What's the minimum amount of time needed to run water during a shower?

[Anonymous]

I've been contemplating an off-grid lifestyle for the past few months. I've found the land I want to build on, but what frightens me is that some systems may not be readily available. For example, I may build a cabin with solar power, but the well water would have to wait.

So I found an off-grid shower, with a rechargeable pump that submerges into a 5-gallon bucket of water.

This leaves me to question: what's the minimum amount of water to take a shower?

According to you use 2.5 gallons per minute and the average shower is 8 minutes. But is all that really necessary? Isn't most of those 8 minutes spent daydreaming or scrubbing the soap onto your body?

So, this is a rather serious question because, are we overly-expending the massive amount of energy needed to shower? According to the EPA, letting your faucet run for five minutes uses about as much energy as letting a 60-watt light bulb run for 22 HOURS!

How much time do you actually need water pouring on your body?

1-2 minutes

2-3 minutes

3-4 minutes

4-5 minutes

5-8 minutes

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1 y

4th paragraph should read: According to this article: green.harvard.edu/.../4-ways-measure-5-minute-shower

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1 y

Guys, I challenge you to use only 5 gallons of water in the shower today. No daydreaming or jerking off. I don't know about your area, but in mine, oil and gas and coal are used to supplement the power supply.

[purplepoppy]

And do you spend longer spraying the more smelly parts like arm pits than say elbows.
I have a very clean clitoris.

[Asker]

Maybe you should try using deodorant and not getting banged in public restrooms every time you have a few too many?

[Aquariusmystery]

If you actually want to be clean, a minimum of 5 minutes. That’s just to wash my body. If I’m washing my hair, 10-15 mins minimum and 20 max. If I want to shave my legs etc too then 20-25 mins max

[Asker]

Don't project on me. I don't have long hair and I don't care if my legs are hairy. What I do care about is the 50 gallons of water wasted on vanity. No wonder there's a gas and oil crisis.

[Aquariusmystery]

I’m not projecting stop getting shirty with me mate🤣

[Guy13]

Long enough to remove STANK which is person specific. 5 minutes 7 minutes. Dig deeper well 😉

[Asker]

Really? 5 minutes of constant water? I would think that only two minutes of that would actually be spent: 1) gettting wet 2) rinsing off soap

[Guy13]

Hair, shave, pits, nads, butt, between toes. There’s no way you done STANK cause hadn’t even gotten to your oily ass neck and back scrub brush treatment. Go outside with the hose and faucet 🙃

[exitseven]

I need the whole 8 minutes maybe more if I jerk off.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎

[midnightmoon05]

Shower once a week. Other times sponge bath with minimum use age of water.

better than those way back who only showered 3 times in their life time when they didn’t have much water.
1. born 2. Wedding 3. Death

[letuswaltzforthedead]

The fastest I shower is around 5 minutes but I probably only use the water for 2 minutes, more or less.

[Anonymous]

I need at least 12 mins in the shower.

[Asker]

30 gallons of water? What are you washing? A house?