Taking a shower is one of the most invigorating exercises one can engage in.
We wake up in the morning and almost instinctively make a dash for the shower.
For some, a cold or hot shower actually helps them wake up.
A cold or hot shower in the evening after a long day at work is also extremely reviving and much report being engulfed with a sense of freshness and new vitality.
Man has come a long way to arrive where we are with showers.
Rivers, lakes, waterfalls and also primitive wells used to be the showers back in the 1st century.
Today we have high pressure showers and someone can get cleaner and feel fresher than when not using a shower.
A major component of showers is the shower head.
While many people don't know this, there are many types shower heads.
We are all accustomed to just getting into a shower and turning the faucet on and out comes the water jet.
But different shower heads mean different things.
A right shower head can save you money in form of water and can even boost your health.
The wrong shower head is a drain to energy and can also be expensive as far as your water bill is concerned.
There are literally hundreds of different shower heads in the market costing anywhere from $100 to close to a few thousands (there are those which cost more depending on the material used to make them).
The best shower heads are those have in-built energy-saving components.
In the market today, you will find two predominant shower heads, the manual mixer and the thermo mixer.
The manual mixer is the most common but unknown to most people, this shower head is a huge energy and water waster.
A good shower head should be able to restrict the flow of water to 2.
5 gallons per minute.
This is good for water conservation and comes easy on your water bill.
The thermo mixer mixes water and oxygen and then warms the water before it allows it out.
Mixing water with oxygen bubbles means that the water will be highly oxygen-saturated which is good for your skin.
It also means that you can have a very invigorating shower without using a lot of water yet get the needed cleanliness just as it would have been with twice the amount of water.
Thermo-mixer shower heads are also time savers.
Instead of standing in the shower waiting for the water to warm up, you can do something else like warm coffee, brush your teeth, shave or check your email quickly.
Then in a few minutes you can get into the shower and the water will be exactly the right temperature.
It is therefore essential to get the right shower head.
If you want to switch from the regular manual mixer to the energy-saving shower heads, the best place to start is your local home improvement store such as Home Depot.