Aerated Showers? (merged)

1jim

Headsabovewater wrote: »

Well its a good start people but remember that you only spend a small amount of time in the shower.

What about the sinks in your property?
You can also get Aeratedtap attachments for them which will save you even more.

remember though the point of using this as a shower head is that you use less water for the time you spend in the shower, if you use an aerated tap in the bath then it just takes longer to fill (if the flow is reduced) but you will use same amt energy and same amt water unless you fill the bath to a lower leverl, similar principle if you want to fill a washing up bowl. We have an aerated tap on bath and bathroom sink and I cant say that it reduces water usage at all..the shower one does though

Jelliebeen

Has anyone got an eco-camel shower head? It claims to significantly reduce water usage but also to still provide a nice shower experience. It's only £25, or thereabouts, which is really cheap compared to others. Just wanted some first hand opinion before I splash out, so to speak.

savvy

Hi jelliebean, I've merged you here as it should be able to help you a little

JulieM

Hope it's not too late to reply. We were given an Ellesse water saving shower head by the water board as part of a water saving exercise, I think this is similar to the eco camel one. It was no good for us at all as our water pressure is low, so all we got was a trickle of water instead of a shower!

anudeglory

1jim wrote: »

We have an aerated tap on bath and bathroom sink and I cant say that it reduces water usage at all..the shower one does though

Plus, I don't know about everyone else but generally I swill my mouth out with water from the tap after brushing and doing that with an aerated tap just fills your mouth with bubbles which is quite annoying. It's easily fixed with a glass but when you're in a rush not so much fun. :rotfl:

applemark

I have purchased the Eco Camel shower head a few weeks ago and im really impressed.

We have a pumped shower which used to back up in the bath as there was too much water for the drain. Since fitting the Eco Camel it drain properly so it must use less water. How much im not sure.

Also the feel of the shower is one of the best so far and we have been though about 2 shower-heads recently from Tesco and Homebase and they were really weak.

Errata

For those who want to save water and electricity when showering, here's a tip from Australia. Turn on shower, wet body, turn off shower, soap/wash body etc, turn on shower, rinse off soap, turn off shower. It works for them !

jonesjw

The Aussie solution works just fine for my daily shower, but not for the lodgers.

Has anyone tried Flowpoint shower heads?

These seem to imply 7 l/min @1.5 bar, which is 1 litre/min higher, but it's £10 cheaper than the Ecocamel.

Sorry, can't post a link as new users are not allowed to.

jonesjw

My Ecocamel shower head arrived today.

Running with a 1.5 bar shower pump, the old head run 8.2 l/min & the Ecocamel is running at 4.6l/min, with a very satisfactory flow. This does what it says on the tin.
Assuming my 3 lodgers use the shower for 20 minutes a day, I estimate annual savings of £65 on water/sewerage & £32 on gas.:D

dixie_dean_2

I dont mean to ask a really stupid question but I'm confused as to the issue of electric showers. First, I'm not sure if I have one or not and second, why would the eco camle not work on these. I have a Mira shower and assumed it was electric, however, thinking about it, when our boiler broke down we didnt have hot water - does this mean it's not electric?

Thanks.