Renshui rethinks the bathroom faucet
By Donald Melanson 
posted July 9th 2010 8:46PM
posted July 9th 2010 8:46PM
posted July 9th 2010 8:46PM
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no aerator? :/
@SoulinEther
If you have any air in the line, it is going to sputter and spit water on the front of your pants.
@SFHandyman clearly; given that fact, I don't think I'd put this in my own bathroom since I wouldn't like the feeling on my hands. it would, however, go into a guest bathroom to confuse visitors and reaffirm my grotesque wealth. so basically i'll never consider owning one.
that looks awful
if they can make money selling this, im going to design things too.
Looks like someone is reinventing the wheel.
This might just be the poster child of stupid things people can come up with with technology + money.
But does it have a front faceing camera with wifi???
Uh iPod Touch+ Wifi + Faucet + App = I already have this sh*t
DUDE! AWESOME!
would you like to see my new faucet ....if you open it enough, it will also give you a shower in the private area.....cool huh?
@Zslap
I'd love to give it a try by putting it in my mouth.
@Jukah
Zslaps's private area?
Actually it matches the description of one that washed it's way out of Mos Eisley!
wow are we all that lazy where we cant touch a knob come on american stop being so lazy and reliant on technology cant wait to see what happens when we get EMP
@techmasterrrr
Ummm, it was made in China by a Chinese company for the Chinese.
Tell us again how this designed because of Americans' laziness (unless the Chinese are copying that too!).
@techmasterrrr What the hell are you talking about bud
Apparently techmasterrrr is some lazy American because he couldn't even make it through the first sentence of a one paragraph article.
@techmasterrrr
Self-loathing Americans are the worst.
A little secret....water inside (most) homes is powered by electricity. When the power goes out, you can't use faucets or toilets or showers. I guess some parents haven't explained that little nugget to some of you on this site.
@applebjesus
when power goes out, there's still plenty of pressure in the water heater so you could take a few showers... or I guess your parents couldn't afford a water heater and you had to take cold showers.
@applebjesus When I lived in Pennsylvania, that was true. Our water was from an electric pump. Most homes in the USA are like that. In the Athens Area, most of the water comes from the Marathon reservoir and it comes by gravity. When the power goes out, the water still flows. My father's home also has a solar water heater. This is old technology for Greeks, 90% of all homes have one since the 80's. Just the sun but no power? You still can have a hot bath.
@applebjesus
Are you nuts, or 11 years old?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumbing
@applebjesus : Phew, I'm glad my water comes from a reservoir or water tower that is intentionally designed to be at a height higher than me, thus providing me with natural pressure. Better yet, most of the places I have lived that have a well at a lower elevation use a hydraulic ram to get it up to the tower, which then provides pressure due to the elevation. As a result, no use for power at all in the water system.
On the other hand, if you live in a McMansion in an area where people probably shouldn't be building homes in the first place - say a flood plane or top of a ridge - you often have to have a water pump in order to build up any pressure ... at which point, yes you do need electricity. Which is all rather silly, in my opinion.
As if vampire power wasn't bad enough as it is in modern homes, let's add faucets to the list of things that draw power 24/7!
What's with Americans ruining the English language, it's a Tap, not a faucet.
Typical geek-driven design.
This might have worked if Hot was on the left and Cold was on the right.
Since it isn't .... FAIL.
Okay, I am not impressed by it.
First, it is ugly.
Second, you have to touch it.
Improvements?
1) Make it look cool and simple, but have space for a display.
2) Make it touchless, you wave your hand over it, it works. How you wave your hand determines its response and settings.
3) Make it low energy and charge by (a) light, (b) the water flowing through it, (c) thermal from hot water flowing through it.
Then we have an awesome product that I would gladly spend under $1000 to purchase.
Man, that'd be awesome in a bathtub if it was touch sensitive to wet toes.
No more struggling to turn a tap with your foot when the water cools down.
@hill60
I can help you with that - throw in the toaster and you will never feel cold ever again!
Naahh... they overthought it.
So when you have to touch it to turn the water off your hands are dirty again I guess.
Like those electric loos. Cool but useless in a power cut
It gives you a warning if the temperature is too high. Shouldn't it be able to prevent the temperature from getting too high in the first place?