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- Francés x 5, Le Puy x 2, Arles, Tours, Norte, Madrid, Via de la Plata, Portuguese, Primitivo
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According the video, 140 grams, and 64A$ ;0)Kanga, that looks pretty ingenious. But how much does it weigh?
Has anyone else with hand or skin problems tried this? And would the scrubbing get rid of the galician mud at the bottom of my trousers? Thanks for bringing it to my attention, @Kanga !
I say go get a bit more mud on them and see what happens. If you didn't know you have mud on, there can't be much on there to start your test with.Well it so happens (I just checked) that there is a little bit of Wirralian mud on the bottom of my walking trousers after the raingear test walk earlier todayso I think I'll try washing it in a drybag tomorrow to see if the same principle works without the valve - the washboardy thing will probably be handy for stains etc but for just rinsing out sweat a drybag with most of the air carefully squeezed out might do the job. It would be a lot cheaper for sure!
On camino I always hand-wash my walking clothes each night. A bit fanatical but in my family "cleanliness is next to godliness" was an oft quoted saying. One of the side effects is that my hands and nails get horribly dry and split and crack. I've just found this ingenious device online and ordered it. I can't recommend it yet because I've not tried it, but I'll let you know how it works. It will certainly save my hands.
http://thescrubba.com.au
Wondering if anyone else has tried it or has other ideas.
A bit pricey at ($64.), 140g extra weight and you still need to carry detergent. I will stick with washing and stripping in the shower and finishing up in the wash sinks.
Joe
On camino I always hand-wash my walking clothes each night. A bit fanatical but in my family "cleanliness is next to godliness" was an oft quoted saying. One of the side effects is that my hands and nails get horribly dry and split and crack. I've just found this ingenious device online and ordered it. I can't recommend it yet because I've not tried it, but I'll let you know how it works. It will certainly save my hands.
http://thescrubba.com.au
Wondering if anyone else has tried it or has other ideas.
Could not agree more with drying being a bigger issue. But I also have to say that I am amazed that so many prolongue their showers, with hot water, to wash or prewash clothes when other pilgrims may end up taking cold showers.BTW, using this product got me thinking about a bigger issue for pilgrims - drying their clothes. Wouldn't it be nice if each albergue had a simple hand operated spinning drum that got most of the water out of the clothes. Something like this (https://www.katom.com/048-SD92SC.html). It would save on the wringing and cut down on clothesline time.
On camino I always hand-wash my walking clothes each night. A bit fanatical but in my family "cleanliness is next to godliness" was an oft quoted saying. One of the side effects is that my hands and nails get horribly dry and split and crack.
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Wondering if anyone else has ... other ideas.
Your hands only need to get wet wringing them out.
Eeeewwww... I would Simply not wash my clothes in shower not to waste warm Water and maie rom for those wapiti g their turn.@SYates rinsing is done inside the bag too - you refill it with clean water. I used to use your method of stamping on the clothes in the shower, but.found they still needed to be picked up and rubbed by hand a bit. And then someone pointed out that people pee in the shower ....
Oh dear, Ipad autocorrect is really not of much use for those of us who use our technology to communicate in a number of languages. Surely Apple could teach its products to do that.Eeeewwww... I would Simply not wash my clothes in shower not to waste warm Water and maie rom for those wapiti g their turn.
@Pilgrim-S-414 - you'll let us know, won't you @Kanga ?
With you remembering things like that Kanga I think we should rename you Elephant!And presumably, @Stephen Nicholls, when you occasionally take a shower, you just whip that panty liner off the sole of your foot (see blister threads) and use it as a towel.....
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