meg’s green finds: water efficient shower head
Image via Danny Seo
Okay, so this week isn’t so much a green find as a green question. While I’m lucky to have recently moved into a home with a beautifully remodeled master bathroom, the showerhead is one of the worst I’ve ever stood below… all bad angles, pitiful water pressure, and (I’m guessing) poor water efficiency. So after months of putting up with sub-par showers, I’m on the hunt for a new showerhead that saves water and facilitates delightful, perfectly pressurized bathing. Any ideas? Green living guru Danny Seo recommends Kohler’s WaterSense Forte showerhead ($82.45) — anyone tried it? –Meg D.
Read more of Meg’s tips for stylish, green living at her blog, Style Saves the World.
April 16th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
The one we have in our bathroom (installed before we bought the house) does 2.5gpm and is one of the best shower experiences I’ve ever had. Now, 2.5gpm isn’t really that impressive until you consider how wonderful the shower is to be in. (I’m a bit of a shower junky, unfortunately.)
I installed a Real Goods shower in our old place:
http://www.realgoods.com/product/home-outdoor/water-quality-conservation/shower-bath/lowest+flow+showerhead.do
You can find similar styles at pretty much any hardware store. It cranks out really nice water pressure for about 1gpm. Unfortunately, the water’s not very “wet” and it’s seriously noisy.