Tapwater is approx 1 penny/gallon. At 400 would you ever even break even before the shower head itself broke?
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I'm sure there are others, but the Japanese company Toto has been selling aerating shower heads for years. The Toto heads don't produce a mist by breaking up the droplets, they instead add air bubbles and increase the size of the droplets.
I am afraid they are more revenue concerned than the environmentally concerned (considering retail price). Another reinvention of a wheel. Nebulization is an old method of applying medicines. They just used it for water. Big deal!?!
$400 for a bunch of machined shower nozzles?!?!?! What planet are these guys on?!! That's just plain insanity.
I'll stick with my Hansgrohe rainshower head. It cost me $34 and has an in-built water saving feature giving me a 60% saving on "conventional" showers.
I'll stick with my Hansgrohe rainshower head. It cost me $34 and has an in-built water saving feature giving me a 60% saving on "conventional" showers.
Until they all get blocked up with mineral deposits.....
This is why some Kickstarter projects really annoy me. When you have money for a design firm and consultants, and a fancy video of a lathe threading a brass nipple that can be bought at Home Depot for $3, but not money to make your product, then you don't deserve start up capital. Make a few, sell them, if they make a profit, sell more, use that to make more, and grow your business. And if asking $400 for a showerhead (especially when $5-$8 high efficiency army-shower showerheads that are almost as efficient have been around for years) then the risk and failure can be on you. If it was a brilliant idea, then you can take the credit, too. Kickstarter has too many people testing out their idea or living out their dreams of being a CEO of something with other people's money.
I'll stick to enjoying a nice rare fillet steak thank you very much.
It's not like Steve Job's vegan lifestyle helped him much health-wise...
ETA: I do my bit for the environment. My hit the "ECO PRO" button on my car every once in a while. I feel so much greener doing so too
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$399 for a shower head? Wow that's messed up!
Unlikely. Most of your water bill is fixed costs. This isn't really about saving water anyway, it's about conspicuous social signaling. "Look at how virtuous I am for spending $300+ to save water!"
Funny. People here will slap down $400 for an Apple watch / iPad that unlikely will be functional in 5 years but cringe at the thought of paying the same amount of money for something that will be used daily and will still be used 20 years from now.
Water here on Long Island is dirt cheap. I get a bill every 3 months which is usually less than $10. That being said, I'm happy with my regular standard water conserving shower heads, thank you...
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Wonder how this compares to the Oxygenics Vortex shower I purchased at Bed Bath for around $80. http://www.amazon.com/Oxygenic-4852...d=1439416246&sr=1-4&keywords=oxygenics+vortex
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They copied Apple (in a way) in the design, commercial, but don't realize that you have to have a sure-fire winner before you can copy Apple with the severe markup as well. Just because a product is expensive, doesn't make it good. Just because the guys in the promo video have CEO/CFO/ABC under their name doesn't mean they are talented or even qualified. They copied all the easy stuff and ignored the fundamentals- make something awesome that people can't do without. You can't hype it into becoming great.
I much prefer baths.
Can't beat a long soak in a piping hot bath until your skin has turned wrinkly and your body has turned red.
Can't beat a long soak in a piping hot bath until your skin has turned wrinkly and your body has turned red.
I know a few dominatrix clubs in San Francisco that would take that challenge.
I'm certainly not going to defend a company and product I know almost nothing about, but it's 2015 with many market dynamics in place. With the cost of R&D, the expense of materials and having no concrete way to gauge public acceptance or demand it's a daunting task to establish a price. Not able to benefit from economies of scale or any other strategy that is all based on sales volume they have to start somewhere. I'm certain they've made their best guess knowing how price sensitive customers are. I'd guess they've priced at the lowest price they can live with to start. Obviously the goal is to sell as many as possible to get exposure and establish the brand and the product.
Same here. I'm all for the environment being more important than lining someone's pockets.
I would agree, but the iPad and the Watch does far more than the shower head. The standard one that comes with your domicile for free or one that $20 or $100 does the exact same thing.
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