ONE WEEK, 55 GALLONS of Water. How We Conserve Water When Boondocking.

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  • When we go boondocking water conservation is imperative so that we don’t have to continuously pack up and go in search of a dumping station. We’ve managed to get our water usage down to 55 gallons for a week and want to share how we do it and would love to hear other water saving tips you might have for us. Drop a comment below to share with us how you save water.
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  • @TollettDepot24
    @TollettDepot24 ปีที่แล้ว

    Found your channel with a dry camping search. Enjoy the information and tips! Want to start following your channel! Thanks for the info.

    • @HomeARoam
      @HomeARoam  ปีที่แล้ว

      Welcome to our adventure! We love boondocking/dry camping and most of the places we go are perfect for it. Hope you enjoy our videos and find them useful 😃

  • @maryanast3673
    @maryanast3673 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good stuff. Love the outtakes! LOL
    Can also dump water used to boil food outside in the grass.

    • @HomeARoam
      @HomeARoam  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That would definitely help save grey tank space. Thanks for the tip.

  • @ChrisAndEmilie
    @ChrisAndEmilie ปีที่แล้ว

    Great tips! Saving water in our SUV camper is super important too. We find that using wash clothes to clean ourselves and sponges to do the dishes really helps us!

    • @HomeARoam
      @HomeARoam  ปีที่แล้ว

      Sponges would be good, they hold a lot of water 💦

  • @mauricegagnon4654
    @mauricegagnon4654 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great tips! Thanks for sharing!

    • @HomeARoam
      @HomeARoam  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We're practicing for Baja California Mexico

  • @michaelsusanhanley8915
    @michaelsusanhanley8915 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great facts, well done Love the bloopers!!!!

  • @jerrydaminato743
    @jerrydaminato743 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Outakes are great.

    • @HomeARoam
      @HomeARoam  ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you like them 🙂

  • @LetsJustGoTravel
    @LetsJustGoTravel ปีที่แล้ว

    Great tips! We do most of these also. It’s fun to make a game of it and see how far we can go. Definitely more so now that we’re down here in baja. Another thing we do sometimes is if we have leftovers we will put them in Tupperware but we’ll line the Tupperware with tin foil first so it doesn’t get dirty. Easier clean up afterwards

    • @HomeARoam
      @HomeARoam  ปีที่แล้ว

      That's a great idea! Less dishes = less water. We will definitely be trying that one, thanks!

  • @thewanderingshores
    @thewanderingshores ปีที่แล้ว

    Really enjoyed this video, great tips. We converted our toliet to composting and it made a huge difference in water management. We have 35 gallons of fresh and have gone as long at 16 days without having to dump or add additional water. You mentioned reusing the boiling water, perviously we would use to the to flush the toliet since the gray usually fills quicker than black in most rvs. If you end up in Yuma area on your Mexican adventure this winter let us know.- Kyle and Michelle.

    • @HomeARoam
      @HomeARoam  ปีที่แล้ว

      Awesome, we definitely will! We've seen the composting toilets and they are very interesting. Did you then connect the grey and black tanks to gain even more wastewater capacity?

    • @thewanderingshores
      @thewanderingshores ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@HomeARoam exactly, we route the liquids into the black so that we don't have to mess with a pee jug, and we then added a valve to the end of the dump line so that we can open both gray and black to combine them together. That gives us 60 gallons of gray since urine is not considered sewage by itself.

  • @paulknowles8469
    @paulknowles8469 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great timely lessons for water preservation while travelling and especially at home! Also, if news anchors can show their coffee mugs on set so can you!

    • @HomeARoam
      @HomeARoam  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol, good point about the coffee mug. Now we need to get some fun ones to include in our shots 😆

  • @kasa942
    @kasa942 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great tips! Can I ask what kind of epilator that you have found that works? I’d like to try one.

    • @HomeARoam
      @HomeARoam  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi! I have the Braun Silk épil 9. I like it because it has an interchangeable heads for epilator and electric razor, which was especially useful when I was just getting used to epilating and couldn't tolerate both legs in one session.

  • @TP-es1pf
    @TP-es1pf ปีที่แล้ว

    Great ideas, thanks. But you are sure you’re not getting that “so-so” water in your mouth when showering? We prefer to always use good water in the system.

    • @HomeARoam
      @HomeARoam  ปีที่แล้ว

      That's a good point. It really depends on where we are and what's available. In BC we typically use tap water because our tap water is some of the best in the world. When we went to some of the states, tap water was still safe, but not necessarily tasty for drinking, so we were still comfortable using it in the system. However, when we went to Baja we only used purified water in the system because the tap water isn't typically that safe.

  • @mikewebster2984
    @mikewebster2984 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I also use a blue boy but the only problem is that it is very bulky in the back of the truck.

    • @HomeARoam
      @HomeARoam  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, they do take up quite a bit of space. We know some people who use water bladders that pack down small when not in use. They're a good option too.

  • @PentaxLife
    @PentaxLife ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That captured water from your shower use it in your toilet to flush

    • @HomeARoam
      @HomeARoam  ปีที่แล้ว

      Also a good idea! Thanks for the tip!

  • @PentaxLife
    @PentaxLife ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And remember paper plates are your friend

    • @HomeARoam
      @HomeARoam  ปีที่แล้ว

      They definitely save on water, but then we have to take out the garbage more 😅

    • @PentaxLife
      @PentaxLife ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@HomeARoam Remember there paper plates you guys have fires you can start fires with paper plates