Since it's Kitchen & Bathroom month here, we're thinking a lot about water conservation. Because we don't have a garden, the majority of our water usage takes place in those two rooms.
We're always trying to use less water by taking shorter showers. However, we haven't yet taken the real water-saving shower plunge. That's right! We're talking about Navy showers ...
I have a low-flow shower head with a pause button. I think I read about it here! It's awesome, and it lets me take navy-ish showers without fiddling with the water temperature too much.
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I also have a low flow shower head with a pause button. The pressure on the thing is Fabulous! As emsy said above, the pause button lets you stop the water without fiddling with the taps. It's located right at the shower head.
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My shower is so small that turning the water off and back on would undoubtedly end up with me becoming a human popsicle since there is no way to get out of the water flow. If I had a larger shower I would, or even better yet I'd install one of those aforementioned pause button shower heads.
My aunt and uncle live in the mountains in Tennesse and use a cistern system that collects rain water. We shower navy style when we visit there and its works just fine. I guess they are ahead of the trend. :)
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In France, it's a common practice to sit in the tub and rinse off with the shower attachment, fill the tub with just enough water to work up a good lather, shut off the water and scrub up, unplug the drain, and rinse off using the shower attachment. It's surprisingly easy to get used to, if you aren't ready for a true Navy shower.
(Incidentally, it's also the real reason French hotel managers cringe whenever a large group of Americans checks in...they know the water bill is going to go through the roof.)
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I take Navy showers in the summer and most of the spring and fall but here, in Vermont, in the winter, I just can't do it.
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Interesting. The other commenters consider it a "Navy shower" only if the water is turned off at the taps. I consider it a "Navy shower" when I use my pause button as well. I agree, it is too hard to get the water back to the correct temperature if I turn it off at the tap, but the pause button allows me to stop the flow of water while I lather up, wash my hair or shave my legs. I also keep a container in the shower to collect the water that flows out of the tap while I'm getting the temperature adjusted. I use this to water my plants or bucket flush my toilet.
(The pause button cost me less than $3 and took my super all of 5 minutes to install--I highly recommend them!)
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To everyone looking for a pause button for their shower I found one here: http://www.dynamic-living.com/product/hand-held-shower-on-off-switch/
It's only $4 but the shipping is $6 (I hate paying for shipping) so I'm going to print out the product page and see if I can find it in a local store.
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When I studied abroad in france, i lived with a host family. Before we left, we were told that everyone in France showers this way and our host families might find it rude if we didn't. I thought lots of people did this?
Unfortunately in my apartment, the water gets FREEZING so this makes for a really, really unpleasant showering experience, so i don't do it.
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