# Why are bathtubs so short and uncomfortable?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-bathtubs-so-short-and-uncomfortable/396088>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 15, 2007, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-bathtubs-so-short-and-uncomfortable/396088 "2007-03-15T21:19:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-bathtubs-so-short-and-uncomfortable/396088/41 "2007-03-20T20:22:01Z")

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[QUOTE=iamthewalrus(:3=]  
I’m annoyed that I don’t have a bath at all. The house that I rent has two big shower stalls in two bathrooms…  
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You live in Southern California? I saw TV (on HGTV?) that said bathtubs aren’t very popular in warm climates as opposed to cold ones.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-bathtubs-so-short-and-uncomfortable/396088/42 "2007-03-20T20:35:01Z")

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My tub is 24" x 55" with a separate water heater 😃

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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-bathtubs-so-short-and-uncomfortable/396088/43 "2007-03-20T21:16:36Z")

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[QUOTE=Robot Arm]  
A related question. I’m 6’1", why is the damned shower head so low I have to duck underneath it to rinse my hair?  
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I’m only 5’10" but I consider most shower heads too low and it annoys me. So for this past christmas I bought a new shower head with a hose as a present to myself and I thank myself everytime I shower.

I bought this bad boy.  
[http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order\_num=-1&SKU=14213848&RN=670](http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=14213848&RN=670)

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**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-bathtubs-so-short-and-uncomfortable/396088/44 "2007-03-20T21:27:00Z")

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[QUOTE=Squink]  
I have one of these. They are marvelous for deep winter soaks!  
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I got to use one of these at a bed and breakfast. The fact that the house had been built in the nineteenth century surely had something to do with it.  
It was niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.

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