water on for a min and rinse yourself off.

really not that hard.

[Anonymous No.1177005]

>>1176635
This. People also used way too much shampoo. Not that it is bad for you or anything but it is a waste of money.

Same goes for laundry soap, toothpaste, floor cleaner, lots of things. If you actually read the directions for stuff you can save quite a bit of money in the long run. Those scoops they include with laundry soap? In most cases, you should never put a full scoop in your washing machine. My laundry scoop is 'a cup' worth and it has 3 lines on it: a line at 1/4th, a line at about 1/3rd, and a line at 1/2. They are 'normal', soiled, and heavily soiled, respectively. A full scoop is two heavily soiled loads worth of soap.

[Anonymous No.1177011]

make foam in 60 seconds
apply foam in 60 seconds
wash foam in 60 seconds

[Anonymous No.1177014]

>>1173791
>Pouring soapy water on food you are going to eat
Sounds great

[Anonymous No.1177027]

>>1176546
>>1176635
Shampoo's functional ingredients are surfactants that allow oil to mix with water and wash away. Most surfactants form foam when mixed only with water because the surfactants form films with air and water that stabilize bubbles. It's not an added ingredient to impress you. When you use soap or shampoo and it doesn't produce foam or bubbles, it means that there is enough oil in the mix to fully use the available surfactants. Stopping the wash at that point can leave oil behind. Adding soap/shampoo until it foams ensures that there is enough surfactant to mix with the oil.

Shampoo typically uses less aggressive surfactants than soaps made for body use or general cleaning because hair needs some oil to stay in good condition, so there is typically some oil left behind even if it foams, but shampoos intended for use with a conditioner after may not leave much.

The one different situation is with soaps made for automated washers that can be messed up buy too much foam. These are made to mix with oil but not support films with air, and so don't produce many bubbles at any mix ratio.

[Anonymous No.1177029]

>>1173788
>Alternatives to Showers?
if i would have enough money i would use high pressure (~15 bar) pump and a cabin with several nozzels and solenoids.

[Anonymous No.1177057]

>>1176045


Y?

[Anonymous No.1177062]

>>1177005
>Be me
>Be like 7
>Decide to help do laundry because my mom showed me how
>More Mr. Bubble in the tub makes more bubbles and bubbles = clean
>Dump probably a quarter bottle of liquid detergent into wash
>Set load to small because I'm just washing a few things
>Get massive breakout because the rinse cycle didn't rinse out all the soap from my undies
>Have to show my mom and the doctor my penis and butt because rash
>Have to switch to baby laundry detergent because they think I'm allergic
>Piece it all together later in life

[Anonymous No.1177516]

>>1175990

>taking hygiene tips from an Indian

[Anonymous No.1177520]

>>1175706
lol. any sort of sweat and that shit cakes up after the 2nd use. u cannot just rub shit on ur body and not expect a yeast infection or lots of chafing down the line without a decent soap and rinse, or similar

[Anonymous No.1177521]

>>1177057
i like absorbing whatever i just rolled around in, without rinsing, while getting my friends beers all soapy lel

[Anonymous No.1177525]

It is pretty easy to take a shower using a few gallons (2-3). This is common in a lot of countries that are poverty stricken or that have poor infrastructure. Generally, this involves allocating a bucket of water for washing yourself and using a mug to pour water on yourself. That way you have tight control over where the water goes.
You just have to get yourself wet, lather up, scrub, the rinse.

[Anonymous No.1177630]

>>1173923
>2 hr showers
>inb4 raped, need to feel clean

>2.5 gal/hr @ 2 hrs = 300 gal.
Holy shit, you must be joking. That's like 4 hotwater tanks worth with a 50/50 hot/cold mix.

Let me guess: instantaneous hot water heater & no water meter?

[Anonymous No.1177658]

>>1175993
Why does he keeps his glasses on???

[Anonymous No.1177805]

>>1177630
Probably an apartment building with a large boiler.

[Anonymous No.1177834]

>>1177630

Never heard of a tankless, pleb?

