All of the shower handles I come across in my travels.
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![The Zetter, London UK[submitted by: Jeff at Sophistry.org]
“Here’s the shower control in my hotel in London. It’s actually quite cool—the inner ring adjusts the temperature, the outer one adjusts the water flow. So you can set the temperature aright during your first shower and it’ll stay the same the next time you use it.”](http://media.tumblr.com/7009168_400.jpg)
The Zetter, London UK
[submitted by: Jeff at Sophistry.org]
“Here’s the shower control in my hotel in London. It’s actually quite cool—the inner ring adjusts the temperature, the outer one adjusts the water flow. So you can set the temperature aright during your first shower and it’ll stay the same the next time you use it.”
Chicago City Centre Hotel and Sports Club
Old school, serviceable, uninspired. It appeared to have only one axis — left to right. If there was finer flow control, it wasn’t immediately obvious.
Radisson Plaza-Warwick Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
I had my doubts on this one. When I first sized it up, I didn’t see any Hot/Cold indicators, and figured I’d have some trouble in the morning. But it all worked out fine, and as it turned out there are subtle H’s and C’s in there that are clearer when you are standing in the shower in the ready position.
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This one ended up needing to be modded. The first night I tried to use it, the best I could get out of it was tepid water. I called downstairs and they told me there had been a boiler outage that had now been resolved. The next night, it was still busted so I called the front desk again, and they sent a maintenance guy in. He had to tighten the screw in the middle of the handle, and that took care of everything. All in all, a pretty decent shower handle once it was optimized.
Hotel Le Cirque, New Orleans, LA
Just adequate. From the photo it looks clearly marked, but in the stall when the temp is selected, it can be hard to tell which way to turn it. I scalded myself once when in mid-shower I forgot what was where.
But the room’s reasonable price, the view of Lee Circle, and the proximity to Circle Bar made up for the shower’s apparent shortcomings. Even if I didn’t make it to Circle Bar this trip.
Monte Carlo, Las Vegas, NV
A little dated. I wonder how many drunks have looked to the cold side
for water-assisted sobriety.
Loews Vanderbilt Hotel, Nashville, TN
Classic design, easy to operate and clearly marked.
I usually don’t make editorial comments about the overall hotel stay (this is about the shower controls, and the shower controls only) but I have to add that this was an excellent hotel experience. Highly recommended, especially if you are travelling with a pet.
Motel 6, Baton Rouge, LA
Can’t complain about these controls. A highly effective plastic sticker labelling system made them easy to operate.
The shower wasn’t terrible. Water pressure was below-average. Baton Rouge water has a greasy, filmy thing going, which I speculated is a handy and thoughtful city additive to replace the need for shaving products.
Hyatt Regency Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA
Nothing fancy, but user-friendly even at odd hours.
EO Inn, Orlando, FL
This was such a fantastic bathroom, it had two water controls — above and below:
They might be hard to make out, but I do appreciate the red and blue bands on the handles indicating water temperature.