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This is a question that people often ask Google, on Forums, on Reddit, Facebook, and other places on the internet.

It's a question that is asked by people who are thinking about getting a camper van or renting one. And so I thought I'd just talk about it for a minute, from that perspective.

Now, obviously, if you. If you have an onboard shower or experience with this I'll include some tips for those who have an onboard shower at the end of the episode.

A shower is a very high value feature, obviously. Yet it's one of those things that's easily overlooked in the lead up to a trip.

So the question, how do you shower in a campervan, is a high value question because it's a high need issue.

And I thought I would just talk about it because it's worth the effort of working through how it is that you plan on showering while out and about in the van.

So my first suggestion is to decide on a few methods and then commit to them and, and do that before you go anywhere.

It doesn't matter if you're renting or owning. If you're building, if you're throwing together a bag of gear to throw in the back of an empty van and head out with your air mattress and your sleeping bag and your Coleman stove and your cooler. And that's it. Now I'm van life. That's great!

Nonetheless, before you do that, stop and think about how you're going to shower, because you're gonna wish you had.

Why you need to be able to shower while traveling in a campervan:

Van life pictures of the guy laying, on top of all of his pile of stuff in his van, reading a novel with his filthy feet sticking out the back... Well, people walk by and get grossed out.

But there are more reasons...

So yeah, humans used to shower and bathe less. But this idea that things used to be better a long time ago, that's just not true, and it doesn't make any sense at all.

We have better healthcare now. We have better equipment, better gear, everything, including how to keep clean and why we should keep clean.

So, so yeah, that's not an argument, in my opinion. I like to should shower at least once every two days, preferably every day. Or at least a washcloth cleanup in between showers every other day.

Moving on...

Let's talk about the types of showers available. Obviously there's the built-in shower such as the shower toilet combo or the dedicated shower inside high roof vans such as a Sprinter or Ram Promaster campervan shower. Awesome. That's the best thing in the world, but it's not absolutely necessary and obviously not available to everyone.

I, I am actually designing a sprinter, 1 44 chassis and my shower is going to be in the floor. And you'll remove a grate, and then lift up a shower ring, attach it to the ceiling and then pull the water supply over from the sink or some other source and shower inside that shower curtain under the ring and it'll drain through the floor.

That's because in a 1 44, everything has to be tucked...

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