[Anonymous No.1178017]

>>1173788
Here you go.

[Anonymous No.1178022]

>>1173788
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpF6pKOWYus
Skip to 1:00. Pretty cringy "comedy" but he describes it well.

>>1177658
I think it's an act.

[Anonymous No.1178083]

>>1177834
That's clearly what he meant by "instantaneous hot water heater"

[Anonymous No.1178115]

>>1173829
I usually take 20-30 minutes showers sometimes more, dude, fuck the world, I love showers

[Anonymous No.1178125]

>>1174371
It works. But the water is colder.

[Anonymous No.1178153]

>>1178017
not OP, but I'm not even kidding. you're not wrong.

[Anonymous No.1178169]

>>1173880
Brazilian detected

[Anonymous No.1178415]

jesus fuck just go to the community clubhouse in any development... they have showers there. use their fucking water you cheap motherfucker. or if you are truly a scumbag, just soap yourself up and go jump in a neighbors pool to rinse off.. the chlorine water will rinse you and sanitize your stanky homeless living bum piece of shit ass

[Anonymous No.1178425]

>>1175062
>route the shower drain water through a heat exchanger

This technique is only really effective with a tankless water heater system. With modern tank units there is only occasionally water put into the tank and hot water is made in batches. Unless you knew when your water heater was set to fill the heated water in the cold inlet pipe would just cool off into the ambient environment.

Also stop telling people to build and buy shit when a bit of conservation is the answer, just take colder, shorter showers with the water on less often. You should be drinking at least as much water a day as you would need for showering so it isn't such a big deal once you are responsible, plus its cheap.

[Anonymous No.1178427]

>>1175993
Is this why loos smell so bad?
They dont use toilet paper and they wash themselves with a bucket?

[Anonymous No.1178431]

>>1173788
when i bought a pressure washer i noticed it took significantly less water to wash my car.
maybe you could try washing yourself with a pressure washer? not too much of a pressure because you don't want to deglove yourself!

[Anonymous No.1178590]

>>1178427
no, pajeet, its because they are [brown]

[Anonymous No.1178601]

>>1175969
a cat is fine too

[Anonymous No.1178611]

>>1175969

[Anonymous No.1178768]

>>1173788
Ride a jet ski naked, that'll save a lot of water.

[Anonymous No.1178905]

>>1173788
watered down rubbing alcohol and lemon juice on your scalp

[Anonymous No.1178907]

>>1173882
i like how the navy serve our country and they jack up the price of doing laundry and dont let you shower for more than 5 minutes. fucking america.

[Anonymous No.1178966]

>>1173801
Agree. You can also use a 10 gallon bucket of water or two and a pitcher to pour it on yourself. Leave it full so it gets to room temperature. It's surprising to see just how little water you really need, and what a waste showers are.

[Anonymous No.1178978]

[Anonymous No.1179008]

>>1178966
I doubt you even need that

I have a cabin with no running water and when I shower out there I heat up some water via electric stove until mildly hot and use one of these to pour it on myself every couple days.

Not the exact same brand as this one but mine holds around three gallons which is plenty, even using shampoo and stuff. I just have a little ledge screwed into a tree I can set it on so it's above you, since hoisting it up while also trying to bathe is a pain. Three gallons goes a very long way if you pay attention.

[Anonymous No.1179009]

>>1178601
Desu

[Anonymous No.1179010]

Timed button to have water come out. People are lazy, most of them won't keep hitting the button for a perpetual flow of water. It's like how a few cents for the laundrymat keeps everyone from using the laundry for the most trivial things, which they would do if it were free.

[Anonymous No.1179068]

>>1177630
>2.5 gal/hr @ 2 hrs = 300 gal.
Actually that would equal 5 gallons, anon.

