Bath or Shower?

TheGardener

shinytop said:

TheGardener said:

daveyjp said:

Who needs 10 minutes in a shower? To save money cut it to 2 minutes and switch out the electric shower for a bath mixer tap with shower attachment.

I can reduce the time a little but I'm not a whippet and 2 mins won't do it for me. 

I timed myself in the shower at the weekend.  From pressing the shower button on to the water stopping after pressing off (it runs on for a few seconds) 58 seconds.  That's washing and rinsing everything properly and not rushing.  Any longer and I'd just be standing wasting time. I don't think I take longer in the (free) gym showers, maybe less time as they're more powerful.  

Here's a top tip;  time yourself in a cold shower and make that your target for a normal one. 

59 seconds - gettaway - I'd be lucky if I'd navigated getting over the side of the bath and was standing up in that time  - you sound like you are very agile and have no hair.  My shower takes about 20 to 45 seconds to heat up anyway. Sorry, but for a middle-aged person with a slight mobility issue and thick hair - it ain't going to happen. In fact, I wonder you even bother with a shower, what's the point for less than a minute you might as well have a standup wash at the sink or run through a rain shower on your way to the car park... 

shinytop

TheGardener said:

 you sound like you are very agile and have no hair. 

You've met me then? 

born_again

Shower once a week & flannel wash via sink for the rest of the week. If you really want to save money.

Brewer21

Bath every other day, share the bath water (not the bath😁) with my wife. Wash at the sink the non bath days. Gas Combi boiler. We've showered (electric) during the heatwaves, had the temp almost cold now back to baths recently.
Been doing the above for around 3 years, it's definitely cheaper than two separate short showers.

TheGardener

So if a bath is cheaper than a shower - does the same apply to a kettle? An electric kettle will use less energy but using a gas hob kettle will cost less? This guy reckons so ?
I have both a gas hob and - if I have a dig round in the shed - a gas hob kettle. Worth a look I think? 

QrizB

TheGardener said:

So if a bath is cheaper than a shower - does the same apply to a kettle? An electric kettle will use less energy but using a gas hob kettle will cost less? This guy reckons so ?
I have both a gas hob and - if I have a dig round in the shed - a gas hob kettle. Worth a look I think? 

The TikTok video is here:

https://www.tiktok.com/@dinosaurdannyx/video/7135067096454548742

There's a similar video by a US guy that I've shared a couple of times:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yMMTVVJI4c

I previously did the maths on his numbers:

Assuming gas at 7.5p/kWh and electricity at 28p/kWh, supplying 93Wh to boil a litre of water per TC's examples:

• Small gas ring - 356Wh, 2.67p
  
• Large gas ring - 376Wh, 2.82p
  
• Electric kettle - 108.4Wh, 3.04p
• Induction hob - 134.5Wh, 3.77p
• Ceramic hob - 200Wh, 5.6p

Those numbers are for one litre of water, but the TikTokker was boiling a full kettle, which is probably 1.5-2.0 litres.

TheGardener

Oh ok - so fairly trivial differences in price then but sort of depends on how often you boil a kettle?

QrizB

TheGardener said:

Oh ok - so fairly trivial differences in price then but sort of depends on how often you boil a kettle?

Yes.
By the Tiktokker's numbers, you might save 2p per full kettle, or 0.5p if you only boil enough water for a single cup. If you drink 10 cups of tea or coffee a day, that's 5p a day, £1.50 a month, £18 a year.

sammyjammy

A shallow bath is all well and good at this time, in December without the heating on it'll be a little too much to bear I would imagine!

I'm another that navy showers, turn it on, turn it off, soap hair and body, turn it back on to rinse but not sure I'll be doing it at 6am on a January morning!

sam1974_2

Unless you’ve got mobility issues, or are a wasteful teenagers ….. I’ve never understood why it takes people so long to shower 😮

As a woman, i shower every day and if it’s just a wash then I’m in and out in less than 2 minutes. 4-5 mins would be to wash & condition my thick hair and shave my legs! 

10.5kw electric shower so I’ve never been one for just standing there, unlike hubby who takes longer than me and he’s barely got any hair left to wash 😂