Outdoor Shower Curtain

We prefer to use the outdoor shower when we can, and occasionally we're in a place where we need to have a shower curtain. After disastrous jerry-rigged tarp & magnet contraptions, I decided to buy this nice outdoor shower curtain from Vannon.com. It installs in about 10 minutes with a few small pilot holes in the plastic on the rear doors, and fits perfectly. It's well-made, and requires about 30 seconds to set up and take down.

It requires two small holes in each door for the twist fasteners.

It has a shock cord for maintaining tension and flexing with the doors.

It uses a magnetic strap on each door to keep the bottom of the curtain from blowing around.

A view from inside the shower area.

27-April-2022 

Shower Head Replacement

The time came to replace the stock shower head, and based on numerous Revel reviews, we selected this one. It works well, but uses a bit more water than the original unit that Winnebago installed.  Unfortunately, it doesn't have the right fittings to match the van's quick release fixture, so I had to cobble the parts together to make it work.  To do this, I used these two items:

• Male to male connector
• Female Quick Connect fitting (removed from the spout)

It resulted in this compact and sturdy fitting that works well and doesn't leak.

13-March-2022

Disassembling the Bench & Shower

I thought these were some fascinating photos, included here for reference.

17-October-2020

Shower Curtain Extension

Our shower curtain was about 1.5 inches too short, letting water splash out on the floor, etc. So I was happy to find 'snap extenders' for solving the problem. 

Shower Miscellanea

After an initially icy start to my first shower, I discovered that you also need to select Furnace in order to have a hot-as-hell shower. I must confess that the interaction between these 3 switches confuses me, and the manual is not very clear about how all of these work together. I can confirm for you here, though, that you want these three ON for a very hot shower.

We try to keep everything small in the van, and like these travel towels from REI. They absorb a ton, dry quickly, and don’t take up much space. YMMV.

So now what are you going to do with a wet shower curtain in your small van? Stick it in a trash bag for that awesome mildew experience, or let it leak on all your other stuff? We travel with a braided elastic clothesline, and improvise our way forward.

The nice thing about the braided elastic clotheslines is that you don’t need clothespins. When we were in the sunny high desert, our stuff was dry in about 20 minutes.

Another victory for the portable clothesline and the elevator bed: being able to dry your wet shower curtain inside on a rainy day.