Tundrayeti, maybe you have an answer for this. It's something that's been ignored. ********* ************ ****** ********** *********** ************* *************** *********** ************** ************ ********* ********** What on earth is the point of those very low-flow shower heads? No matter how you slice it, it takes a certain volume of water to, say, rinse the soap off your body. More if you're a furry guy, more if you have long hair, etc. It doesn't matter if the water is trickling or going like Niagara, you still need the same amount of it to rinse off. Period. ********* ************ ************ ************** *************** ************** ************ *********** *********** *********** ************ ************ ************ ************** ********* ********** ********** ****** Hotels have gone with the low flow idea for years. It's become ordinary. It's also intensely irritating to have to stand in the shower for an extra half hour or so because the water is piddling out so slowly that you could lick the soap off faster than rinse it. Usually, I just turn on the tub faucet and rinse my hair that way. It is neither graceful or glamourous, but that's what it takes. ******** ****** ********* ************ ************* ************* *************** ************ ************** ********** ********* *********** ******** ********* ***** The other thing we've done (and this DOES save hot water) is turn the hot water tank above the standard setting. I know people will say that it should be lower - beware, your tank can easily become a bacteria-filled Petri dish if you turn it too low. However, turned UP means that you use less hot water by volume because the mixer then uses more cold than hot water to make things the right temperature. Proof? Our gas bill is a lot cheaper than our neighbor's even though we cook more than they do and keep the house warmer.