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If it works anything like a modern dishwasher, it would use less water than a normal bath or shower.

But if it worked that way (using a small amount of water over and over to clean) would be gross and unsanitary in this case. One could filter it but that costs a lot of energy and changing a filter weekly on your shower pod would not be very green.

it's not unsanitary on your plates, why should it be on your skin?

Your plates can be washed with temperatures that would scald you and with chemicals that dissolve your skin.

But you don’t want to sanitise your skin, just get the dirt off, so I don’t see any real issues.

The issue is that water would be so dirty and gross. The same water that washed your rear end will then be sprayed on your face. If you are only using a few gallons (not like a bath which has dozens) that's pretty gnarly.

And your colon lining if not washed away thoroughly

> But if it worked that way (using a small amount of water over and over to clean) would be gross and unsanitary in this case.

Have you ever taken a bath?

Yes. Imagine bath water but with the same amount of dirt that would be in 50 gallons in a bath in 5 gallons in this thing. It would be 10x grosser.

What kind of crazy big baths are you taking?

If you google "average bath size" you find 30-70 gallons. 50 is right in the middle.

I suspect those numbers are for filling the tub to the brim? Is that normal?

Are you a manager?

It seems like you can answer these questions for yourself rather than asking a stranger on the internet.

Let us know what you find.

This was a polite way of me telling you that I don't think that's normal, and that quoting the bathtub max capacity is fairly meaningless.

It would have been more polite to offer the actual stat. Do the research and come to the table with that in hand.

I would have quoted that if it were easy to find, or quantify. It's not. I encourage you to do so, put the work in, and let us know what you find.

Its not that I don't agree with you, it's that I want you to do the work for yourself.

It looks like it completely fills and drains that big chamber at least a couple of times. If it were just a sprayer mechanism yeah that could be somewhat water-efficient.

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