German showers are so luxurious! 👆FULL VIDEO👆
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- After moving to Germany and living in Germany, we learned German and American showers are very different. 😊
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I‘m from Germany and I‘ve never seen a shower with just an unmovable showerhead
Just go to a public pool or something like that. They often have those.
Me too😂
Die Duschen im Schwimmbad.
Saw one once in a Jugendherberge/summer camp
Vertrau mir… macht keinen Spaß
The only unmovable showerheads I've ever seen in Germany are those in public showerspaces like at the gym.
Or when there are both
or in some camping spot public shower cabins
I'm from Germany and I never knew that American showers don't have a movable shower head. I always thought that this was also the standard in countries like the USA 😂
The worst thing in America isn't the shower head, though. The worst thing is how you have only one handle you can turn, to regulate both the flow and the temperature. So they put the two-dimensional space (flow rate and temperature are orthogonal properties) into a single dimension (handle can only be turned left or right), and to add insult to injury, they didn't mark at all what the position of the handle means.
@@DerAlex86ohhh helll noo
@@DerAlex86so like a sink handle? If so, I think our bathtub/shower had that growing up, I didn’t really use it that much but I didn’t have a problem with it. Now I shower cold so it wouldn’t matter anyways, the immovable head would be a larger problem.
@@DerAlex86no my shower has both cold and hot water knobs. Just depends on the age of the house. As for the one handle regulator it has H or C for hot and cold.
We do have moveable shower heads and hand held shower heads. I do know a lot of people that like the big square heads but most also have a handheld to go along with it. You just toggle between them depending on what you want.
And the price for this starts at around 30€. A quite cheap luxury
They don't start at 30; You can grab a perfectly fine one for under 15€ at basically any discounter.
I just bought one like a month ago for 9€. They don't start at 30€ 😂
@@TheJanstyler Depends on quality. In this price range its usually plastic.
@@ichselbst880But "and the price for this starts at" means that this is the cheapest you can get.
You get a good one with standard material for 3.99€ at action ;)
As a German I am baffled so many times by how far „behind“ America is
Whenever we go back to the US, we are shocked of the low quality for most things. It’s not just showers, it’s food, doors, windows, on and on… cleanliness in restaurants…
A friend recently moved from Germany to San Francisco. His $4000/month apartment has no movable shower head, the toilet flush knob falls off when you touch it the wrong way, and the dishwasher is loud af. Apparently his apartment isn't even a bad deal. And if course we were struggling nearly to find bread.
I was over there multiple times in different cities, and I cannot confirm that the cleanliness of the restaurants was low quality. I felt completely safe eating and drinking at restaurants over there. The conference venues and their "included in the ticket" food, though... especially some tableware looked really disgusting. I was usually starved by the time we went out eating in the evening.
Also, many AirBnBs have their bedrooms furnished with cheap IKEA particle board wardrobes and dressers, that look brand new and unused, but if you tried to pull out a drawer, it is already falling apart because seemingly nobody ever bothered to correctly assemble it. I always left all my stuff in the suitcase on the floor all week.
The only time I´ve seen a fixed shower head here in Germany is in public showers :D
As a german i can just recommend our Standard Variant. I didnt know it wouldnt be common somewhere else. I also got the Rain shower, but this is just a extra 😂
"an" extra.
Spot the german
(i'm also german)
@@pikpik42😂😂😂
The immovable is now luxury
@@pikpik42 i dont really care about grammar in my third language. Why even care? 😂
so then use the standard version from ideal standard to make it the most standard possible.
Probably History. You used to have (or maybe still have) only a tub, not a dedicated shower in Germany. So the easiest way to upgrade to a shower without doing any "real" plumbing was to just replace the fixture that filled that tub with a fixture that had an additional hose and a shower. So the "shower with a hose" became the standard even for newer places with a dedicated shower.
It is also, because bidets ate very uncommon in Germany and Germans always bring their own stuff when they move into another appartement.This includes lamps, the handheld showerhead and even the whole kitchen.
It’s not common to take your kitchen and bathroom appliances with you in Germany. Especially when renting.
