Roadtrek Shower

Roadtrek Shower

Postby retiredhappy » Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:28 am

OK, used my aisle shower for the first time. Is "hate" too strong a word. Took longer to dry everything (aisle) that it did to shower. The curtain (not sure if its a replacement) is cloth-like and so ended up getting the bottom of my comforter wet (I have the bed made up as a double). Not sure if the bottom of the shower curtain will ever dry. Is a plastic curtain the answer? At least could be wiped off - wouldn't absorb the water and water wouldn't leach thru it onto the bed.

Any of you ladies that have/had a Roadtrek with the aisle shower have any tips for me. No, not buy a different rig.
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Re: Roadtrek Shower

Postby Liz » Tue Mar 26, 2013 4:43 pm

retiredhappy wrote:
Any of you ladies that have/had a Roadtrek with the aisle shower have any tips for me. No, not buy a different rig.


I think I used the aisle shower once or twice. I either took a sink bath or used the campground showers. The cloth curtain is standard, I think.

Another tip- don't turn on the fantastic fan while showering. Don't ask me how I know. Although the fan on in reverse (blowing in) might help dry the curtain. Never tried that though.

Another tip: I put my front end up on a leveling block to shower and the water went down the drain easier, not flowing toward the front. I don't know if newer RTs have been redesigned to solve that problem, maybe so. All that was a pain, so didn't use it.
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Re: Roadtrek Shower

Postby mtngal » Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:00 pm

Sorry I don't have any thing to add; have only used mine a few times. Found Cham-wow (?) absorbent towels (a gift from my sister ) to be helpful. The hardest dry time for me was at humid Port Lavaca. Will use again in a pinch but I see this issue as the biggest draw back from ever full timing in RT; that said I have heard several owners say they are very satisfied with shower; to each her own. :)
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Re: Roadtrek Shower

Postby avalen » Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:34 pm

oh bummer, wish I had some ideas for you, other than getting the plastic shower curtain all the way around.
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Re: Roadtrek Shower

Postby retiredhappy » Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:42 pm

In one newer Roadtrek I looked at there was a piece in the shower pan that could be lifted out to make the pan smaller so the water didn't run all the way along the entire floor. I am at the proper slant that most of the water stayed towards the drain and I did make a thing to contain the water but it leaked at the edge. I took a 1x4 board and used pipe wrap along the sides and bottom and jammed it into the shower pan to make it smaller.

Think the sponge bath is better and easier. Only think I don't like about the RT altho I do miss my bigger frig. My future is baby wipes and sponge baths.
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Re: Roadtrek Shower

Postby mtngal » Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:45 am

Karen, try No Rinse Bathing Wipes (this is brand name); available at REI but also now on Amazon. Very good product; I used for back country camping and now in RT. CVS drug store had their own brand for awhile, but I haven't been able to find recently. A bit cheaper but not as good as No Rinse.
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Re: Roadtrek Shower

Postby Redetotry » Wed Mar 27, 2013 9:52 am

I have the enclosed bathroom in my Pleasure Way but, it is small. I'm not very big and I can hardly get in and out. The only time I was going to use the shower, I discovered it needed repaired. Have that fixed now but haven't had a chance to take it out. I highly doubt though I'm going to get much use from it because I'm sure I will have a mess! I did buy a bidet and intend to take with me, I bought it as a result of asking about reoccurring bladder infections and received several recommendations to use one. It is a little hand held squeeze bottle and so far I haven't had another problem. Not sure if it's that or the acupuncture but ...I think this along with the No Rinse Bathing Wipes would help.
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Re: Roadtrek Shower

Postby Liz » Wed Mar 27, 2013 4:01 pm

I use No Rinse Body Bath....comes in a plastic bottle. I squirt a little in a half sink of water me use a regular wash cloth to sponge bathe. Works good and lasts a long time. They also make a No Rinse Shampoo, but I found that a waste.
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Re: Roadtrek Shower

Postby Bethers » Wed Mar 27, 2013 6:15 pm

Liz wrote:I use No Rinse Body Bath....comes in a plastic bottle. I squirt a little in a half sink of water me use a regular wash cloth to sponge bathe. Works good and lasts a long time. They also make a No Rinse Shampoo, but I found that a waste.

