Low Flow Shower Head Pros and Cons

In spending your money, make sure that you spend it in a right and good way. Better ask yourself first if it is really useful and worth it. In every fixture, there are always an advantages and disadvantages. Advantages that can help you in your daily household chores and disadvantages that you aren’t aware it might harm you. Low flow head shower may help you to conserve water and you can save more money. It uses less than half that volume of water but, there are some sacrifices that come with water conservation.

•Pros of Low flow Shower Head

1.       Decreased Water Usage. Low Flow shower heads exerts less water that made those bathroom fixtures easy on the environment. It use as little as 1.6GPM, so a 10 minutes shower spends only 16 gallons of water unlike the other standard shower head or elegant shower head that spends 80 gallons of water. Spending less water may help you reduce your water bill and has a direct impact on the environment. Choose the low flow shower head with pause systems; it allows the bather to shut off the flow of the water while shaving their legs, washing their hair and other parts of the body. If the water flow returns, it has the same temperature before hitting the pause button. This shower head is easy to install and it is also affordable.

2.       Decreased Gas/Electric Bills. It takes more electricity or gas when heating cold water to 48.9 degrees Celsius for a hot shower and above but it also depends on your water heater. Heating cold water into hot water spends a lot of gas or electricity, usually between 48.7 degrees Celsius to 54.6 degrees Celsius. Heating less water doesn’t need many gas or electricity.

• Cons of Low Flow Shower Head

1.       Not all low flow is the same.  Most shower head known as the water exploitation, but the overall reduction has limitations. Any kind of shower head that consumes below 5 gallons per minute considered being a low flow shower head. There is a big difference between spending 3 gallons and 1.6 gallons of water per minute. High-efficient low flow shower head only consumes less than 2 gallons of water per minute.

Decreased Water Pressure. Spending less water pressure allows the bather to stay in the shower longer, enjoying the benefits of a low slow shower head. Choose the shower head with small water holes so you can use less water. It also allows increasing the water pressure. An adjustable low flow shower head is also useful because you reposition it wherever you want to.