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A "shower head" start up? Atomized water? From YC? Digging into the multiple reviews / press articles I think I figured out why investors love this and we shou
by aresant 11y ago
A "shower head" start up? Atomized water? From YC?
Digging into the multiple reviews / press articles I think I figured out why investors love this and we should be compelled.
This is not a "shower head".
This is something new that has the same end-game of getting you clean like a shower head, but much more efficiently:
“It’s like walking into a humid environment that gets you super drenched,” Winter [Nebia's CEO] said, insisting that the mist is powerful enough to handle elaborate shampoo and conditioner rituals. (1)
and
“So I’m standing under it, and one of the things I realize is that it’s really hard to explain,” says Parisi-Amon [Nebia's CTO] “You tell people it’s fundamentally different and they’re like, ‘Whatever, it’s a shower.’” (2)
It's fascinating to see the press then try to get their head around it too:
NYT - "In my testing of a prototype, the multinozzle shower head produced a misty spray (the word nebbia in Italian means mist) that immersed me in water, unlike traditional shower heads that shoot pressurized streams of water. It made my hair feel flat and uncooperative, though my skin felt soft and relaxed." (3)
Buzzfeed - "Instead, at first, I felt nothing — as if there weren’t enough water to get wet, let alone shower. It felt like stepping under the nozzle that mists vegetables at the grocery store, and the mist kept recirculating — like a sauna with whatever makes saunas work on overdrive. While I didn’t think it would, the mist eventually got the job done. I still got wet. The soap still foamed, and it still came off. I felt clean. . . BuzzFeed News can confirm that this is definitely a shower."
I'd love to try one before committing to $400 (consumer price) and a plumbing project.
And I think they've covered that with the brilliant strategy of pulling in Equinox Gyms and the implication that Goog/Apple will have these installed on campus.
Cool!
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(1) http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/S-F-startup-claims-its-misty-shower-uses-70-6436306.php?t=8a27cb5cff#photo-8422884 http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/S-F-startup-clai...
(2) http://www.wired.com/2015/08/nebia/ http://www.wired.com/2015/08/nebia/
(3) http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/nebia-a-shower-head-start-up-gets-funded-by-apple-ceo-cook/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/nebia-a-shower-head...
(4) http://www.buzzfeed.com/brendanklinkenberg/i-tried-silicon-valleys-hottest-shower?utm_term=.vk5PERomw1#.qrGg3bj7O3 http://www.buzzfeed.com/brendanklinkenberg/i-tried-silicon-v...
- stephengillie 11y agoThanks for the great review and drawing together all of those sources. Really great comment. --- This sounds like the worst showerhead ever - doesn't really get you wet unless you stand under it for a while. I can only guess how long it takes to rinse off with this after lathering your body. Showering already takes long enough. This seems like it would be a more-effective sauna device.
- tlb 11y agoI showered with it, and it convinced me. It does lack the mechanical blasting action of regular showers, which is good for removing caked mud. But that doesn't come up often in my life. I found it more pleasant and just as fast for normal feel-good, smell-good showering purposes.
- strictnein 11y ago> "It does lack the mechanical blasting action of regular showers, which is good for removing caked mud" Hmm, I need that, just due to playing with (and having) kids and doing yard work. I could imagine redoing a bathroom and having a shower large enough for a traditional shower head on one side, and this on the other.
- gozo 11y agoHow different is it from a normal mist shower head? I found those infuriating, but they do perform better than a normal shower head if you have low water pressure. I personally like the idea of recycling water better. Which potentially gives you even temperature, better pressure and water savings. http://www.amazon.com/Watersaving-Experience-7-setting-Handshower-Showerhead/dp/B00VIW9ZQE/ http://www.amazon.com/Watersaving-Experience-7-setting-Hands...