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Mist showers aren’t very comfortable. I personally enjoy high flow showers. I’d rather see water usage cut at golf courses and other industrial uses. We as huma

Mist showers aren’t very comfortable. I personally enjoy high flow showers. I’d rather see water usage cut at golf courses and other industrial uses. We as humans shouldn’t deprive ourself first, only as a last resort.

usrusr 6y ago
> I personally enjoy high flow showers. Me, too, I feel kind of addicted actually. One change that I have noticed is that it must be about two decades since I last owned a washcloth. I wonder if they had been part of the customary hotel bathroom set back then or were they considered part of what the first would bring? As a high-flow addict what I'd really love to have is a closed loop shower, because what I certainly don't need is drinking water quality the entire time. Use fresh water only at the beginning until the loop is filled (perhaps manually or automatically omitting recapture of the first few tens of seconds of the initial flow, for when you come in really dirty), then cycle for as long as you want, then again fresh water for a final rinse. Bonus points for a button to purge/refill mid-shower if you want it a bit cleaner. I consider this concept one of those good things that is threatened by the perfect (expecting people to shower less or downgrade to mist-showers or washcloths)
- calaphos 6y ago
  In a lot of places in the world fresh water is not an issue and a higher rate of usage actually helps with sewer systems and prevents them from clogging. However recovering the waste heat from a shower, e.g. by running the drain water trough a heat exchanger with the freshwater would already help saving a lot of energy.
  - usrusr 6y ago
    Indeed, my main issue with my shower is "why tf doesn't this thing have some heat recovery". But that wouldn't be considered an alternative to more radical solutions like a mist shower in the same way a water cycle would.
    - dkdk8283 6y ago
      In warmer climates you can capture waste heat from your a/c and heat water at the cost of running a small recirculating pump.

usrusr 6y ago

> I personally enjoy high flow showers. Me, too, I feel kind of addicted actually. One change that I have noticed is that it must be about two decades since I last owned a washcloth. I wonder if they had been part of the customary hotel bathroom set back then or were they considered part of what the first would bring? As a high-flow addict what I'd really love to have is a closed loop shower, because what I certainly don't need is drinking water quality the entire time. Use fresh water only at the beginning until the loop is filled (perhaps manually or automatically omitting recapture of the first few tens of seconds of the initial flow, for when you come in really dirty), then cycle for as long as you want, then again fresh water for a final rinse. Bonus points for a button to purge/refill mid-shower if you want it a bit cleaner. I consider this concept one of those good things that is threatened by the perfect (expecting people to shower less or downgrade to mist-showers or washcloths)

calaphos 6y ago
In a lot of places in the world fresh water is not an issue and a higher rate of usage actually helps with sewer systems and prevents them from clogging. However recovering the waste heat from a shower, e.g. by running the drain water trough a heat exchanger with the freshwater would already help saving a lot of energy.
- usrusr 6y ago
  Indeed, my main issue with my shower is "why tf doesn't this thing have some heat recovery". But that wouldn't be considered an alternative to more radical solutions like a mist shower in the same way a water cycle would.
  - dkdk8283 6y ago
    In warmer climates you can capture waste heat from your a/c and heat water at the cost of running a small recirculating pump.