I'm vastly amused by this poll. "Do you take baths or showers: yes or no?" LOL

Um.. yes? I take baths or showers :)

Too funny. The question should be rewritten.

This may be TMI but for the occassiaonal relaxing bath I quick shower first, then relaxing bath, then quick rinse. Baths are kind of gross but sometimes they help one unwind. Wife does call me a water waster for doing it though.

whoops! sorry about that, the question has been fixed.

I would take more baths if I had a tub that was big enough...

Also there is such a thing as a 'waste water drain heat exchanger' that takes the heat from your draining bath or shower water and transfers it to your homes incoming cold water line to pre-heat the water before it get's to your water heater, therefore it takes less energy for you water heater to get the water up to the thermostat set temperature. Just google 'water water drain heat exchanger'

No because we only have a shower.

I have tried to take a bath but my tub is too shallow, only about a third of me is in the water.

i currently have a medical issue that has left me taking baths only for 3 months.

http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/myths/shower_vs_bath.html

If you don't have a low-flow showerhead and/or you're taking a long shower, you've lost the efficiency edge.

Personally, I like long baths on occasion, for relaxing and shaving my legs. And I've never ever thought of baths as gross, or less clean than showers.

no one in the house takes baths regularly. they are saved for sore muscles & ache-ridden bodies (epsom salt!) and to reduce fevers in our young daughter which suffers from febrile seizures. the gigantic jacuzzi tub in our master bath (we rent) has gotten used less than 5 times since we moved in a year ago.

and never to get "clean." i think its kinda icky to soak in the day's soot and dead skin. eeeeewww!

We only use them for days when we've got very sore muscles. I don't particularly like them, but they're nice occasionally.

We have reduced water flow showers and actually try to limit our time in them...we have a tub but it is never used. O.K., honestly, my teen-age daughter does occasionally take baths in there but it's more the exception than the rule.

I shower in the locker room after swimming to wash off the chlorine, but at home I bath in the tub because my muscles are sore and it helps to relax my body before bedtime. I have a small water heater, so i turn on the bath water, set the timer for 3 1/2 minutes and turn off the water at the bell. I'm small so it's the perfect depth to soak in and doesn't waste water like a long shower.

Baths are the only way to go, sitting in filth or not. Being rather tall,if I take a shower only the lower half of my body is in the water stream. So until I build that perfect green home witha shower head extention or overhead showerhead baths are it. Oh yea and at 2 gpm after 10 minutes of soaping, shaving legs (ladies), shampooing, exfoliating (ladies), conditioning, rinsing, and age defying-ing (ladies) you could have a nice little bath-20 gallons worth, not bad but still not good.

I ticked other because my rented flat doesn't have a shower! I didn't think I'd miss it because I never used to bathe frequently (just when I had time and wanted to relax) but after four years of living here I yearn for a bath and it's the first thing I do when I go to stay with my parents or in-laws! I'd love to have one after a long walk especially. I agree they're water-consuming but I'd never not install one if I was doing a bathroom up (space dependent) because they're so handy as a tub even if you mainly get showers! And I hate those wet rooms with no distinction between the shower and the rest of the floor.

Add me to the "my bathtub is too shallow" club. I would replace it with a deeper tub if not for environmental guilt and worry about climbing in and out in my fast approaching old age. For now, I will save having a bath for the very, very occasional fancy hotel stay or trip to UK where I often stay in B&Bs with only baths (though they are becoming more rare)

I don't like taking baths , in the last 10 years i know i've taken less than four baths. I like taking super hot showers and steams instead.

No, because I can't afford to spend so much time.

I've always liked baths to relax -- I never used to use them much to get clean (I'd even take a quick shower to get clean then fill up the tub to relax). BUT! After promising they wouldn't, our property manager switched our [personal, purchased with our own money] detachable shower head for an excruciatingly low flow model. I can't even rinse shampoo and conditioner from my hair! I ended up taking showers that were 2-3x as long as I used to simply to get clean! Now I just fill the tub, wash my hair right away before the water gets scummy, then soak, relax and wash up.

All the water doesn't have to be wasted. We keep a bucket near the tub and use some of the bathwater to flush the toilet, other bucketfulls get carted out to water plants (don't do this one if you use bubble bath).
Bathing in a tub is definitely a luxury/relaxing thing, not an every day occurrence.

Baths are mostly just a luxury for sore muscles or bad days in our household, but I wouldn't want to eliminate the tubs entirely.

My "other" explanation--I don't take baths b/c it's boring.

I once worked for a metal polisher. If you think a bath can't get you clean, try removing brass dust from your skin in the shower. You will be green for weeks unless you take a bath! Just like dishes, sometimes you have to let it soak.