Save water, shower with a timer
At a duration of eco-awareness, low-flow showerheads seem like a no-brainer: Less hot water means less waste and lower bills. Unless, as I learned while researching showerheads for the October issue of that Old House, you are a teenager. In that case you will invent up for lost water with increased date. (How else to take off all that hair product you just put on?) Denver entrepreneur Don Burkhardt says he has a better way. His patented invention combines a timer and a flow restrictor, allowing a full flow before a beep signals. That means you’re about to hit your preset 5, 8, or 11 minutes and the flow will drop by two-thirds. Brrrr! Parents hold the key to the timer, and don’t even think about trying outsmart it by turning the shower off and on: The thing keeps track. Shower Manager “gives the bather the best of both worlds—a full flow, and a fair amount of duration,” Burkhardt says. And at $130, it ought to. Order one before Oct. 31, and he’ll knock off $30. For buying knowledge and some rosy projections about how much money you’ll save by day, go to showermanager.com.
Original post by Deborah Baldwin
