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Taking a shower every day is excessive.
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this post was submitted on 25 Aug 2024
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I'll say that Navy Showers should be the norm. Also makes it easier to end the shower instead of standing there at the end.
TIL that I have always "Navy Showered". I grew up in the Caribbean where all we had was a solar water heater. The hot water would barely be enough for one person so we always water on/rinse/water off/lather/shampoo/water on/rinse/water off. It's how I have always done it. Same applies for toothbrushing. My wife leaves the water running while brushing, which has always driven mad.
I know this sounds crazy, but there's a scientific basis for leaving the water running while you brush your teeth. See, I'm actually just making stuff up and wanted to see if I could get any bites lol
Navy shower + one of those droplets fractioning shower head and you’re golden.
Bonus point: It feels like showering in a Star Trek spaceship.
Shit, I forgot about that expression
From wikipedia:
Dont people just turn off the water when they apply soap to themeselves?
No, most people keep the water running while soaping parts of the body outside of the water, then changing what part is soaped while the previously soaped is being rinsed in the water.
Huh, maybe Im weird, but I ~use the water to just wash out the soap (and maybe sometimes I pour hot water for a minute to relax).
I made my process even more efficient few years ago by applying soap both at the head and body before removing it (used to first wash the hair and then the body) and I no longer wash my hair twice (unless the 1st wash wasnt enough).
Edit: I'm from Greece in case it's a culutral difference
I think most of us who take 'long' showers are using it as a form of relaxation/meditation whether consciously or not.
If i turn off the water while i soap, it takes like 3 minutes to get hot water again after I'm done.
Oh I wasnt aware that there could be such a problem, I ~hadnt ever encountered such an issue.😅
Yea, that 60 gallon thing is absolute worst-case, using a shower head from 40 years ago (which would be plugged up with minerals by now).
I've looked at the numbers everywhere I've lived over the last 25 years, and it's nowhere near 6 gal/min. Virtually every shower head sold since about 1990 limits it to 2 gal/min. You have to go find one that does more.
Eh, I was shopping with a friend while staying over and they decided to pick up a really cheap shower head, and it made their hot water last 5-10 minutes. Before it would easily last 45min
As former Navy, a Navy shower is all you actually need. Unless I am having a stressful day or week I take a Navy shower. If it a stressful day or week I turn the temperature up as much as I can stand and let it relax me. A sauna would probably work better, but I don't have that option.
You can get those small personal sauna things.
This is not how all people shower? Huh. The only reason I leave the water running might be because I'm so sore that I need to to loosen up my cramped muscles.
Some bath/shower faucet setups are really not conducive to stopping and starting unfortunately (I’m thinking of 3 valve systems where you have hot, cold, and bath <> shower faucet with no easy way to turn off and back on to the same temperature)
I forgot those were a thing. Yeah, that makes sense. Upgrade your showers, people! It's worth it!
Deal with 1k mile super commuters.
But he'll be so good for the shareholders! /s
Interesting. I might try this.
Showers really should work like dishwashers. Basically fill a reservoir, filter, re-heat, and recirculate that water a few times. Could also slowly drain and replace a bit of it throughout or have discrete wash/rinse cycles.
Most of the water used when I shower is just standing there because the hot water is relaxing.
Discrete fill drain cycles uses less water than continual dilution.
Maybe if you had dried on crusted food.
Navy shower also helps break the standing there mentality.