Wet baths, no, RV baths in general...

We went from no bath in two previous trailers to a 30 sq ft bathroom in our toy hauler so we were pretty spoiled by the time we decided on a TC. Although I concede that the wet bath is the best use of space in a TC, my next TC will have a dry bath. The Pacific NW is always wet resulting in clothes that must be hung to dry. In a wet bath, there is no room to hang them without somehow interfering with access. When I drag the enclosed trailer with me, it is not an issue since I have clothes lines strung inside. However, the times we do not take toys with us is usually the times it is the wettest.

I'm over 6' and 225 lbs with broad shoulders and have no problems fitting in our wet bath, but I did find some baths were vertically challenged when we were shopping for our TC and had to rule those out. When we are on full hook ups, I can run the electric and LPG water heaters on our 6-gallon tank at the same time and get continuous hot water until I prune up. I suppose I could also do this with the generator running while boon docking, but I could fill the 30 gallon gray tank with one shower.

Personally I do not want to go back to a wet bath. With the exception of the adventurer 86 fb model. Biggest wet bath i have seen in an 8' 6" model. My lance 990 legend has great dry bath but it is a 11' 3" model

Funny you ask... I used my wet bath for the first time this weekend. Originally I thought I would never shower in there due to a lack of space. Not at all. There was just enough space to take a quick shower and clean off the days grime. I just put one foot one each side of the toilet and voila!

from what I have seen you have more room in a wet bath than a dry ( in truck campers).

or maybe it's just mine, but my 03 Lance slide has a dry bath, I wish it was a wet bath, because there is almost no room in the shower and we are smaller people.....I didn't say limber....just small.

I love my big shower! :)

I'm 6'3" and since I go by the nick name of bear you can imagine my girth.

We started out in a camper that had basically a closet turned into a wet bath. It had a porta potty you had to remove to take a shower. It was a tight fit but worked. Basically I would step into the shower to get wet, turn off the water, step out to soap up and then back in to rinse off. The porta potty worked fine for late night needs. Most of the time I would use the campground facilities for showers and other natural duties.

When boondocking- we built an outdoor privacy shower out of PVC pipe and shower curtains. We used an outside handheld I added to the camper. The pvc pulled apart and was stored away with the shower curtains when not needed.

The camper was too confining so we moved up to a TT and now a 5th wheel. Both of which had large showers and comfortable toilets. Size does matter...small RV= small bathroom.

Hi,

I had a huge wet bath in my 1972 Coachman 10' slide in camper. It also had basement storage, - well the dinette was raised and the black tank under it.

It had a forward bathroom, that took up the forward 3'. On the passenger side was a sink with shower hose and water heater under it to one side. Toilet more to the passenger side, within the bed 4' width and above the black tank. I would sit on it to take a shower. To the center, there was a hallway, and drivers side is a closet, when you open the door it closed the hallway for privacy. To the cabover was this nice orange plexiglass 3 screens, so privacy both ways there.

Going rearward from the drivers side closet, it had the converter under it, and fresh water tank on the floor as far forward as possible. Then the refrigerator, stove, counter, and sink near the door.

On the passenger side, forward is the bath, then the dinette was raised about 8" above the camper floor, so that it sat out over the edge of the pickup bed. It would have been perfect design for a slide out dinette too, but this was 15 years before campers had slide outs. A cabinet bunk was above the dinette, so it could sleep 6 when you include the queen size cabover bunk and dinette. I never had more than 2 sleep in it.

I like the idea of using a dually to carry a camper. You still have the ability to tow a horse trailer, or just about anything else you might want to, and the low profile will save some fuel compared to a normal height camper.

Fred.

jimh425 wrote:
That doesn't describe my wet bath. :)

other than some TCs and the old Chinook with that narrow bath I've never seen anything like that either.
bumpy

That doesn't describe my wet bath. :)