I understand, Dont Agree

[rvlifer]

In 2 generations of rving my family always viewed a smaller bath to be a necessary tradeoff to a smaller rv. Because we purchased the rv we currently own for fulltiming we intentionally decided we needed a much larger rv with a bath that was as close to a residential bath as we could. Having to fulltime with a tiny, wet bath would have taken away so much from our enjoyment of living in the rv.

So we bought a pig of a 5th wheel that came with a bathroom that probably has a shower that is as large as many wet baths in small rvs. So we get the wet area plus a huge dry space with beautiful wood cabinets and black walnut counters as a bonus. We made the right choice for us.

If we decide to get a smaller rv to continue the rv lifestyle i would consider a wet bath but only out of necessity and not because it was my preference.

People will justify what they bought all day long and maybe a wet bath has some advantages but we cant get past the terrible esthetics of them compared to a traditional dry bath. For purely esthetic reasons we replaced the solid surface counters in ours with solid black walnut. Didnt like the plastic look of the oem solid surface counters.

 

[KnightEagle]

Sence I have both a wet bath in one the TC and a dry bath in our TT. Everyone has what they prefer. Both are tight space layouts. I will need to check the measurements of the TT bath to see if I can convert it to a wet bath. The reasons are when you close the door and you are on the pot have to sit off center 25deg's for the door pushes your keens over and your hip is pushing into the wall and other side into the show curtain, floor area 12"x3'. Our worst dry bath we ever had was in a side door lance the bath was in the rear just as you came in. You open the door had a floor of 16"x16" step up to get into the shower or to sit on the throne have to place your feet into the shower to keep your balance. Again caught between the shower and the vanity. Comes down to this cant please everyone.

 

[UTTransplant]

Yep, as would anyone who has critical thinking skills...

You definitely know the way to win friends and influence people. After all, calling the vast majority of RV owners basically idiots will definitely help your cause, won’t it? And for the record, I have had a wet bath in a small Casita, and it was perfect for that application. It would be ridiculous to put a wet bath in my 40’ rig that we stay in for months at a time.

 

[Sunnyfalls]

Glad you found something that works for you but it doesnt work for everyone. So i guess you have an entrance directly into your wet bath? Otherwise the path from your entrance to the bath should probably be converted to a wet area to get all those benefits.

Of course the wet bathroom is located at the RV entrance. Anything else wouldn't make any sense at all. Why would anyone want to walk through their RV to get to the bathroom?

 

[Sunnyfalls]

You definitely know the way to win friends and influence people. After all, calling the vast majority of RV owners basically idiots will definitely help your cause, won’t it? And for the record, I have had a wet bath in a small Casita, and it was perfect for that application. It would be ridiculous to put a wet bath in my 40’ rig that we stay in for months at a time.

We have zero interest in making superficial social media friends or getting manipulated by social media via their "likes" or "high post count" BS. We post solely to help the few remaining intelligent people who are fully capable of doing Internet searches themselves, have critical thinking skills and don't need to ask endless questions only to then be largely spoon fed ignorance and actually believe it.

 

[Sunnyfalls]

I've been married long enough to know my wife would use her critical thinking skill to veto that wet bath op before quick got ready. Saving me the bother of doing any critical thinking.

That's another issue entirely...

We are very fortunate in that we are both highly adventurous and are soul mates, so we can truly enjoy close quarters in small sailboats and small RVs and we don't need a behemoth RV to create space from each other.

 

[Onyrlef]

Why would anyone want to walk through their RV to get to the bathroom?

I'm no Frank Lloyd Wright but I'll take a stab at it. They likely tried that design when human family units first began constructing one room shelters. It probably didn't take long until it was discovered moving the hole in the ground where the family took a dump to a location other than where they cooked, ate and slept greatly improved living conditions. That's why to this day we don't put the toilet in the foyer.

 

[rvlifer]

Of course the wet bathroom is located at the RV entrance. Anything else wouldn't make any sense at all. Why would anyone want to walk through their RV to get to the bathroom?

How many rvs have the main entrance open into the bathroom? If that is what everyone wants and what makes sense you would think most would be set up that way.

 

[UTTransplant]

I was trained as a scientist and worked as an engineer. There is NEVER a single BEST way for an item to work. There are parameters to be considered in every situation that helps to drive the appropriate solution. There is a reason no all bridges have exactly the same design! To say that exactly one design is the best for all situations does not imply a critical thinking skill; it implies exactly the opposite. What is the best solution for one application does not apply to all applications or use cases.

 

[Onyrlef]

We have zero interest in making superficial social media friends or getting manipulated by social media via their "likes" or "high post count" BS. We post solely to help the few remaining intelligent people who are fully capable of doing Internet searches themselves, have critical thinking skills and don't need to ask endless questions only to then be largely spoon fed ignorance and actually believe it.

I was trying to recall where there were similar sentiments expressed and then it came to me, Robespierre during the French Revolution, Lenin during the Russian Revolution, Stalin during the reign of terror from 1933 to 1953..Prompting, when you hear "the few remaining intelligent people" run the other way, it's not going to end well.

 

[DonTom]

I think the argument for a wet bath

This thread is the first time I ever even heard of a "wet bath".

Is there a cabinet in there where things can be kept dry?

-Don- Newberry Springs, CA

 

[DonTom]

There is NEVER a single BEST way for an item to work.

“There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs.”
― Thomas Sowell

-Don- Newberry Springs, CA

 

[Onyrlef]

“There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs.”
― Thomas Sowell

-Don- Newberry Springs, CA

T. Sowell was an economist, that's not exactly what you'd hear from an engineer or mathemetician.

 

[rvlifer]

I was trying to recall where there were similar sentiments expressed and then it came to me, Robespierre during the French Revolution, Lenin during the Russian Revolution, Stalin during the reign of terror from 1933 to 1953..Prompting, when you hear "the few remaining intelligent people" run the other way, it's not going to end well.

I guess esoteric name dropping isnt showing off like listing your creds is.

 

[Onyrlef]

I guess esoteric name dropping isnt showing off like listing your creds is.

Esoteric becomes exoteric on examination of a 7th grade world history textbook. I agree though it is highly relative.

 

[rvlifer]

Esoteric becomes exoteric on examination of a 7th grade world history textbook. I agree though it is highly relative.

esoteric was the appropriate term

 

[Onyrlef]

esoteric was the appropriate term

I agree.

 

[GrumpyOldSailor]

I think that you have this backward? The wet bath is one that uses the sink and toilet area as the shower with a drain in the floor. A dry bath is one where the shower is in a separate enclosure and the toilet and sink stay dry when using the shower.

Thanks for explaining! I thought the dry bath would be like the Chem-Dry carpet cleaner guy that would comes out, sprays some powder on you, vacuums it off and charges you a hundred bucks..

 

[DonTom]

that's not exactly what you'd hear from an engineer

Then have one of those engineers do no trade-offs and design a single motorcycle that is prefect for racing, touring, off road & etc.

-Don- Tehachapi, CA

 

[Onyrlef]

Then have one of those engineers do no trade-offs and design a single motorcycle that is prefect for racing, touring, off road & etc.

-Don- Tehachapi, CA

Because engineers don't run companies, economists ( MBA's) do and there's more profit in selling some poor guy 6 motorcycles than 1.