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My favorite efficiency gimmick is the low flow faucet. The flows are cut in half, yes, so you have to run the faucet four times longer to clean the same amount
by jschwartzi 11y ago
My favorite efficiency gimmick is the low flow faucet. The flows are cut in half, yes, so you have to run the faucet four times longer to clean the same amount of stuff, and because the flows are not strong enough to move debris out of the sink, you also have to run the faucet to clean the sink after you finish cleaning other stuff.
- Frondo 11y agoMost low-flow faucets are just awful. Twenty years ago, I was lucky enough to find my favorite showerhead ever, for $5, and it's an extremely low-water-use showerhead. It's just a simple hunk of metal, but it forces a very small amount of water out at a high velocity, mixed with enough air to give it a really vigorous-feeling cleaning action. I've been hauling that from apartment to apartment for two decades. Love it, and it uses so little water!
- ars 11y agoMost low flow faucets have rubber flow restrictors inside them. They are designed to be removable for places with low water pressure. So just remove them even if you have normal water pressure.