@@pi_xi Usually lamps, oftentimes a kitchen (a new one because the old one won't fit) and never the shower head.
@@KP3droflxpit is very common to bring your own kitchen in a rental apartment. in fact it is so common that you have to look for the shorting "EBK" (for Einbauküche) in an advertisment for apartments if you want the apartment to allready have a kitchen. the "EBK" is usually listed as Extras just like the cellarroom or the balcony. Nowadays Apartments which come with Kitchen are becomming more popular. I guess it is due to many Immigrants who just expect a rental apartment to come with a kitchen and also more and more germans are not ready to invest in a kitchen for a rental apartment.
@@blackforest_fairy I have looked for apartments in Germany often and it was very rare to see one without a kitchen
We also can adjust the water pressure. Not only temperature.
I missed this so much when I was in US for holidays.
What do you mean with water pressure?
With the handle you can always adjust how far water is coming out. Or you can turn this wheel on the shower head which has at least three settings.
We also got „shower stations“ where you have not only the shower head on a hose, but also a huge rain shower head and you can switch between them however you like!
Gonna boomt this comment to the top
And they cost like 30 € it’s cheap plastic but if you want you can have that stuff for almost no cost at all.
Love the US overpricing simple shit.
Also, basically every one of those has a vertical bar with a holder to it, which lets you change height and orientation of the shower head if you decide to put it on the wall.
More importantly, the connection of the fixture/outlet ist standardized, so you want one with a nice Thermostat, just get anyone you like from anywhere you like.
So even if you live for rent, you can easily upgrade to a rainshower, store your old stuff somewhere safe and reinstall when you move out and take your nice stuff with you
My showerhead even has a display to show temperatur and the liters i used. Was Just 15 Euros here in Germany 😂
Same standard in Switzerland the only place where you can find fixed shower heads is some gyms or the place where you had PE in school
As a German, I have to say that most of them actually have a fixed and a movable part and you can switch between the two with a button.
Yes, I just got one. One is rather a "rain shower" from directly above and not that much pressure with a large area and then there's the movable part.
Still gotta mount it in the shower but I'll hopefully love it.
There are many Showers in Germany that have two showerheads: one immovable one and one movable one
As a German I can confirm everyone has this in the bathroom and on top it's pretty cheap 5-10 €
The movable shower head is the basic one. The luxury one is where you can switch to a rain shower.
My theory is:
Pretty everyone has realised, a moveable showerhead is cheap, and way better, but in the USA, some people as re afraid girls and woman will like to shower a bit too much.
Damn! Let them have some fun, foo!
I live in Germany and our house has two showers and both have one shower head on a hose and one shower head from the ceiling each
The simple fixed ones are still very common in public places like public pools, baths, sport clubs, ...
Rain shower with perfect tempwrature options is the best
Lol! Last time I showered in germany I thought "That's luxury!" 😂😂😂 and you just agreed. It was this morning.
We also have pressure and temperature adjustment in a single shower faucet. This is actually the norm in Germany.
In Germany we mostly have both shower heads in the shower
I am from Germany, yeah its Standard.
On my 3 week trip through Japan i noticed they have the same Showers with a hose, even in the cheapest Hostels / Hotels with free Shampoo, Body lotion and Conditioner!
Some times we even have more Luxery Showers where the water can come directly from the sealing Like rain and from the sides out of the walls. You can adjust there angels so you have water from all sides.
As an American the only time I find a fixed shower head is in hotels. I as well as most everyone I know have a fixed and handheld shower head. It is a must. The only thing is that in California the water pressure is awful because of government regulations on water usage. But even the poor people I know have handheld shower heads. They are inexpensive at Walmart and target.
Im a german and we have a "non movable" shower head and a movable shower head in the same shower that can both be used at the same time and the water stream can be adjusted at both. The only time ive ever seen just an immovable head was when i was in rome in italy.
What your showerhead in America is that?
I learned every day a new thing.
Für mich es ist ein Standard was wir halt in Deutschland haben.
