Some things just work.

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Kinda silly, when my energy-saving kick gets to this level of detail.  But somehow I find it fascinating when a tiny niche product gets taken to a high level – take faucet aerators for example.  Granted, not that much water flows through my bathroom sink, unless the kids are playing, but heck why not save a little, right?  So I bought this Neoperl 1.5gpm aerator from the local hardware store for around $5.  And it’s awesome.  Who knew you could engineer such a simple thing so well, but they did it.  Swapped out a 2.2gpm aerator for this 1.5gpm version, and it even passed the “my wife didn’t notice” test.  I’ll have to try 1.0gpm and see how that fares.

If you don’t want to pay the hardware store markup for a couple of these, Amazon has them for a bit less, or go to the New Resources Group (NRG) site – they have several varieties for about $2 each, with reasonable shipping.  I bought 10 for stocking stuffers.  I’m sure my family will be so excited.

On edit: I got the 1.0gpm ones in my bathroom taps; they really are just fine – I’m not sure anyone noticed them, either – even though it was a drop from 2.2gpm to 1.0gpm!

6 thoughts on “Some things just work.

  1. I’ll have to ask you how they fare in the long term for what concerns ruining up because of limestone and sand in the water. I have to get the cheapos here (5×1 euro) since I have to change them every three months or around that, as they cannot be cleaned up any longer :(

  2. Pingback: Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Efficiency, part 2 – water | Eric's Blog

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