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.
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I honestly had never considered this...
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.
Honestly, give me a pressure washer with the maximum pressure human skin can handle.
Oh come on, "commander", those shower heads are OBVIOUSLY way, way less pressure than a firehose... You can see every single one arcing significantly within a couple feet!
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.
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.
Ugh yeah trendy hotels are into these rain water things and it’s just annoying. I’d be more into this pressure washer though.
WHARRGARBL
I’m constantly befuddled by the American desire to avoid handheld shower heads. How do you wash your armpits and asshole? Answer? You really don’t, you’re nose blind. I can still smell you, because I pressure wash mine with enough force to cleave marble.
...You can't raise your arms or bend over slightly? Even a garbage motel shower can hit all my bits. Plus we have soap and washcloths here, or loofahs or those plastic poof things if that's more your style. If you're relying on water pressure rather than the surfactant properties of soap I suggest you get off your hygienic high-horse.
Naturally I use soap. That it needs to be stated explicitly, well… *sniff*
You can't imagine getting an area clean without a detachable head? We use soap and scrub while under the shower head.
You don't scrub?
I do
The first handheld, detachable shower head was patented in the United States in 1889 by inventor Lucian L. Waterman.
Nominative determinism
You’d think they’d be ubiquitous by now, given that. Weird choice to invent something and trend away from it.
This is an oddly specific misconception. Where do you get that idea? It's fairly standard here for showers to have either a detachable head or separate wand. Cheap hotels and rentals might have shitty showerheads, but that's definitely not specific to the US.
The current style trend is one that tends toward installing wall and ceiling shower heads in the US. I confirmed it with my friend who is involved with design and distribution of bathrooms fixtures. Tubs are out, tile showers with fixed soft water heads are in.
I wouldn’t be able to tell you about many other countries without offering information about myself that I’m not interested in spreading, but some countries are nearly 100% handheld. The gap between trending away from and near-ubiquity is pretty visible
do... you not know how a regular showerhead works? you need to directly spray your asshole? you don't know how to scrub your body properly?
the armpits is also crazy lol.
*sniff*
Soap and washcloth
I find this interesting because everyone I know with the ability to change it has those. I would too if my apartment let me change the damn shower head.
Cuz like... If you ended up in a house with this monstrosity, it looks like you'd have to remodel the entire shower since it doesn't have normal shower heads.
I always change my apartment shower head when I move in to a nice handheld one and when I move out I put the shitty renters one back on. The landlord doesn't need to know any different.
I would too if my apartment let me change the damn shower head.
Do it anyway and keep the apt head in a baggie somewhere. That's what I did for like 5 yrs when I lived in an apartment because those heads are fucking trash
I would never advise you to go against your tenant contract. That would be wrong and a trespass against your landlord. I would be willing to tell you that mine took about 20 minutes to install and uninstall, most of which was spent getting upset at myself for getting it wet while I still needed to screw some bits in.
But I’ve mostly seen people looking for the water wall because it seems “luxurious.” It’s immensely stupid, style over substance.
We got one of these a few years ago and boy, is it a game changer. Highly recommend to anyone.
Right? And they’re cheap as hell. A $30 head with like 45 settings will last 10 years and save enough water to visibly cut your water usage or your massage budget or your dildo needs.
how to get around low-flow shower head laws.
Just remove the extra washer piece from the shower head
I think Kramer knows a guy.
Sorry, what does that mean? I don't speak Californian.
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?
Revolt
It's good training for when you participate in a riot caused by a drinking water shortage.
Man's Bathroom
If you ever watched Home Improvement, you would get this
The Man’s * episodes are funny as hell.
Man’s kitchen: “The microwave has three settings; Low, Medium, and Split your own atoms. Don’t look directly at the potato!”