Actually, it's even easier to install, because you connect the hose directly to the thingy that controls the shower (What's the name in English???). So, you don't have to put an extra pipe into the wall which runs up to the shower head.
The one shown in this video is not standard in Germany. The standard is that you have a pole where you can move the shower head up and down and fix whereever you want. On this contruction there is also the hose, so you can take it in your hand as well.
Fixed shower heads are only a thing in public baths, school and other places with otherwise high maintenance requirements.
The moveaböe shower head is actually the standart in most of europe i think and if you have a really nice shower you have one of those and another one fixed on the ceiling thats a rainshower
We just love efficiency
Public showers such as in a gym or a swimming pool have unmovable showerheads, basically as soon as a shower is communal in a way then there's no hose contraption
Living in Europe I can confirm that we also have warm water. Just for the case you ask…
Hans-Grohe is the best bath supplier
Dieser Kommentarsektion ist nun offizielles Eigentum der Bundesrepublik Deutschland🇩🇪
As an Austrian, I've just realized this, because I have never questioned it in my LIFE.
Yes it makes showers more efficient for us meanig less use of water
Oh there’s a small thing that you can screw into the hose that limits the throughput, also some shower heads come equipped with this by default
Efficiency is key.
An unmovable shower head is quite common in sport facilities, but everywhere else I have only encountered the movable variant.
The only places I have encountered fixed showerheads in germany are public showers in camping grounds. Probably too much that could break for them to risk movable showerheads.
I think the amature for 20 dollars is affordable "luxury"
But what is really a luxury is that tap water often has better quality than store-bought brand water
This is also very handy in other situations than showering, like, for example when you want to give the bathtub a quick rinse. You just move the shower head for all the dirt to flow into the drain. 😁
In most cases, we have both, sometimes even a third option. Its litte Jets of water from multiple little adjustable shower heads in the wall.
As an Austrian I can confirm that we have wireless Bluetooth showerheads 😊😊
As a German I can say, we have these movable shower variants but we use them as if they were stationary
Also, in america you can’t adjust the water pressure, which also happens to be VERY LOW. So you get almost no water, can’t crank it up, and can’t move the shower head
The water pressure is totally different wherever you are. Some places have great water pressure, some have very poor water pressure. Thats not the same across the country, a single state, or every within the same city 😅
There's also showers with both a fixed shower head and a movable one. Double the fun ig
We have rainshower, a hose connected shower and sprinklers from all sides all in one
The Most Swimmingpools where you have to pay entry have fixes shower hats. But that ist to protect from vandalism and often you can stil Change to hight.
not to mention the hight adjustible mount so you can shower from e.g. shoulders to feet
You forgot the point of the water faucet which goes from cold to hot, which annoys everytime you go to shower you first squirt cold water on to yourself. With the movable shower 🚿 we tilt it first to hot wich takes 3s max and then move to the middle which is mostly the best temperature. The faucet is a warm to cold connecter wich is easier to choose the temperature from the beginning and you can lift the handle up for water and down for closing. So you can soap yourself and then you have the same temperature and do not need to play the price is right on the temperature wheel.
I know fixed shower heads in germany but they also have one of those lovebird like they have both
Same in Switzerland.
I sell sanitary ware in Germany and yes, this is standard. But normally such a ‘hand shower’ is attached to a vertical bar and you can move the shower up and down, depending on how tall you are.
In good bathrooms, there is also a separate overhead shower (also known as a rain shower and ranging from 20 cm to around 40 cm in diameter), which either hangs from the ceiling or comes out of the wall. You can then switch at the tap where you want the water to come from, from the hand shower with hose or from the overhead shower.
And yes, we Germans don't understand you Americans at all here, because you're the ones who are always so keen on luxury and amenities ;-)
In germany fixed showerheads are mostly luxurious Versions Creating a Kind of „rain“ Sensation. So its Kind of the opposite
Mostly theres both, one with a hose and one on the top. Both adjustable
Im from german and we have a stationary showerhead as well as a standard one with a hose
I have never had a fixed shower head in Germany or Austria (I am a local). But I hate every time I have to use them in the States
Additionally, and this is gonna blow your mind, we can adjust temperature and pressure separately. Yes, really, we have the technology.
