Showers in caravans

We never use ours either,  or to be more accurate about 5 times in 20 years. Like Val we use site facilities  and if they were not  good enough we would go elsewhere.

Just out of interest, when you arrive at a site do you always check out the toilets and showers first before booking in? because you said if they are not good enough you go elsewhere, I've never come across this practice before although it doesn't concern me because I never use site facilities anyway just curious.

I don't need gallons upon gallons of water to shower. I spray water all over which takes but a minute or so then turn off and shower gell all over then rinse off, job done and dusted. Using site facilities depends on your personal level of  hygiene you can't beat your own facilities. I have heard on more than one ocassion two men talking in the loos and one saying to the other that he had a good **** whilst showering and also on more than one ocassion a male saying that his wife has done it as well. I'll never use site facilities I prefer my own personal facilities that's what they are there for but it's each to their own. Your body your choice.

Too much information! 

I have changed the Whale shower mixer tap and showerhead for a single lever mixer and an EcoCamel showerhead. The result is I now get to have a hot shower whereas before my shower was usually luke warm after my wife had had hers. So, I do believe that the Ecocamel shower head does use less water. I'll add that our van has the Cascade ll system, so it is restricted in the amount of water available.

We have never used the shower in the caravan it is used for extra wardrobe space.

not really an answer to the original question though .....

But in the words of the old slogan - "Save Water!  Shower with a friend."

That must get you all of a lather. 

We never use ours either,  or to be more accurate about 5 times in 20 years. Like Val we use site facilities  and if they were not  good enough we would go elsewhere.

Just out of interest, when you arrive at a site do you always check out the toilets and showers first before booking in? because you said if they are not good enough you go elsewhere, I've never come across this practice before although it doesn't concern me because I never use site facilities anyway just curious.

Yes, absolutely always, and if they're not up to scratch we go elsewhere.  I do understand that in this country that isn't always possible, but after an experience similar to that mentioned by KJLC earlier (and on a site which gets good reviews  but which we personally found disgusting) we haven't been back to a British site since.  

We keep our caravan in France now, where touring, moving on when you want, and finding site facilities which are not absued by those using them, is much easier!

Fully serviced pitch, water straight into the caravan, Alde heating system on hot water boost, no problem with hot water in the shower.

Can't understand why people would want to use a comunial shower block, been there done that, walking to the shower block in the pouring rain - thank goodness for modern caravans.

I have always used just the electric element to heat water, and that is turned down to about 2/3rds of what it could do.  So if I have any difficulty "running out of steam" on the 80 litres I can always turn it up full, or start the gas burner as well, 

roughly how long does an hot water tank last using an Ecocamel head?

If you have an Alde system their manual states you should get 5 minutes of hot water for a shower, that is of course without the Ecocamel or other such mixing devices.

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I have just got an adaptor that joins two aquaroll so I will be able to have an 80 litre shower now!

How to spend my holiday  -   filling two aquarolls for me and two for her, wheeling four in and wheeling four away, and then mopping the caravan shower cubicle out. No thanks.