[Anonymous No.1179069]

I live in a place with no running water, get a 2 gallon steel pot, fill 3/4 with water, put it on the stove till hot, pour 1/4 of it into smaller pot, add soap to smaller one, take a sponge, rag, or whatever, dunk into soapy water and scrub yourself, after you're done take the other pot & pour it over self

[Anonymous No.1179384]

>>1173788
Look up buckminster fuller's dymaxion shower

[Anonymous No.1179539]

In Antiquity, Romans and Greeks used something called a strigil, which is essentially a metal scraper that you would use to remove dirt, sweat, and oils from the skin.

It was mostly used by athletes, and was effective because athletes used to apply oil to their skin to improve their aesthetics while exercising. Then, everything was scraped off after the fact, leaving the skin mostly clean.

You could probably get away with this if you clean your armpits, balls, and maybe your feet using soap, and the rest of you with a strigil. That would save a lot of water I think.

[Anonymous No.1179770]

>>1173788
I turn on the shower just long enough to get wet, then I soap up, and then turn the shower back on to rinse. i suppose you could do this with a sponge bath situation too. I save a ton on water.

[Anonymous No.1179920]

>>1179770
How much are you people paying for water? I take two 10 minute showers every day, wash dishes every other day, wash my car at least once a week, water the lawn twice a month when it's dry, do laundry every day, wash my hands obsessively, drink at least a gallon of ice water daily with new ice in every glass, leave the water running while brushing my teeth, have a high flow toilet and shower, and many other wastes of water. My bill has never gone above $20 per month, averaging $11/month. To save a "ton" of money on water, I'd have to completely quit using it for a few years.

[Anonymous No.1180637]

>>1178017
This

A wide austere bathroom with a block of concrete to sit on, a bucket, some soap and dim light is my dream bathroom.

[Anonymous No.1180694]

>>1173788
Why not using an atomizer instead of a classic shower head ?

Also, why the fuck is it called like that ?

[Anonymous No.1180871]

>>1173829
People fap in the shower.

[Anonymous No.1180895]

>>1177516
you read my mind

[Anonymous No.1182246]

>>1179539

This sounded interesting, so I decided to tell my wife about it. Two sentences in and she just interrupts with "oh yeah, the sloughing comb! I've wanted one of those for ages."

#justgirlythings

[Anonymous No.1182253]

>>1173917
>The rest of us do.
You're a fucking idiot and I hope you never realize it, for your own sake.

[Anonymous No.1182320]

>>1173788
Skin is reactive and pumps out less sebum and maintains an okay microbial balance if you don't fuck with it. I haven't washed my hair since 2016, and only shower below the waist when my ass needs shaving. Keeping the butthole clean is a key component of it. Shave it 1-3 times a month, wipe in front of mirror with tp, wet tp, and a wet wipe. Wipe armpits with wet cloth and apply deodorant before going anywhere. Change bedding sometimes.

Living this way hasn't kept the bf off me. He's like "wtf you must not sweat at all" when he rushes to go down on me and I inform him I haven't showered for a couple weeks.

Maybe I don't. I've never seen sweat stains on anything of mine. Being skinny helps with that.

My plant based diet may also play a role in not smelling like sour milk or whatever.

[Anonymous No.1182325]

>>1173788
You will need:
1. Bucket
2. Soap
3. Bath sponge

Take it from here, see where it gets you.

[Anonymous No.1182336]

Hop in a river and use the eco-hippie soap that is environmentally friendly. Uses zero water

Only correct answer

[Anonymous No.1182466]

Sponge bath and "salt soap" (you know, the soap-shaped block of salt you can use as a soap and as a deodorant). For hair, a minimal amount of shampoo (you can mix it with water, you don't need as much as you think) and a bucket. To prevent excess sweating, smells and oily skin: good skin care with oil/lotion, antiperspirant/deodorant/salt soap/talc (depending on how heavily you sweat), cotton/silk/bamboo socks, underwear, and shirts.

You really don't need too much water for washing yourself, not even hair. I've washed a meter-long, really thick (wrist-sized braid) hair with a five-liter bucket.

[Anonymous No.1182799]

Steam cleaner with the handheld steam/vacuum attachment.

