Anybody have an Oxygenics Shower Head in their RV?

[Mello_Mike]

I just completed this mod today in an effort to save even more water while I boondock. I tested it out today after completing the install but was disappointed that the shutoff doesn't completely shutoff the flow of water. There's still a little stream that flows from the head even in "off" position. I know this is a mechanism to prevent being scalded or blasted with cold water when turning the head back on, but this won't "save" much water. What has been your experience with these and did you have a fix to correct this issue?

Also, for those who have one. How do you like it? Do you think it's worth the cost? And do you think you the nozzle saves water?

[sushidog]

I would take much longer showers without the Oxygenics as the water stream didn't have enough pressure to quickly rinse the soap off. With my Oxygenics both my DW and I can take a Navy style shower (just twisting the knob off, using the small stream that remains to help work up a lather) on one tank of water. Our Aliner only has a 10 gallon fresh tank (and a 6 gallon heater.) With our old shower head we would each use almost 10 gallons per shower. Since we only have a couple 7 gallon aquatainers to catch the waste water, (no grey tank) this was a problem, requiring the non showering person to switch tanks in the middle of the other person's shower.

Chip

[wbwood]

I'm actually surprised anyone can like the shower head that came with the camper over the oxygenics.

[Mello_Mike]

It's kind of surprising to see the love-hate opinion of the Body Spa. Nobody is luke warm about it.

[greenskeeper]

complete waste of money, my original one was much better..............am taking it out and replacing with one like originally in the home......jmho

[Cuffs054]

I like mine so much I put one in my home shower. CW has them on sale.

[wbwood]

We used ours this weekend. Had 4 showers take and 32 gallon tank was only at a third. Took two more showers and the last one I just let the water run continuously. Got or and finally was at 2/3 full I'm guessing we could easily get 8-9 showers out of it for our 32 gallon gray tank.

[bcrewcaptain]

We had one, ditched it for a $12 sink sprayer from Lowes, no fumbling for adjustments, much smaller, uses about half the water with more pressure due to the small holes.

[Gjac]

That was a nice write up Mike. I have the white one I bought for $25 on Amazon for $25. I dry camp 95% of the time with 60 gals of FW. What I have found that works for me is to close the shut of valve about 1/4 turn reducing the flow. Also I turn the hot water on 10 mins before taking a shower in the summer and 20 mins in colder weather so I don't have to waste water adjusting the temperature. Also when taking a navy shower (USN 68-71} there is no trickle of water coming out because I only use the hot water knob. I think I save 40% over the original head and method. 60 gals lasts 4 days with wife and 2 Gkids.

[Mello_Mike]

Here's my initial review of the Oxygenics Body Spa. I'm going to be using it again next week so I'll have a better idea after that about how much water I'm saving by using it.

Review and Installation of the Oxygenics Body Spa

[nina_70]

For those looking for deals on the showerhead keep an eye out on Amazon. Every now and then they drop their price. Sometimes the "kit" price is cheaper than the showerhead only price so don't rule that out either. We bought the showerhead + hose on Amazon for ~$27. The hose is a piece of junk so you won't want it anyway, but you can always chuck it and stick with your existing hose. E-bay sometimes has good deals too.

[Mello_Mike]

I've been using mine with SmartPause push-button valve. The dribble isn't that bad, as others have said, and it appears that I'm still using less water than before. I'm going to do some more testing next week to determine how much I'm saving even with the SmartPause valve.

[mrw8i]

Mine drips. However, I don't like the twist knob to stop the flow, I removed it. Went to Home Depot and bought a valve that has the button that pushes through to stop flow, but it still allows a dribble as well. Better than leaving the water on.

[Bird_Freak]

narcodog wrote:

Bird Freak wrote:
With just the 2 of us we never turn the water off during a shower, but we don't take long showers and almost always have FHU.

Well, then your not boondocking and that is what this area is for...

You are correct. I didn't notice it was posted in boondocking.

[narcodog]

Bird Freak wrote:
With just the 2 of us we never turn the water off during a shower, but we don't take long showers and almost always have FHU.

Well, then your not boondocking and that is what this area is for...