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[Margie]

Hello.  We have a very nice 2010 2350 Sprinter.  I'm attempting to figure out the best way to get the most out of it.  As you know, the bathroom is very small.  How in the world do you folks shower in it?  Do you sit on one of those little plastic stools in the corner or?  Also, anyone found a good place to position a toilet paper holder and towel racks?  I'm not a huge person at all of 5' 2" but found it really confining.  I was thinking that perhaps the best way to dry towels would be on suction type hooks but wanted to ask what most of you are doing.

[Margie]

Hi Judi,

To answer your question about the pots and pans.  I don't have a good answer.  I had only one small pot and small frying pan which I put in one of the kitchen drawers.  They just won't fit in the small cabinets over the sofa in the slide-out. We took a three-week trip in our 2350 after picking it up from the factory on 10/30.  I used the shower only once during that time and decided that I would be better off using the showers at the campgrounds which is something that I don't like doing at all.  Consequently, I'm trying to figure out how to manage in the 2350.  In hindsight, after seeing Ron's pictures of his 2350 without the slide-out, I'm so sorry that I didn't realize how much more space there was in it before ordering ours.  I was a bit concerned about mounting a toilet tissue holder to that outside wall of the bathroom.  Please let me know how you do it and if it works without damaging the structure.  I did see a suction type small towel holder at the Container Store that I may get for over the toilet but it is 15" and I believe we have only 13" available to use.  Still looking for answers to some of these questions.  For the most part, we loved the Sprinter but really could use a bit more storage space and a bit larger bathroom.

Margie 

[ron.dittmer]

Hi Ladies,

I would NOT mount any toilet paper holder or towel bar any place where it could be bumped hard because as we all know,  the room is confining enough.  You could easily rip it off the wall when trying to towel down, dress or undress.  We keep the toilet paper in the sink cabinet.

We mounted a paper towel rack above the bathroom window, and a bath towel rack over the toilet which we store dry towels in and hang wet towels through.  I think a retractible cord that you hook across the inside the shower when done will be a good addition for temporary towel drying.   I have seen and used them on cruise ships and they work great.

We have a folding stool to sit down on when showering.  We quickly got used to the shower stall and manage very well, sitting down most of the time.  Sure more elbow room would be better, but it does work well for us.  My wife is 5-1 and me 5-11.

I surely understand your delema with pots and pans.  Those extra large cabinets we have over the fixed dinette is where that stuff goes, along with boxed and canned food.  We would be lost without them.  I hope you find a good working alternative.

If I had a slide-out, I would be tempted to remove the barrel chair and install a pantry cabinet like is commonly found in regular house kitchens.  Someone with good carpentry skills could contour the cabinet walls to follow the wall curves of the coach, so it looks like the factory installed it.  The cabinet could be modified to stick out as far as the cabinets above it.  You should be able to order one that matches your other cabinetry from a home improvement store.

Phoenix USA might take care of it for you for a fee.  They offer something today that goes there, but I think it is too shallow to hold all that.  Here is theirs.  Don't be fooled by the pictures.  The forward side is maybe 5 inches deep due to the angle of the back wall there.

I've babbled on enough.

[Margie]

I just wanted to say thank you for all of your ideas on how you use the 2350's bathroom and storage ideas for the pots and pans.  Ron, your idea for a retractable line for the towels sounds like a winner also.  I really appreciate your replies.  Loved the stacking pots and pans from West Marine. 

Margie 

[bigbadjc]

In our 2551 bathroom we use a chrome wire floor stand intended to hold 2 extra rolls of toilet paper for our dispenser.  We put one roll on it and the center loop for the rolls to fit on sticks up as a handle.  That way it can be placed on the floor wherever it is handy for us to use and then be stored in a cabinet or in the sink while travelling.  As low as the toilets are in an RV, a floor stand is a handy thing and can be placed where desired.

Jerry