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[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 41 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

Observe while I shower comfortably with:

[–] slippyferret@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

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 6 points 18 hours 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@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

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 2 points 15 hours ago

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

[–] hoefnix@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 12 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] hoefnix@lemmy.world 1 points 50 minutes ago

You might have a point there

[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 7 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

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

The trick is to spin.

[–] hoefnix@lemmy.world 2 points 47 minutes ago

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

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

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

[–] Terevos@lemm.ee 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] TON618@lemmy.world 20 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Thermostatic (shower) tap. They are pretty common where I live in Europe. They actively adjust the water mix to stabilize output temperature. Also great for when somebody flushes the toilet or turns on a tap elsewhere in the house while you're showering.

[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 hours ago

seems like a smarter solution than what one house I lived in did of just oversizing all the plumbing and having a recirculating hot water pump (probably could help prevent freezing, but it only got to -40 once or twice there) so you could run all faucets, the washer, and the dishwasher and still have pressure at the furthest shower.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

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 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

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 18 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours 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 !

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago

Thermostatic faucet