On 22 Aug, 16:06, "Calvin Sambrook" wrote:
I was visiting my partner's parents today an MIL had just bought a shower
head from Lidl. *Being a helpful soul I offered to fit it - easy bonus
points! *After just a few minutes it was back in the box and I was left
wondering how many people will be calling the likes of TMH to replace their
electric showers or deal with the flood from the water tank.

The box proclaims "A relaxing shower experience with reduced water
consumption" and "Water saving function thanks to high pressure technology".
What that means is that there is a valve between the hose and the head which
allows the user to reduce or shut off the water during use *at the shower
head*.
Now in continental Europe where all water systems are high pressure hot and
cold that's probably fine but here in the UK where we have a nice mix
including high pressure cold with low pressure hot as well as heat-as-you-go
electric things will get interesting. *And not a warning in sight.

A relaxing shower experience. *Not.

In similar vein, you remind me that I had a 'phone call a few weeks
ago from someone claiming to be from the govmint and offering a free
something to do with a shower (usual barely comprehensible accent).
Since you rarely get anything free from this direction I agreed to
accept it, whatever it was. It arrived last week and turns out to be
an "eage Showersmart" pressure reducer. You have to go through an
experiment involving a supplied plastic bag to catch 5 seconds' worth
of water to find out whether you have an "inefficient shower" and will
benefit from the device.

I haven't tested this or fitted it yet, but as I have high pressure
hot and low pressure cold, perhaps it won't work. The instructions
say: "Do not use the eage ShowerSmart with electric showers, showers
with multiple jets (where water comes out from more than one outlet)
or rainwater showers as it will not work with these systems. The
device can be used with power-shower systems which use mains fed hot
water." No mention of mixed pressure supplies.

If fitted, it will allegedly save 6,000 litres of water per person per
year, but not having a dirty/sweaty job and having been brought up in
the era of post-WW2 economies where a wash at the handbasin was
considered adequate for daily needs with a 3-inch-deep bath once a
week, I don't use that much anyway.

Chris