“Higher-pressure showers were definitely shorter,” said Walker. “The open question is really: why is it shorter? Is it that it just rinses products off quicker? Is it that it’s more satisfying, and you feel clean quicker?”
Or is it that it’s less comfortable and relaxing, and people just want to get it over with? I would not automatically assume the shortness is due to a superior experience.
I live in a house that has water pressure below 30psi (and doesn’t seem like it can even keep up with that), I definitely take longer because it doesn’t rinse my hair/scalp out properly. And it is unsatisfying.
Then again, I also take less showers than I should because of that (though I also have a medical thing where I do not visibly sweat even in extreme conditions so things like pit stains are not a thing) so I use much less water overall. Probably gross but I am a shut-in.
If you’re asserting that high-pressure is uncomfortable, the user should be able to just… set it to a lower pressure before (or after) they get in. Though if you mean just-get-it-done mentality I’d say that’s not a bad thing so long as they are in the shower long enough to get clean, seems like an optimal situation (for most people at least) to me.
Or is it that it’s less comfortable and relaxing, and people just want to get it over with? I would not automatically assume the shortness is due to a superior experience.
Definitely the former for me. Low pressure showers suck. It’s a pretty common thing to hate.
I absolutely hate low-pressure showers. I have to take longer because nothing rinses quickly.
I live in a house that has water pressure below 30psi (and doesn’t seem like it can even keep up with that), I definitely take longer because it doesn’t rinse my hair/scalp out properly. And it is unsatisfying.
Then again, I also take less showers than I should because of that (though I also have a medical thing where I do not visibly sweat even in extreme conditions so things like pit stains are not a thing) so I use much less water overall. Probably gross but I am a shut-in.
If you’re asserting that high-pressure is uncomfortable, the user should be able to just… set it to a lower pressure before (or after) they get in. Though if you mean just-get-it-done mentality I’d say that’s not a bad thing so long as they are in the shower long enough to get clean, seems like an optimal situation (for most people at least) to me.