I’ve read following article on lowtechmagazine.com a while ago: Mist Showers: Sustainable Decadence?

I’m someone who showers quite a lot (sometimes up to twice daily), especially in humid summer weather. Usually, it’s one warm one with a bit of soap, to get rid of dust, smells/ sweat, chemicals and dirt, and to sleep better, and then sometimes a quick cold shower in the morning without any surfactants, especially when I’ve sweat a lot in the night.

According to the article, showering often takes up to a few hundred liters of warm water in some cases, which is super inefficient to heat up. Reducing the water usage would also extremely reduce energy consumption A LOT.

In my case, I don’t shower long, don’t have the lever opened completely, and don’t like (too) warm showers anyway. Still, I found the concept of spray showers very interesting, and I’m thinking about building one for myself. Someone has to do the first steps, right?

Does anybody here already have one, and wants to show their experience with it?

I also have a few questions:

• Was it hard to build?
• Do I have to consider anything, especially regarding safety and leaks (high pressure), clogged nozzles, and cleaning?
• How does the experience of showering with them feel like? Do you still get as clean as with a regular shower head, even without soap?
• How do guests react to it? Do they like it?

Thanks a lot! :)