[Anonymous No.1182810]

You can easily get away with one litre or less:
>add soap to cloth
>scrub most of your body
>use a small cup to wet your hair (over the bucket so it drains back into that)
That's literally it. A retard could think that up. Why couldn't you?

[Anonymous No.1182818]

>>1182253
no u

[Anonymous No.1183070]

>>1182320
Vegan?

[Anonymous No.1183084]

>>1174675
oh god, the chaffing

[Anonymous No.1183088]

>>1173788
Daily reminder baths and showers are scams, no one needs to take them, and Benjamin Franklin invented the red pilled alternative, the Air Bath - you don't even need water, water is a scam. All you need is to be near a window, but naked, so that the air cleans your body with the wind.

[Anonymous No.1183100]

Suicide.

Go be a smelly hippy in the afterlife.

[Anonymous No.1183219]

>>1173788
first of all modern showers are wasteful but showering in general is efficient.
First thing first is get a selectable low flow shower wand. You want something that can do different settings that is 1 gpm or 1.5 gpm with pulse or high pressure settings. You don't need a 2.5 gpm head. 1 gpm is fine as long as the pressure is good and its a wand so you can get close to your scalp and or junk. Install a cut off valve. My rv has a button cut off. Super fast to cut off the combined cold and hot water. Long hot runs may cause issues with temperature swings but it really cut down on water waste. Get wet, cut off the water and spend the time lathering and scrubbing wasting nothing.
Look into a waste heat exchanger. basically a copper drain pipe with another small copper pipe wrapped around it. You can make your own or buy it. Efficiency varies. Lets you turn down the hot water as you shower. The semi hot water prewarms your cold water going to the shower. A lot of hot water ends up down the drain in a shower.
A sealed and insulated shower. Easiest way is to add a ceiling to the shower and seal it up as best you can. Add a closeable vent. Keep all that heat in. Do all that and you could shower on 5 gallons per shower or less with maybe 2 gallons of hot water and still be a luxurious and long shower.

[Anonymous No.1183331]

>>1174843

>I'm not googling that shit.

...why?

[Anonymous No.1183383]

>>1173788
>10 minutes of running continuous water
>save water
pick one

normal people when they have to save water...they get wet, stop the water, soap up and was, then turn the water back on for a quick rinse.

It sounds like to me that you want a magical water machine that pisses water...

[Anonymous No.1183570]

>>1173788
Get a couple wash cloths and some bar soap. A small bucket that holds a half gallon or event less is enough to wash with. Wipe down your pits and pubic areas with one wash cloth that has soap in it. Then go ahead and wipe the soap off with the other wash cloth. Another trick is to use the menthol and camphor pain relief with a wash cloth on your nether regions then wipe it off and dry. You can also use menthol foot powder to absorb any water after washing or if BO is just starting to eliminate it and keep dry. Get dry shampoo for your hair. For under ten dollars you can be clean.

[Anonymous No.1184366]

>no pubic hair
wtf

[Anonymous No.1184386]

>>1180694

"Atomizer" is a word that uses the original meaning of the word "atom" which is "really fucking small bits."

The word existed before literal atoms were discovered, that's why they named them atoms.

[Anonymous No.1184387]

>>1182320

>Keeping the butthole clean is a key component of it.

Top kek

Its true though, but I know this because I like primitive camping, not because I'm a dirty hippie faggot.

[Anonymous No.1184576]

>>1183088
>get muddy and dusty from dirt biking
>get naked and stand in the middle of my house waiting for the mud to dry away
>never happens

Thanks, Benjamin!

[Anonymous No.1184584]

>>1183088
Ive gone months without showers (without leaving the house, working up a sweat, or otherwise doing anything that would get me dirty)

Patches of dirt start to accumulate on your body, you start to turn dark just from sitting around.
When you do eventually wash it, you have to scrub hard and dead skin scrubs off with it. It leaves a nasty whitish paste on your towels when you dry off if you didnt remove it all.
And trust me, after 3-4 months of no showering it takes several showers before you can actually scrub it all off.

