water saving

nomis1955

as a plumber & shower user, I cant see much point in this device. All it is, is a water restrictor. If you want a less powerful shower, simply dont turn the water on so much!
Its a bit like a petrol saving device for your car that consists of a brick placed under the accelerator!-- such a thing would indeed save you fuel but would also seriously reduce the cars performance!
Most people who have a powerful shower fitted have done so because they, like me, want such a unit & as I have said, we can always just turn the water down a bit if we want to save water or money!
these "power saving " devices are mostly useless. The way forward is the design of more efficient equipment, which I believe IS being done in many instances. Although in some cases the apparent savings are often non existant when you consider the massively increased cost of manufacture ( eg electric hybrid cars) or in the case of condensing boilers - greatly reduced operating life.
You have to look at a bigger picture before rushing into many of these "save the planet" schemes!
Having to replace your highly efficient boiler every 6 or 7 years uses far more energy & resources long term than keeping your old, simple & reliable but less efficient conventional boiler for 20 or 30 years!

Gaia

Just found this one out from The Freecycle Network on FaceBook
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/freecycle
The Freecycle Network
http://www.tesco.com/ (Greener Living) has partnered with Eaga to give every member a free Eaga ShowerSmart device that works with non-electric showers. This can equate to £9,000 savings over the product's lifetime, saving up to 21,000 litres of water every year and cut carbon emissions by one tonne of CO2 over the product's lifetime....

Having a greener shower just got a little bit easier!

Use the link below to see the terms and register for your free Eaga ShowerSmart device.


http://webformregistration.com/register/66/40/102

kaych

thanks

but it says "
Thank you for registering your interest.
"

Does it mean you are not guaranteed one? thanks anyway

Gaia

it says " please enter your details below and we will post your free Eaga ShowerSmart"

[Deleted User]

Hi all,

Possibly of use to someone...

Hope this hasn't been posted before - but I did a forum search and nothing seemed to come up. (but from their terms & conditions looks like it's been around for a bit)

Tesco online in their greenliving section (which I never knew they had!) are offering a Free Eaga Shower Smart:

http://www.tesco.com/greenerliving/save_money/default.page?

Apparently you just add it to your existing shower unit (not appropriate for electric showers if I understand correctly), and it saves you money on water usage (and ultimately gas heating the water too).

One per household, just ordered one - so no idea if it's actually effective or not - but worth a try!

sher60

Thanks, just requested one!!

marisa

Got one of these shower smart things, Installed it other day, not noticed any difference yet, but it ain't made it worse!

albionwarrior

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1570731


https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2509797

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1933701



all for the same device

[Deleted User]

Marisa - I was worried it would make it have no pressure and feel like having a shower under a drizzle - glad it's made no difference in that sense - hopefully it'll have an effect on the water meter though.

albionwarrior wrote: »

both for the same device

I thought it was odd that it wasn't posted before - it looks like the freebie's been around a while - wonder why it didn't come up when I searched

Enterprise_1701C

I've had one of these for a while, but I do not recall sending for it, don't think it's suitable for electric shower? Quite funny really, Homebase sell these for £1 a piece.