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The Modern Materialist

Quick Tip: Screw - Outdoor Shower

Posted by Wendy Atterberry

 

Too bad I don't have a money tree in my backyard (or...a backyard, for that matter). I might be able to afford this awesome outdoor shower. You just screw a regular garden hose into it and you've got an instant shower for around the pool (too bad I don't have a pool) or for a luxurious rinse under the night stars. But for the price of the shower, you could probably afford to buy part of that starr night sky:

[£427.47 (roughly $850), Made in Design]

[via SwissMiss] 


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Posted May 01 2008, 08:30 AM
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Comments

Amanda said:

I mean, isn't this really just a piece of  pipe with another short piece of elbow pipe on a stand with some sort of nozzle on the end?  In other words, why would this possibly cost $850?  I am sure there is some clever modern materialist reader that could figure out how to DIY this up for like $50. Gauntlet thrown. Ugh.

May 1, 2008 9:33 AM

eurrapanzy said:

unless your hose spits hot water, or it's a lot hotter in NY during more of the year than i remember, this is one of those things that seems almost useful and almost decorative, but is really neither.

May 1, 2008 11:14 AM

Amanda said:

Couldn't you get hot water run to your hose spigot for less than $800?  

May 1, 2008 12:31 PM

Vincent said:

Amanda you missed the best part, $850 only gets you the vertical pipe, the bottom stand or screwy thing for the base is an additional £140.65 ($280ish)

And yes you could make this yourself with about twenty dollars worth of pipe and fittings from your local "Orange" Big Box... and instead of running the hose to your outdoor spigot, run it to the tap inside the house, imagine hot AND cold...damn!

BTW, do we really need warm water to shower in the summer? Didn’t we all just run through the sprinklers when we were kids?  

May 1, 2008 12:49 PM

Wendy Atterberry said:

Vincent's right -- include the other parts you'd need to put the whole thing together and you're talking major bucks...for something that looks cool but really has not more practical use than a basic sprinkler!

May 1, 2008 1:54 PM

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