UNLESS you work a blue collar job, or any other job that requires you to be outside the whole time, I don’t see the point in showering every day. Especially if you work from home or in a building with AC. It seems excessive and is also a waste of water. But do what you want lmao.

  • BarqsHasBite
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    I’ll say that Navy Showers should be the norm. Also makes it easier to end the shower instead of standing there at the end.

    According to the U.S. Department of Energy, water heating is typically the second-largest energy expense in homes (after space heating).[2]

    A ten-minute shower takes as much as 230 liters (60 U.S. gal) of water, while a navy shower usually takes as little as 11 liters (3 U.S. gal)

    • Jo Miran
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      162 months ago

      TIL that I have always “Navy Showered”. I grew up in the Caribbean where all we had was a solar water heater. The hot water would barely be enough for one person so we always water on/rinse/water off/lather/shampoo/water on/rinse/water off. It’s how I have always done it. Same applies for toothbrushing. My wife leaves the water running while brushing, which has always driven mad.

      • @[email protected]
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        My wife leaves the water running while brushing

        I know this sounds crazy, but there’s a scientific basis for leaving the water running while you brush your teeth. See, I’m actually just making stuff up and wanted to see if I could get any bites lol

    • Blastboom Strice
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      92 months ago

      From wikipedia:

      A Navy shower […] is a method of showering that allows for significant conservation of water and energy by turning off the flow of water in the middle portion of the shower while lathering.

      Dont people just turn off the water when they apply soap to themeselves?

      • lurch (he/him)
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        62 months ago

        No, most people keep the water running while soaping parts of the body outside of the water, then changing what part is soaped while the previously soaped is being rinsed in the water.

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          Huh, maybe Im weird, but I ~use the water to just wash out the soap (and maybe sometimes I pour hot water for a minute to relax).

          I made my process even more efficient few years ago by applying soap both at the head and body before removing it (used to first wash the hair and then the body) and I no longer wash my hair twice (unless the 1st wash wasnt enough).

          Edit: I’m from Greece in case it’s a culutral difference

          • @[email protected]
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            72 months ago

            I think most of us who take ‘long’ showers are using it as a form of relaxation/meditation whether consciously or not.

      • @[email protected]
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        22 months ago

        If i turn off the water while i soap, it takes like 3 minutes to get hot water again after I’m done.

        • Blastboom Strice
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          12 months ago

          Oh I wasnt aware that there could be such a problem, I ~hadnt ever encountered such an issue.😅

    • @[email protected]
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      82 months ago

      Yea, that 60 gallon thing is absolute worst-case, using a shower head from 40 years ago (which would be plugged up with minerals by now).

      I’ve looked at the numbers everywhere I’ve lived over the last 25 years, and it’s nowhere near 6 gal/min. Virtually every shower head sold since about 1990 limits it to 2 gal/min. You have to go find one that does more.

      • @[email protected]
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        22 months ago

        Eh, I was shopping with a friend while staying over and they decided to pick up a really cheap shower head, and it made their hot water last 5-10 minutes. Before it would easily last 45min

    • @[email protected]
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      62 months ago

      As former Navy, a Navy shower is all you actually need. Unless I am having a stressful day or week I take a Navy shower. If it a stressful day or week I turn the temperature up as much as I can stand and let it relax me. A sauna would probably work better, but I don’t have that option.

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      Showers really should work like dishwashers. Basically fill a reservoir, filter, re-heat, and recirculate that water a few times. Could also slowly drain and replace a bit of it throughout or have discrete wash/rinse cycles.

      Most of the water used when I shower is just standing there because the hot water is relaxing.

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        Maybe if you had dried on crusted food.

        Navy shower also helps break the standing there mentality.

    • @RamblingPanda
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      This is not how all people shower? Huh. The only reason I leave the water running might be because I’m so sore that I need to to loosen up my cramped muscles.