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I've looked over some of the shower threads but all i saw were people complaining about the 7 dollar shower (with good cause). but to me, a shower at bonnaroo is worth every penny charged. so are the showers completely nasty (like dirty bandaid nasty)? is there a time limit? are they private? i dont mind showering in the gym and whatnot but with a bunch of mind-altered strangers, it kida weirds me out. thanks!
Post by fordgoose15 on Feb 18, 2008 16:31:08 GMT -5
the showers in previous years for general admission haven't been "official" showers. they were semi truck trailers provided by entrepreneurs (to my best knowledge) with dividers for stalls - I only saw them, didn't use them.
I would expect the general admission showers to be pretty good now since they are supposedly being sponsored by Garnier hair products. VIP showers last year were sponsored by them and were nice.
The Cabella's camp shower is nice, and it can double as your own private campsite restroom.
thanks for the info man. as long as the stalls are private, i'm good for the trailer showers. i couldnt really see the garnier showers being open. for a company with a product called "fructis" or whatever, an open gym-like shower wouldnt be very chic. as for the campsite shower you linked to, im gonna be strapped enough this year because im gonna have to buy a canopy. and my buddies im going with wouldnt really think twice about pushing it over while im on the john. ;D
Post by fallenangel on Feb 18, 2008 17:18:58 GMT -5
i used the shower last year and it wasnt super clean but then again, there were so many people using them a day, i wouldn't expect it to be anything other then dirty...they were private and i dont think there was a time limit...i would just make sure to wear flip flops to save your feet from fungus...
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A little feeling in my gut that I get of late when I think about these cats running the world with hate
Post by starrynight on Feb 18, 2008 17:48:20 GMT -5
i thought i was going to want one last year but i really didnt feel that dirty haha. My only question is whether or not the water was hot? Just in case I feel differently this year.
The people next to me used them and said the water wasn't hot. I just use the trough. It's free and cold, which is great to me after a hot day. I always wash up good before the night shift. Nothing as refreshing and being cool and clean as the sun sets.
I was supposed to be able to take showers in my buddy's RV last year, but the water always ran out. So I would go down to the water station every morning with a small pail. I would strip down to my shorts from the previous day and douse myself with cold water. In that heat, it felt excellent. I would scrub up as much as I could and douse myself again. I would then head back to my tent and take care of the rest with baby wipes and gold bond. I stayed clean and comfortable that way all weekend.
But, I go backcountry camping a lot and it's pretty common to go several days with no shower or water source at all. So that water station was like paradise compared to nothing.
I was in VIP, last year. I can only speak to late afternoon, with regard to water temp in the showers there. It was cold. Although, at that time of day, refreshing! There were individual stalls. Can't remember how many. Maybe around 8 or so. Different trailers, men vs. women. Each stall was double curtained, so you had a curtain for the shower and a second curtained area to keep your clothing dry on a hook and be able to dress out of the shower. I just wore my flip flops into the shower, turned on the water to get wet. Turned it off to lather up. Turned it on again to rinse off. Cut down a bit on the "omigod that's cold!" factor.
Keep in mind where you are camped may be verrrry far from the showers. We were.. like an hour walk.
A great way to catch extra zzzs in the morning heat is to head to the trough as soon as you wake up and give yourself a sponge bath. Another thing a couple people did was bring a cut-off hose. It would screw into the faucet on the trough and they could spray all over. I just remembered that and am SOOO packing that this year! ;D But the cold water is refreshing after being all sticky and sleepy and hot and then you can go back to your tent with all the windows open and chill a bit longer!
The screw on hose used to be an option (and may still be at some sites) but all the troughs I saw last year had small threadless faucets that would not accept hoses. I'm trying to deveolp a universal hose mount (maybe with a screw type hose clamp) to use.
Even without a hose, a washrag and plastic cup does a great job of allowing you to wash EVERYTHING at the trough. I love the troughs!
I'm trying to deveolp a universal hose mount (maybe with a screw type hose clamp) to use.
Even without a hose, a washrag and plastic cup does a great job of allowing you to wash EVERYTHING at the trough. I love the troughs!
You could probably take a small length of garden hose with some kind of stretchable rubber sleeve on the end to fit over the spigots.
I love the troughs too. I know it sounds kinda' weird, but I got to feeling really close to all of my fellow 'rooers while standing together half naked (some of them were completely naked) doing one of the most simple and common human activities...getting clean.
I had some plastic tubing last year that would slip over but the faucets had a strange taper to them and the tubing would leak and spray water everywhere, annoying people so I just washed normally. It's the tapered thing that made making a seal difficult.
Yes, these are the troughs at the Pods.
Last Edit: Feb 19, 2008 14:15:59 GMT -5 by troo - Back to Top
The 1st few years they were all free-standing outdoor troughs. It seems the last couple years they've all been Pods/indoor troughs. I liked the outside troughs because there was more room. Are there anymore more of the outside troughs or are they all Pods now?
\/\/\/Edit: Look's like they only have Pods. No big deal. BTW, they had wooden pallets outside to walk on and keep you out of the mud. \/\/\/
Last Edit: Feb 20, 2008 8:38:13 GMT -5 by troo - Back to Top
Post by rideincircles on Feb 21, 2008 1:29:21 GMT -5
Shakedown had an outdoor sink type trough along with a storage container trough. I took one shower on Saturday and it was totally worth it. I hate to compare, but Coachela's showers blew Bonnaroo's away, nicer stalls, so much cleaner, free with camping and they were all over the place. I will use the troughs for most of the festival. If its muddy I dont know what will happen.
