Hot water

Ever notice that when it comes to your average shower, perfectly hot water is really hard to come by? I happen to like my showers hot; not warm, not kind of hot. Hot.

Unfortunately, hot showers rarely happen in my world. Almost every shower I’ve used over the past three years has failed to attain that ideal level of hotness in its water spray.

See, the problem is that in most showers, there’s a fine line between lukewarm and scorching hot. I’ll get in the shower, turn on the hot water, and give it a couple of minutes to reach its optimal warmth. Once that initial burst of warmth kicks in, I tend to need just a teeny tiny bit more in order to achieve the ideal water temperature – so I’ll take the knob and ever so slightly nudge it towards the hot section to up the temperature just a touch – and then bam: scorching hot water pours out. Not good.

I’ll then yank the knob back towards the cold side and start the process over again, this time treading the line even more finely than before – and the same thing will happen – and thus begins the vicious cycle of scorching-freezing-lukewarm, scorching-freezing-lukewarm, scorching-freezing-lukewarm, I give up.

Tell me, why are showers made this way? And furthermore, what’s up with some of those shower heads that have dedicated cold spray sections specifically designed to ruin an otherwise hot shower? It’s like 11 out of the 12 nozzles are spraying wonderfully warm water, but that one rogue spray jet feels the need to rebel by blasting out a steady stream of ice cold crap. Annoying.

I wonder if there’s a modern-day shower on the market that allows you to digitally program your water temperature. If not, then there should be. Sure, it would be crazy expensive, but totally worth it. After all, showering is an important part of every human being’s daily routine - or at least it should be. Can’t they make it just a little bit easier?