Stepping Into This Shower Feels Like Hugging a Warm Cloud

[dixiegrrrrl]

I SO would like to use this!
Lots of detail in the article about how it is designed and why we all should be using it.....

Before diving into the very inventive technical aspects of Nebia and its decidedly non-Silicon Valley origins, you need to know what it feels like.

One second you’re totally dry, and the next you’re completely soaked. There isn’t any “getting into” the stream—you turn it on, and it’s like you’re standing inside a thick, soaking patch of mist. The pressure is light, almost skin-prickling, so you don’t so much feel it as just get enveloped by it. But the real test: Can it wash out shampoo? I’m happy to say yes it can; I didn’t have to return to the office with a head full of dried soap.

“It’s very immersive,” Winter says. “You walk in and immediately you’re wet—you don’t have to step into the stream and move your body around this wide surface area, but you’re still immediately wet.” Even more poetic yet: “People says it’s like stepping into a warm cloud.”

Snip:
The company claims that its main setting uses 70 percent less water than a normal shower, the “amped up” harder pressure setting saves a claimed 60-65 percent.
The water coming out of the shower head is atomized—each drop is split up into much tinier droplets, allowing them to form a mist that fills up more of the air around you and coats your skin more thoroughly.

http://www.wired.com/2015/08/nebia/

[Cleita]

1. Do you mean using it in your second sentence rather than suing it?

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Thank you!!!! corrected.

[daleanime]

2. bookmarked

[SoapBox]

4. Very interesting!

I would love to try it.

Price? Probably if it came down to about the $100 mark, I would be willing to get one.

Thank you for this information...California needs stuff like this badly.

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. Given a year or 2, I am sure the price will come down.

And/or imitators will show up.
I DO like the adjustable slide bit for different heights.

[Ed Suspicious]

5. I want to buy one, badly.

[Gman]

6. More thoroughly??

Wet is wet.

[Beartracks]

9. More efficiently, then.

"Oh, Words. When will you stop making us sound like we don't know how to use you?"

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[Gman]

11. No, I understand.

I'm just trying to see how you get more wet. Seems efficiency is the key.

[Lodestar]

7. Oooooooo......me want!

Thanks for posting. It will definitely be at the top of my list of purchases. Can't wait!

[jtuck004]

10. If you would like to save some money, just walk out of Will Rogers World Airport into, say, August.

If you want to feel what it is like to be assaulted and mugged by a warm cloud, that is.

[Beartracks]

20. LOL True.

Simultaneously take a shower and yet still need a shower.

Ugh.

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[Cassidy]

12. Why don't they say how many gpm it uses?

Gallons per minute is the basic unit for water use. This is the second article I have read about this fancy shower head and I have yet to see the gpm. Wasteful shower heads can use up to 5 gpm, low flow may be 2 gpm. This new mist shower may well be a thing of engineering beauty, but no one I know has hundreds of dollars to spend on a shower head.

For only $16, I purchased a 1.5 gpm shower head with a pause button. The pause button is mechanical, so no extra electricity is needed. The water dribbles out while it is paused, but stays at the exact temperature it was at, so there is no water wasted to re-correct the temp when you push the button to turn the flow back on. My guess is that I am using 75% less water than previously for showers. If you are interested:

http://www.climatestore.com/water-conservation-2/1-5-gpm-ultrasaver-high-pressure-showerhead

[eppur_se_muova]

16. Thanks, I used to wonder about that ... nt

[Lodestar]

18. I'd like that info too. As with many sustainable materials that are a bit pricey

they do tend to pay for themselves over time....whether we are talking solar panels,
insulated wall materials, etc. I think it's worth it, but some still might not be able to
pay that much up front even if they would get their money back later. I'd like to see
more government incentives to make it a viable choice for everyone.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

13. As opposed to this...

(NSFW)

[Android3.14]

14. I want to try it, but concerned about mineral clogged jets

Will it work for ten years?

[dixiegrrrrl]

17. Mineral clogged jets easy to clean

Just did our shower head.
Soak in container of white vinegar overnight.

[Lodestar]

19. If you are on well water, a water softener would help all your plumbed fixtures.

OR collect rainwater specifically for bathing/washing duty.
Obviously a larger undertaking just for a shower but appealing for sustainable
living in the bigger picture.

[eppur_se_muova]

15. Sounds like Bucky Fuller's fog gun ....

http://www.gwern.net/fog-gun except that it uses *cough* more water *cough*.