ecocamel. Energy/water saver showerhead

jettamc22

Sorry I forgot to say I got the £39.90 back for the 2 heads but not the £1.95 for original postage or £2.14 for my return postage. But I'm happy to get back the £40 quid.

Doc_N

jettamc22 wrote: »

Sorry I forgot to say I got the £39.90 back for the 2 heads but not the £1.95 for original postage or £2.14 for my return postage. But I'm happy to get back the £40 quid.

Thanks for taking the trouble to report back. They'd have enhanced their reputation a bit if they'd refunded you the postage - rather short-sighted of them.

[Deleted User]

one year on and we are still very very happy with our ecocamel. It gives us a good hot shower and we have saved 3 cubic m of water compared to the equivalent period last year. It is definitely an item I would buy again

Doc_N

Extract from a U-Switch email which might be of interest:

10% off a 3 Spray Water Saving Shower Head and save up to 60% of your shower water and energy costs.

Enter promotion code UWATER in the shopping basket to get 10% off

10% off ends 31st May 2009

http://nigelsecostore.com/acatalog/Shower_Head.html

welshmike_2

From Which? online:
"We did some rough calculations on the potential savings, and found that the Ecocamel could pay for itself well within a year,"

I'm going to buy one and will report honestly on the results I get.

Just Google "Which? ecocamel" to see the report.

P.S.

Sorry I couldn't post the URL for the Which? webpage but as a new forum poster I got this error message:

"The following errors occurred with your submission:

1. Sorry as a new user you are not allowed to post with links. This is done to stop spammers clogging up the site. Please edit your message below to continue."

welshmike_2

I did back to back tests of my existing showerhead with the Ecocamel shower head that arrived today.
My wife & I run our showers at the minimum power shower delivery rate.
Bottom line is that the shower water usage was reduced from 4.5 liters per minute to 3 litres per minute.
My spreadsheet re-calculation shows that at our current water meter rates we would save about £10.47 per year thus paying back the cost of the Ecocamel shower head in about 2.57 years. If we include the cost of heating the water the payback period will be somewhat less.
So, if we find over the next two weeks that the Ecocamel gives an acceptable shower experience we will keep it. Otherwise it will be going back for a refund.

Rusty!

Here's the Which? report: http://www.which.co.uk/reviews-ns/ecocamel-aerating-showerhead/index.jsp

welshmike_2

Rusty! wrote: »

Here's the Which? report: http://www.which.co.uk/reviews-ns/ecocamel-aerating-showerhead/index.jsp

Thanks Rusty. That's the Which? report I was referring to on 05-06-2009 9:50 PM. It is interesting that the reports states "Ecocamel used a third less water". My back to back test result "water usage was reduced from 4.5 liters per minute to 3 litres per minute" also showed the same reduction..
My wife has now used the Ecocamel and is happy with the performance although she feels that the minimum flow is more powerful than through the original showerhead. I'd like to work out how much we will be saving in heating the water but will have to make some assumptions about heat loss, etc. Though doing the best case calculation should not be too difficult.

welshmike_2

Here are the figures to work on:
3564 litres saved
10 deg C cold water temperature assumed
38 dec C shower water temperature
28 dec C temperature increase needed
A gas boiler is used for heating water
Cost of 1kWh of gas = 3.442p
How many kWh are required to heat 3563 litres of water from 10 to 38 deg C ?
Hmm! back to Physics and my schooldays...

MiserlyMartin

Doc_N wrote: »

From their website:

It can be used on electric showers to improve showering performance but there may not be a significant saving benefit. It is not designed to work effectively with low pressure gravity fed systems ( this is from a water tank in the loft)

Not a lot of point, then.

Right, so there may be no 'saving benefit' for electric showers and it doesn't 'work effectively' with showers fed from gravity fed systems. So the shower head doesn't give any advantage unless you have a power shower?