There are many reasons to invest in a simple outdoor shower, including the ability to enjoy more of your time outside or rinsing off after a great sauna session, to name a few. Thanks to pillar showers, showering outdoors has never been easier. They are incredibly easy to assemble and move around your backyard if needed. They also add a heightened experience to your sauna as you can introduce the Nordic Cycle to your routine.

In this article, we will discuss the many benefits of pillar showers and introduce the showers that are the best to purchase for your backyard.

Why Should You Purchase a Simple Outdoor Shower?

Overall, there are two types of outdoor showers, wall-mounted and free-standing or pillar showers. Logistically, wall-mounted showers are a little more difficult to maintain and install as their placement is much more limited than a pillar shower, and they take up much more space. 

A pillar shower is shaped exactly like it sounds; it stands like a pillar with a small base. Typically, a pillar shower is about seven feet tall and about a foot or two wide, so its footprint isn't very large. A pillar shower can be placed anywhere there is a water connection and can be easily moved since it is small. We will focus on pillar showers in this article, reviewing the best simple outdoor showers on the market and discussing the benefits of these easy-to-use outdoor showers.

The Benefits of a Pillar Shower

There are a few benefits to purchasing a pillar shower. As stated previously, a smaller pillar shower makes it easy to install, assemble, and move. Additionally, a pillar shower only takes up a small footprint in your yard and requires low water consumption.

Easy to Install & Move Around

When it comes to water connections, all you really need for a pillar shower is a simple garden hose. It's easy to connect your pillar shower to the hose. First, you simply attach your shower head towards the forward-facing threads of the shower diverter, then attach the garden hose adapter to the side facing the shower diverter's threads. Attach the hose to the adapter and turn on the water from there. It's as easy as that.

Additionally, their small size makes it easy to move pillar showers from one location to another. These simple outdoor showers can be moved with relative ease as their weight is often roughly only 30 pounds (of course, there are exceptions), so one or two people will be able to place this shower relatively easily.

Enhance Your Sauna Experience

It's a great idea to invest in a pillar shower if you have a pool, spa, or sauna. It's easy to rinse off or incorporate the Nordic Cycle into your sauna routine with a pillar shower, which many medical professionals claim provides many health benefits, such as improved sleep quality, accelerated healing, lower body fat, and potentially a longer life span. 

For any sauna beginners, the Nordic Cycle involves a short sauna session (usually a maximum of 20 minutes), followed by a cold-water immersion for an additional 15 minutes, then repeating the heat with steam included, followed by an additional cold shower. Not everyone has access to a plunge pool or a yard full of snow, traditionally used to cool off, so a pillar shower makes the cold-water immersion extremely simple to do in a matter of seconds. 

Shower in Nature

If you live close to the beach, a pillar shower takes away the hassles of getting sand in your home, making clean up much similar to if you have to shower indoors; all you have to do is wash the sand off the pillar shower base, which takes seconds to complete. Not to mention, a cool outdoor shower is a perfect solution on a hot summer's day.

A simple outdoor shower is also great for those who live in off-grid cabins in the woods, as this can be your primary shower. If you need more privacy, you can also install a privacy screen on your pillar shower. It's especially helpful after a long hike when you come home covered in mud. Like those who live at the beach, a pillar shower avoids the lengthy clean-up if mud and dirt are tracked throughout the house.

Perhaps you don't have a pool or sauna, don't live close to the beach, or have a home off-grid; a simple outdoor shower can still be a great buy for you as well. If you have a backyard you are proud of, a pillar shower can give you a reason to spend more time in it and allow you to shower " in nature" while basking in your beautifully landscaped yard. As mentioned earlier, if you have neighbors that live close by, it's extremely easy to install a privacy screen to enjoy an outdoor shower without your neighbors seeing in.

Examples of the Best Simple Outdoor Showers on the Market

There are many pillar showers on the market, so finding the best one to install in your backyard can be difficult. Here are some examples of the most popular pillar showers that have great reviews, are durable in all weather conditions, and provide an overall great outdoor showering experience.

Dundalk Sierra Pillar Shower

The Dundalk Sierra Pillar Shower offers any yard a hint of Scandinavian-style sophistication. It's also incredibly easy to assemble as there aren't many parts that come in the package upon delivery. You only need a garden hose for installation as well. Besides that, this pillar shower can be set up wherever you want in your yard.

The platform is 31 inches by 31 inches, and it stands 82 inches high, making it easy to move if you need to put the shower in a different location. The shower is constructed out of sustainably sourced Eastern white cedar, which is durable and will hold up against harsh weather conditions, insects, decay, and rot.

You can opt for a hose hook-up shower, a cold-water-only hardware economy model, or upgrade your pillar shower to the premium model, which has hot and cold water and a hand-held shower head.

Features at a Glance:

• Less than 30 minutes to assemble

• Lightweight and easy to move if needed

• Choice of shower hook-ups (economy or premium)

• Ability to hook up to a garden hose

• Three-year residential warranty

• Made from high-quality eastern white cedar

• Insect, decay, and rot resistant

• Doesn't require any treatment before being used outside

• Stainless steel brackets for extra stability

Rinse Tower Outdoor Shower

What's great about the Rinse Tower Outdoor Shower is that you have options regarding the look of your pillar shower. You can choose to have your shower made of pine or rustic cedar, and you can choose to come with the platform flooring or go without it. Essentially, you can have a free-standing shower or screw it into the floor or an adjacent structure like a deck or fence. 

This pillar shower only weighs 28 pounds, so it is incredibly easy to move from one location to another. It also boasts a small footprint as its dimensions are 78 inches by 15 inches by 67 inches.

The installation is incredibly quick, as it can be fully installed and ready to go in an hour or less. Like many pillar showers, you only need a hose to get water into your shower. However, it also comes with the option of being plumbed into hot and cold running water lines. You can also choose to have the overhead rain shower, hand shower wand, and foot wash.

Features at a Glance:

• The floor section is optional, and you can choose to screw it into walls or adjoining structures

• Made from red cedar or pine, which is naturally weather resistant

• Easy assembly

• Stainless steel shower fixture

• Ability to hook up to a garden hose or hard plumbing

• The shower head has an adjustable height

• Foot wash included

• Hand shower wand included

Dundalk Sunlight Outdoor Shower

The Dundalk Sunlight Outdoor Shower offers some luxury upgrades that the other two showers we discussed don't offer. You can install a shelf on your pillar shower to hold things like shampoos or soaps, and you can also choose to install towel hooks to keep your towels off the ground.

Like the other showers, you can hook your pillar shower up to a garden hose, upgrade to economy hardware, which includes cold water hook-ups, or premium hardware, which has both cold and hot water hook-ups.

This shower is a little heavier at 125 pounds, but two people can easily lift and place this shower from location to location. The platform measures 31 inches by 31 inches, and it stands 82 inches in height.

Features at a Glance:

• Choice of shower hook-ups (economy or premium)

• Ability to hook up to a garden hose

• Optional shelf available

• Optional towel hooks are available

• Optional hand-held shower wand available

• Made from Canadian western red cedar so, it's naturally weather resistant

• Five-year warranty

• Easy assembly as it ships prefabricated

Learn More About Simple Outdoor Showers

There are many reasons why to consider a pillar shower. Some of the benefits of purchasing one may include easy assembly and the ability to be moved throughout your backyard, the incorporation the Nordic Cycle into your sauna routine, the option to rinse off after a swim or sauna, the elimination of debris after a trip to the beach, and the ability to shower in nature.

If you want to explore a more robust pillar shower selection, browse our collection of simple outdoor showers. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us for more information.