I tried the no rinse shampoo and didn't like it at all, either. I do like some of the dry shampoos tho, especially on my oily hair.
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Re: Roadtrek Shower

Postby mtngal » Wed Mar 27, 2013 6:30 pm

Good to know about the No Rinse Body Wash; thanks Liz!
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Re: Roadtrek Shower

Postby JudyJB » Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:36 pm

When I spent a couple of weeks in the hospital a few years ago and could not shower for a long time because of multiple IVs and fresh knee surgery, they used that no rinse body wash. But here is what they did: They took several washclothes and put them in a plastic ziplock bag and added the body wash diluted with hot water just until they were damp. They would bring that to me once a day and a stack of towels. If it cooled off, they would pop it in the microwave for a minute.

I would go through the several washclothes on various parts of my body, drying off with the towels. I really felt clean, except for my hair, of course, which I managed to get help shampooing with regular stuff in the sink.

You can rinse and wring the washcloths out in clean water after you are done with them, and reuse them. I continued to do a variation of this for a week after I got home. It's sort of like making your own baby towelettes.
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Re: Roadtrek Shower

Postby Liz » Thu Mar 28, 2013 10:31 am

I get the No Rinse body wash at a medical supply drug store. I haven't seen it in a Walmart.
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Re: Roadtrek Shower

Postby Olive600 » Thu Mar 28, 2013 12:01 pm

JudyJB wrote:When I spent a couple of weeks in the hospital a few years ago and could not shower for a long time because of multiple IVs and fresh knee surgery, they used that no rinse body wash. But here is what they did: They took several washclothes and put them in a plastic ziplock bag and added the body wash diluted with hot water just until they were damp. They would bring that to me once a day and a stack of towels. If it cooled off, they would pop it in the microwave for a minute.

I would go through the several washclothes on various parts of my body, drying off with the towels. I really felt clean, except for my hair, of course, which I managed to get help shampooing with regular stuff in the sink.

You can rinse and wring the washcloths out in clean water after you are done with them, and reuse them. I continued to do a variation of this for a week after I got home. It's sort of like making your own baby towelettes.


Thanks Judy. This takes care of the need to conserve water and to have the warm and clean feeling. I'll use it for sure.

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Re: Roadtrek Shower

Postby carolb » Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:59 am

Hello fellow Roadtrekker! I've yewsed my shower many times--have a cloth kertain, bt it's of the fabric that doesn't absorb water or something. I think yewed have more problems with plastic not drying. Bt I also keep it owt for a bit to let it really dry before I gather it back. How yore bed got wet, don't know. My RT didn't have a kertain when I bowght it, so they ordered me one online and sent it to me. Wish I coold remember the name of it. It's probably made mostly of nylon-type fabric??? Will see if I still have the packaging when I get back to NY, bt yew coold check with an RV dealer????
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Re: Roadtrek Shower

Postby PeggyinCT » Sun Mar 31, 2013 4:48 pm

Hi Karen
I just finished a five-month trip in my Roadtrek without a shower. My Roadtrek didn't have a shower; that's a long story and I'm typing on my I-phone. When boondocking I had to take a sponge bath in the kitchen sink. I bought kitchen dish cloths Handi Wipes in blue and yellow. Yellow for the dishes and blue for me. They are fast drying and really sturdy. You can use them many times before they fall apart. I also used three different colored dish pans. One color for washing dishes; one for rinsing dishes and one for bathing. They stack in the sink when not in use. I also separated the blue Handi Wipes, using one for my face and another one for my body. Washing my hair was a PITA, but I even did that. I like cleaning my body with soap and water; rather then using the premoistened body wipes.
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