Frequently Asked Questions

How does it save water? How much water does it save?

The easiest way to determine what your individual savings will be is to follow the showerhead 2-Minute Showerhead Water Volume Test instructions and measure the water flow out from your old shower head(s) and compare it to the water flow out from The 1.5 gpm "Jet-Stream" Showerhead®. It will be at least 40% and as much as 70%.

Start with the showerhead testing and compare the old showerhead with The 1.5 gpm "Jet-Stream" Showerhead®. Water consumption will decrease in most homes about 30% for two people taking daily showers. Use the 2-Minute Savings Calculator, enter the water volume from your current shower head, water and hot water billing information and the number of daily showers. The click on "Calculate" and print to a local printer. It really only takes 2 minutes.

Please see our Energy-Saving Tips page for additional tips.

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How does it save energy? How much energy does it save?

Start with the showerhead testing and compare the old showerhead with The 1.5 gpm "Jet-Stream" Showerhead®. Sempra Energy (The Gas Company, for most of Southern California) states in one of its customer pamphlets, "Take shorter showers — they can account for over 50% of your hot water usage!"

The energy consumption will also decrease in most homes about 30% for two people taking daily showers. Start with the showerhead testing and compare the old showerhead with The 1.5 gpm "Jet-Stream" Showerhead®. Heated water consumption will decrease in most homes about 30% to 40% for two people taking daily showers. See US Department of Energy article, "How to Buy a Water-Saving Showerhead". The dollar savings will depend upon if the heated water is by natural gas or electric. Electric water heaters are normally less cost effective to heat water.

Please see our Energy-Saving Tips page for additional tips.

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How does the 10-year warranty work?

The 1.5 gpm "Jet-Stream" Showerhead® carries a 10-Year Warranty against material defects, including clogging from mineral deposits. Simply return the product freight pre-paid via United Parcel Service or other common freight carrier to PML Consulting Group, LLC, 30021 Tomas, Suite 300, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688. Within 10 years of the original purchase date, any unit found by the manufacturer to be defective will be repaired or replaced and sent to the original purchaser.

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How is the showerhead self-cleaning?

The 1.5 gpm "Jet-Stream" Showerhead® is self-cleaning, meaning that it does not corrode from, or accumulate calcium or lime deposits that result in, restricted and/or "stray" waterflow. Many other showerheads require cleaning or replacement as often as every six months depending upon the quantity and presence of calcium, lime and other mineral deposits in the local water.

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What about other water-saving showerheads?

Don't be confused by flow restrictors, commonly called "water-savers." The 1.5 gpm "Jet-Stream" Showerhead® was designed to be water and energy efficient and is the only showerhead to provide a constant 1.5 gpm volume of water at all residential pressures from 15 to 120 PSI. Furthermore, it is designed to be self-cleansing and is made from solid chrome plated brass. There is a big difference in the savings between 2.5 gpm at 80 PSI and 1.5 gpm and at all pressures.

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How was the 1.5 gpm "Jet-Stream" Showerhead invented?

K.H. "Skip" Haynes, the inventor of the 1.5 gpm "Jet-Stream" Showerhead®:

In 1975, someone asked the inventor, K. H. "Skip" Haynes, how he invented the showerhead and here was his reply: "We were in the third straight year of a severe drought in the Western United States and I was trying to find ways to reduce water consumption in my home in Tempe, Arizona.

At first, I purchased a few items to conserve water and read everything that I could find about residential water usage. I purchased a few showerheads and decided to measure the volume output in gallons per minute (gpm). Of the initial units that I purchased, the average was 10 gpm at 60 PSI. Most residential pressure is 40 to 60 PSI. I built a test unit to provide a measure of controlled pressure from 10 to 120 PSI and then purchased 70 water-saving showerheads from hardware stores and plumbing supply houses. Of the 70 units, 15 turned out to be fairly good water savers that ranged from 3.0 to 9.5 gpm, however, most had "restrictors" inserted which could easily be removed and thrown away. The rest gave really lousy showers, more like a waterfall than a brisk shower. Of the 15 good units, only three or four gave really good high pressure showers and also saved 30% to 60% of the water used in showers.

In testing so many units, it occurred to me that I might try to make a better unit than any of those I had tested. Seven months later, I had made a 3.0 gpm that gave a high quality (brisk, stimulating high pressure) while controlling the water flow through the shower. I also designed it to be self-cleaning and it was the first showerhead to carry a 10-year warranty and was sold for commercial and industrial use under a money-back guaranty." It was first patented in 1978 and later received a second patent for an improvement in design that provided a high quality shower at 2.0 gpm. Today, it has been redesigned to provide the same quality high pressure shower most people are looking for at only 1.5 gpm. (View patent info at USPTO)

The 1.5 gpm "Jet-Stream" Showerhead® has never been sold to the public until today, 2007,under exclusive license to Jet Stream Mfg, LLC This showerhead gives great high pressure, brisk, stimulating showers at 1.5 gpm even at low and high water pressure. No showerhead anywhere compares to the 1.5 gpm "Jet-Stream" Showerhead®. It saves 40% to 70% more and lasts longer. Try it under our 30-Day Satisfaction Money-Back Guaranty! You'll like it!

— K. H. "Skip" Haynes, Inventor & Patent Holder Since 1978

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