Homesun Shower Smart freebie....

[Londonman]

?Snake oil or do they actually do something useful?

Blurb suggests an inline device to "Regulate Flow".

So how does this differ from turning the taps down then?

[John]

I have something similar on my shower. My shower is a Mira 415 (Pressure Balancing) which has only a temperature control. It was delivering 12 litres / min and the old Combi struggled a bit in the winter. I fitted a similar device and it is now delivering 9 litres/ min and ran hotter in the cold weather.

So it was good for me - also water savings.

However, I accept that if you can manually control the rate of flow then they are not as useful unless you want to set an upper limit to the flow.

[chudford]

Whatever you do don't fit it to a pumped shower system like I did. (Silly I now know) The system pressurised and blew apart the shower control valve joints. Very messy!

[John]

Whatever you do don't fit it to a pumped shower system like I did. (Silly I now know) The system pressurised and blew apart the shower control valve joints. Very messy!

Likewise - not to an Electric shower.