Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:18:19 -0400
Reply-To: Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: My new Westy Shower rig
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While you could extend the hoses to go to the back of the van -- that was
Chris Gronski's comment --that's not why I chose this solution. The
'Outback' enclosure is roomy --- has the nifty draining floor --- the handy
towel rack and the pockets for soap/shampoo. It is incredibly easy to pitch
and pack up. I'm serious -- 1 minute to pitch it and 1.5 minutes to pack it
up. By the time you've jury-rigged 3 shower curtains and assorted hardware
-- I'll bet you're taking near as much space as my enclosure and probabaly
more time to pitch and strike it.. Another point --- the enclosure is big
enough that the wall's hardly get wet. I just give the top walls a little
swipe with my towel -- and the enclosure packs dry -- right after your
shower! The floor needs to be dried at some stage in the day/night. It's a
$50 solution to a common problem --- works really well. My wife and daughter
both raved about the shower and how comfy and convenient it was. Another
point is that if you're staying in your campground it's a permanent fixture.
Something I didn't mention is that it both pegs to the ground or has
sandbags for places that you can't put pegs into. In my obsessive way I've
looked at this problem for 5 years before buying the parts. Malcolm, I've
sensed over the year on the list that you're just as obsessed as I am about
finding the perfect solution to these sorts of problems. I look forward to
seeing yours and will instantly copy it if it suits me better.
Cheers,
Doug
On 8/21/06, Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > 4. I don't know how people manage with three sides to the stall --
> > water splashed into the open rear of the van would wet the mattress
> > we sleep on and the bedding. Maybe other folk are neater shower-ers than
> we are.
>
> The solution that I plan for this "splash" problem is to fix another
> shower curtain to the Westy
> rear bug-net snaps. That would stop the splashes from getting into the
> van.
>
> As for the 3 sided shower curtain; I envision a bunggie cord that goes
> from the westy pop-top rear
> hinge, around the open rear lid and then back to the other side pop-top
> rear hinge. Let it hang
> to about 6" off the ground and maybe have some weights so that it does not
> flap in and cling to
> the wet skin.
>
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