Shower floor in the field?

[Scoutman]

I use a 2'x4' sheet of PolyMax flooring. It's typically used for poultry nesting boxes and kennels. Some folks use it to floor out a roof rack but a buddy of mine had an extra piece of it and it works great. It is also fits nicely under the couch in the truck camper so it stores nicely regardless of it's size. It also makes for a nice mat at the doorway/steps to knock the dirt off before coming in the camper.

Here's a shot of it in our shower tent.

 

[vwhammer]

Some sand ladder designs also work well as a shower floor.
Some people already carry them with them and have mounts for them so you don't have to roll up a wet and/or muddy mat and stash it in the vehicle.

 

[PlethoraOfGuns]

I'm gonna have to agree with a lot of people here, floor mats. Most all of us have them on our rigs, just pull them out of cab right onto the ground and your good to go. It's always good to have gear that pulls double duty.

I use both floor mats and usually place a milk crate right outside the curtain so after shower, I can sit on something and apply the proper footwear to walk off the safety of the floor mats.

 

[AlbanyTom]

I've used a small piece of indoor outdoor carpet. It's cheap, light, and rolls up smaller than most mats. Pretty easy to clean, lasts a long time, is slip resistant and dries pretty quickly. It wouldn't dry as quickly as the rope connected wooden ones, but it packs smaller.

For areas where you have short, sharp, pointy grass, the i/o carpet or rubber mats are probably better than wood. For areas with lots of sand or mud, wood is probably the better way to go. Carpet will work, but it'll soak up the mud a bit.

 

[IdaSHO]

I keep two honeycomb hard rubber mats around.
Really helps keep the mud/dirt/snow/grime out of the camper.

They weigh practically nothing, and being dense rubber they never absorb any water/moisture, and knock out clean quick and easy

Ive found they also work fantastic as shower mats.

 

[Robert Bills]

I use an inexpensive door mat similar to this:

 

[Leibbrand]

wear sandals, carry less junk

 

[HenryJ]

I used 1.3x1.3 redwood fencing material purchased from Home depot. It is already the perfect length. I sorted through and picked out the best pieces of wood. A bag of large wood beads. A pack of cord locks and some 3/16" or 1/4" rope/cord. Three holes drilled in each piece of wood. Strung with cord and separated with the beads. Thread one bead over the cord and double it through each, separating them with a bead. Cords are left long enough to roll up the mat. Once laid down and the cord tightened with the locks it makes a great mat.

We keep swim suits and boat shoes in the trailer for the trek to the enclosure.

 

[brushogger]

We use a plastic pan from Home Depot that is made to fit under hot water tanks. I think it was $10. It has a pic fitting that was easy to swap to a hose bib. Connect a hose and channel the water away from camp. They are also made in aluminum.

 

[Ozarker]

Sorry, no pic, but I've used a tray used by bread delivery guys with 2x2 frame built around the bread tray (had a honeycomb pattern to them in hard plactic) and blocks at the corners. They bowed a bit with 200 lbs on them but never broke and they were flat so it didn't hurt to stand on them.

 

[Semi-Hex]

I use a worn out to piece of astro turf. Works great and dries quick. It is also my traction aid.

 

[wagex]

i use these 2'x2' foam interlocking pads i had left over from a project, work perfect for when im somewhere i have to use my privacy tent too as its 4x4x7

 

[broncobowsher]

Not exactly compact, but if you have the room a plastic shipping pallet has been known to work really well. Keeps your feet high enough that several people can shower and keep the feet above any mud.

 

[Rezarf <><]

Not exactly compact, but if you have the room a plastic shipping pallet has been known to work really well. Keeps your feet high enough that several people can shower and keep the feet above any mud.

You must have closer friends than me

I'll throw in my vote for flip flops with a rinse at the end, haven't see the need for a shower mat, but this thread has me wondering what I've been missing.

 

[teotwaki]

You must have closer friends than me

I'll throw in my vote for flip flops with a rinse at the end, haven't see the need for a shower mat, but this thread has me wondering what I've been missing.

Dry and loose dirt tends to splash up as mud so a mat of some sort stops that.

I have used these mats from harbor Freight, a bargain at $10 and often on sale for $8 at the stores. I also have some of them lining the floor of my trailer

http://www.harborfreight.com/4-piece-anti-fatigue-foam-mat-set-94635.html