Actually nowadays it's pretty standard in modern german showers to have 2 shower heads: one big fixed rain shower head directly over you on the ceiling and a movable one on a hose. Then You have a valve that can switch between both.
What would Americans think about that when the normal cheap moveable head is already considered a luxury...
Plus, we have much higher water pressure than the US areas I visited. While I actually don't need to move my German shower head much, I have the urgent need to do so in the US because the water just has so little pressure and can barely wash away soap in the lower parts of my body.
We have an unmoveable showerhead with switch able streams. And a move able with switch able streams. And streams from the side, which You can variable. And a bathtub with a move able showerhead and streams in the tub. And a shower in the garden, which You would have guessed right at this point allready, is equipped with a move able head and a fixed one. 😂
Its mostly privat showers that have these. public places like pools or gyms have mostly fixed showers.
I have only ever seen fixed shower heads in gyms and such in Germany.. Can't imagine having this in my home😂
In the homes I know we have something like a rain shower and a movable shower head as well
If you would use the shower at my work in germany, you would go nuts.
Of course, a movable shower head and water pressure like standing under a waterfall.
we also have the fix point adjustable
As a german, I'd prever air conditioners to be common xD That's a rare thing over here. And if you're renting you often aren't even allowed to install one. There are portable ones, but they aren't that great as they need to suck air in from somewhere, and that somewhere often goes through door slits or other open windows. The result is the one room where the portable AC stands in is super chill while the rest of the appartment is a desert.
My shower has a slider that can move up and down and you can take it off and move it however you want
Yes can confirm that has been the norm in all homes i have been to. Didnt even know that there was an immovable showerhead XD
German here:
This is absolutly true. It serves a functional purpose. You might need to clean the shower and to rinse it down is key in that.
You should see our Krankenversicherung (Health Care System)
Immovable shower heads are common in sports centers and indoor pools. In Germany you usually have to bring your own handheld showerhead, lamps and even the whole kitchen, when you move to a new appartement.
Have you seen our windows? Americans tend to get aneurisms when they "kipp" them the first time 😂
Same in Austria
Never seen a fixed shower head in germany ever. But dont worry even those reach,,everywjere“
We used to have shower rooms which also reached all angles... but people disliked them...
W8 til they find out about deckendusche or wolkendusche in combination with the movable shower head
That's real freedom.
I'm german and I've never seen it as a luxury...now I now
Das Zeug kostet doch im günstigsten Fall nur 20€ warum habt ihr das nicht? Ok gut. Für um die 100€ bekommst echt allen möglichen Kram. Meine war 40€ mit einstellbarem Kopf.
Nein... lasst YT es übersetzen. Mir doch latte :)
For the people who are too blind to detect a small "translate" button beneath the comment:
"that stuff costs 20€ at its cheapest price. Why don't you have it? OK. For around 100€ you can get a lot of different stuff. Mine was around 40€ with adjustable head"
@@aarondermensch jo. sag ich doch :D
In Germany, I have a big unmovable Showerhead AND a small movable one.
I am from Austria and there's everywhere the "luxury shower head"
This has nothing to do with Germany from the Netherlands to Ukraine almost every bathroom has similar if not the same style shower head with a hose. Which is more of a case is that many people don’t have showers but actual bathtubs in which they have to sit down while showering
i only know of them in like old sportcenters what havnt changed in decades
You can find movable showerheads almost everywhere in Europe
I have both in my shower, one big fixed one and one small one that's movable
In Germany funnily enough, the more luxurious showers are called "rain shower" and are .... shower heads just mounted on top😂 But often with a second movable head
I have that plus a giant rainshower head 😅 it’s really nice
Yes
It's called Davoine Shower-Handel
Us standart shower are like public bathing area showrs
We can call Germany the „Land of Freedom“ because of this :D
we've freed the shower head 😁
Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit or something like that.
As a german i can say, that the last time we had fixed showerheads as a norm wasn't a very good time...