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[-] synapse1278@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago

Observe while I shower comfortably with:

[-] slippyferret 27 points 1 year ago

When I first moved to Japan over twenty years ago they were already about a hundred years ahead of typical US toilet/bath technology. For me, using one of these faucets where you can just set the temperature by number was like Liko getting beamed from her hut directly onto the damn Enterprise.

[-] synapse1278@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Growing up in rural France, we had these at home for as far as I can remember. They may not have been the norm 30 years ago, but at least common.

[-] spooky2092 6 points 1 year ago

Interesting, so it adjusts the flow of hot/cold in the fly to keep a consistent temp? That's amazing, thought I imagine it would have the same issue I have at the end of the shower where it's on 100% hot just to eke out a bit more time

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

You can adjust the temp on your water heater to solve that.

[-] Terevos@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago
[-] Decq@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I really don't understand how this is still not the standard everywhere.. The cheapest ones aren't even that expensive and already way better than the alternative.. Don't think I've not showered with one of these in the last 25 years, except for in some kind of social housing projects homes.

[-] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

Same man, it's been a dream since installing this.

[-] synapse1278@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

These things existe for at least 30 years, I don't understand why anyone would want to use anything else for a shower or bathtub.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago
[-] synapse1278@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Definitely not :) I had to get it replaced at my flat this year. There is a filter inside that can get block if you have hard water or debris.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, see, we have high calcium here, didn't even know this thing exists.

[-] synapse1278@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Don't let that stop you getting the ultimate shower experience! My parents also have water with very high calcium at their house and I don't think they had any problems with the faucet in the past 15 years.

I live in a rented place, they were doing repairs to the heating systems, several times we had brown water coming out the tap. I bet they installed the cheapest option, plus the debris in the water, this fucked it.

Just invest in a good thermostatic faucet and never look back !

[-] hoefnix@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, but that is not a fair comparison, these are European.

[-] synapse1278@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

This technology is only possible with degree Celsius. It is impossible to adapt to degree Fahrenheit.

[-] hoefnix@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You might have a point there

[-] zqps@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Except British homes which have two separate showerheads, one fully hot and the other fully cold.

The trick is to spin.

[-] synapse1278@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

British when straight into inventing the radar and completely skipped over the invention of warm water.

[-] hoefnix@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Ah wel… the British have always been a bit particular to be honest.

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