[Anonymous No.1184592]

>>1173829
My showers tend to be 45 minutes to an hour, sometimes longer if my ocd is acting up.

[Anonymous No.1184612]

>>1173788
navy showers
low water usage shower heads
turn down temp
shower timer
water recycle after use for flushing or dishwasher

15m average in the USA is scary long. you guys a fagots ruining the world. muh Ford 150, muh gallons, beef, and all that plastic.. China, India, and the USA need to get checked

[Anonymous No.1184662]

>>1184386
>the original meaning of the word "atom" which is "really fucking small bits."
This is wrong.
"Atom" means "indivisible thing", meaning, you can't break it down smaller than that.

[Anonymous No.1184673]

>>1173929
Why don't you get a tap where you set temp and intensity instead of hot intensity and cold intensity?

[Anonymous No.1185863]

bucket and soap. its not that hard

[Anonymous No.1185867]

>>1179068
You know for a fucking fact he meant minutes.

[Anonymous No.1186840]

>>1173788

[Anonymous No.1186885]

>>1175987
god, you really are cucks

[Anonymous No.1186956]

>>1173788
Foot pedal controlled tap. Usually found in boat supply stores or caravan supply stores.

[Anonymous No.1187758]

I once had some water shortage in town and I took baths using a bucket full of water.
Around 10 liters of water for a very good bath. Nothing to complain about it, I felt clean and it was 90%+ as good as a normal bath.

>first put head over bucket and soak it in water
>then use shampoo and soap on head and neck
>wash and use the water falling down to already wet your back and chest
>then apply soap to back and chest
>use water falling from chest to soak abs and crotch
And so on. Taking one bath a day I was using basically 70l of water to bath a week. With more 1l a day I could use to wash hands, mouth wash and other personal hygiene.

[Anonymous No.1187770]

>>1173788
Do what astronauts do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zhdanccUvs

Basically a sponge bath.

[Anonymous No.1187858]

>>1173964
nigga are you retarded?

[Anonymous No.1188438]

>>1175901

Lots of areas say 2 minutes and it's because we have limited water. I have ten minute showers but I also use about 1/10th of my water usage cos I'm not a tard

[Anonymous No.1188441]

>>1186885

Never lived in a drought prone country have you? We also don't pay for water disposal like most of europe

[Anonymous No.1189126]

>>1173794
I understand what you are saying anon. I too shower every day, but now as the weather grows hot, it's not sufficient. I usually wash my feet an additional time throughout the day.

[Anonymous No.1189127]

Chubby sweaty bf's penis smells like turtle poop, even fresh out of the shower. Will keeping his butt clean fix this, or is the only way to stop being/eating like a fat guy?

[Anonymous No.1189435]

>>1174045
Why is everything on a cat barbed?

[Anonymous No.1189448]

>>1175901
Damn, I have 40 minutes shower, usually.

[Anonymous No.1189499]

>>1173788
If you are getting dirty due to your chosen profession wear the proper clothing to keep yourself as grime free as possible. Was head to toe to maximize soap efficiency, ass and crotch last. You shouldn't be in there more then 4 minutes

[Anonymous No.1189792]

>>1182320
I shower once a week. I have not used shampoo or soap for the past 7 years, only water + scrubbing with hands or washcloth. Sometimes I use rivers for cleaning.
I have not used deoderent for 4 years.
I have not cut or coamed my head hair nor body hair for 2~3 years.
I dont wear shoes, nor socks, so that my head feet wont stink. (slippers when walking and bare feet when resting).
When I am alone I am usually naked, when with others I wear a large piece of cloth wrapped around my body.
Also I am vegetarian, but dont drink milk.
I have not drank anything besides tap water for the past 3 years.

I will look like pic related in 10~20 years.

[Anonymous No.1189918]

>>1189792
how do you smell? in your opinion

[Anonymous No.1189919]

>>1189918
I shower twice daily, mainly using my shampoo as a soap. works for me but I sweat often.