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I remember staying in a capsule hotel in Osaka, Japan many years ago that had an extraordinary bathing area. Showers like these, and many others. Pools with varying temperatures of water.
Temperatures in the range of very hot to scourgingly hot?
Temperature depending on how fresh the pee is?
I could finish my shower under a minute using this.
Which is good because you’ll only have 45 seconds of hot water.
I grew up on a cistern, so I can be done showering in about 2 minutes flat - faster if needed.
Personally I prefer when I shower it feels like I just stepped into a CAT5 hurricane but it might just be me
CIA interrogation simulator
how to get around low-flow shower head laws.
Why wouldn’t they simply tax water use at progressive rates? If you use a lot of water, you have to pay a lot of money (ideally, towards water processing services).
Doing low-flow laws makes for easy loophole setups like this, not to mention simply buying a device in/from another state. I doubt their cops are kicking down doors for Suspicion of High-Flow Toilet.
They do have different rates depending on usage, at least here in Jersey, but those rates are basically 0-3000 gallons, 3000-10000, and 10000 and beyond, for example. So what I’m saying is they’re very high and basically only distinguish between residential, commercial, and agricultural. Although I shouldn’t say agricultural, because they often need to get special permits and pay different rates altogether.
Apparently they need a better rate structure if they’re having to use low-flow laws as a crutch.
Sorry, what does that mean? I don’t speak Californian.
they put a plastic or metal doohickey where the shower head connects to the pipe to limit water flow.
Just remove the extra washer piece from the shower head
I used to take 30 minute showers, then I removed the extra washer in the shower head and can take a 10 minute shower.
to save water for everyone, avoid baths and take showers.
I’ll shower instead, but fuck anyone that wants me to save water for them
I’m a lot more worried about agriculture and golf course water usage (and runoff) than I am the shower gallons.
My comment was intended as a joke that is relevant to the image posted.
Would you like to spread other true but unrelated propaganda, like meat farms or other agricultural efforts taking up water?
I think Kramer knows a guy.
I’m not an elephant though.
Revolt
“Turn of the tap on time, water is limited and precious, love yourself and the planet we live on”
Meanwhile…
If I get my water from my well and it goes right back into my septic tank on my property.
How much water am I actually wasting?
I just moved the water 40ft vertically, and ~100ft horizontally
You didn’t simply move the water, otherwise you could plug a pump in your septic tank and take a shower with it. Infinity water supply
All this water wasted on your shower could be used to generate a spam email or an image of jesus made of shrimp. Before you waste this much water water, think of what’s important in the world, Sam Altman’s net worth.
Won’t anyone think of the poor datacenters?
WHARRGARBL
I just did a shower remodel and it’s extremely difficult to get the flow rates for these things. Even just with a normal shower head, plus rain head, and a single wand, I can empty the 50 gallon hot water tank in about 10 minutes. These crazy drowner showers practically require parallel tankless heaters to supply 10+ gpm.
They have a thing I think is called a water mixing valve. You crank your tank way up. The valve mixes cold and super hot water to what would be normal hot water. This makes the hot water tank last a lot longer. We have one, and both kids can take showers/baths at the same time. And I can shower after and still have hot water. The overall flow and pressure of course is still not enough to run more than two shower heads at the same time without noticing. But that’s a different issue.
You need to be really careful turning up your heater unless you’ve got safety mechanisms on every faucet. Even just 140F will scald a stupid kid/adult/worker in seconds. Many people get disfigured and sued every year over this. 125-130F is about as high as you should go unless you have protection everywhere.
Ah but the super hot water heaters are also the bomb!
I honestly had never considered this…
Does anybody make a good recirculation system? Basically take the guts of a jet tub and put the jets on the wall.
The noise from the pump alone… Great idea tho lol
Wouldn’t be able to hear the pump over the sound of water blasting my ear canals from three different angles
Hansgrohe has a shower world about an hour from where I used to live. When we were remodeling our bathroom I spent a happy hour there, trying out all the different shower heads and installation options. It was really interesting to be able to move between different models and feel the difference.
Are you nude when you try them out? Or like you just stick your hand in? Or ?
It’s up to you. I brought my swimsuit with but I was all alone and they promised no-one would disturb me. I think I could lock the door, if memory serves.
I imagine they wore a swimsuit.
Ah a Never Nude I see
I feel my water pressure won’t be high enough
It’s good training for when you participate in a riot caused by a drinking water shortage.
I’m pretty sure these recirculate water when they’re operated like this. Otherwise it’s like a normal shower head.
feel the rain on your skin!
You bastard
And yet no ass blaster nozzle 🤔🧐
Hey, did you know you can turn around? its like walking without going anywhere just rotating yourself.
Make sure you rotate around the vertical axis, and practice on soft ground before trying it in a wet hard surface like a shower.
Halp, I’m upside down, how do I stop this
Relax, are you familiar with imaginary numbers and their 3d extensions? you might have to read about quaternion rotations .
Like some common peasant? Next you’ll expect me to lather AND repeat!
You have your servants do that obviously
One part is always cold, then. The one advantage baths have over showers is that you can be warm all over. I don’t want a car wash shower but it would solve that.
if one side is cold and the other hot, you can spin really fast and average it out.
Viva la revolución
I’ve never found these more appealing than a good single adjustable angle wall mounted spout with decent pressure. For the life of me I don’t know why anyone would want a single ceiling mounted “rain” head. I think those are the worst.
I talked a DIYer out of installing a rain head on a stall shower–one of those that are about 3 feet square. I told him to imagine taking a shower where you couldn’t get out from under the water. You’d need to turn it off to lather and then turn it on to rinse. It was for a guest bathroom. He thought it was trendy and cool.
Yes like being drowned. And I don’t want to get my hair wet every time I shower! Stayed w my brother, he had an overhead shower like that and I thought my hair would mildew, it was always wet.
What are shower caps?
Insufficient plastic bags, they can’t survive a direct hit like that. They do work for regular showers, to keep the incidental splashes off.
Ugh yeah trendy hotels are into these rain water things and it’s just annoying. I’d be more into this pressure washer though.
The wall mounted spout for daily washing, the rain head for washing your hair and for a warming, relaxing shower when you get home cold.
As someone who rocked a rain head … yeah totally. I also still had a ‘normal’ shower head on an adjustable flow valve. lol
… though the pure rain head wouldn’t have been too terrible. My hair is like 90% of what takes direct flow to clean. Asscracks etc aren’t ‘that’ bad to wash via finding the right posture and waiting a few moments for enough water to find its target.
… I am fully willing to admit my opinion may change drastically in 30 years when even a leaned over posture becomes a PITA.
For me water flowing over the back from an angle is quite relaxing. Water being dumped directly over my head is not.
