Spore Os chuveiros parecem funcionar como chuveiros convencionais, mas em vez de água, eles dispensam esporos secos em pó. O usuário esfrega-se com eles e usa jatos de ar para eliminá-los.
"Her u-shadow told her when it was eleven o’clock, which barely gave her enough time for a spore shower in the fourth apartment where she was living. Two of the old shower’s five nozzles weren’t working, and one of the remaining jets smelt funny"
Os esporos são descritos como sendo "esguichados" dos equipamentos:
After the shower had squirted dermal fresher spores over him, he walked through into the vast lounge, bronze sunlight washing warmly across his tingling skin.
Os esporos causam:
a slight tingle on the skin
Os esporos saem dos bicos a diferentes temperaturas, ao controle do usuário:
So he turned the spore temperature down about as low as it would go, and thought of other things.
Os esporos parecem estar secos, em vez de serem suspensos:
Then there was a shower—none of that modern itchy spore crap that clogged up his hair but a proper hot water and scented gel affair.
Os esporos podem ser usados em conjunto com a água ou sozinhos:
“Good.” He stretched and rolled his shoulders. “Give me a shower,” he told the smartcore. “Start with water; shift to spores when I tell you.” ... After the spores cleaned and dried his skin he dressed in a simple dark purple one-piece suit
Os próprios esporos podem ser um derivado dos "esporos" cerosos vistos no segundo livro da série;
They made camp that third day under overhanging branches which dripped an unpleasant waxy sap from their newly budded scarlet sporecones.
No geral, o conceito parece ser extremamente semelhante ao "banho de pó" visto no filme Tank Girl , embora com um agente de limpeza ativo (biológico) em vez de usar apenas pó abrasivo.