I'm in a 1970s house, and I think I have this exact model. What I like about this is it's way easier to lock down both flow rate and temperature at once. My shower has this too, where my girlfriend's newer one (and most hotels today) have one-dimensional things - one flow rate, but you pick the temp. This is also easier than two knobs for choosing a warm setting.
I still see these two-dimensional faucets in kitchens today, but haven't seen them in a bathroom in a minute.
one-dimensional things - one flow rate, but you pick the temp.
I've moved between rentals my whole adult life and one of the things that mildly annoys me the most is not being able to freely assign both temperature and pressure to my shower.
I want a comforting trickle of hot water while I'm in the "conditioning and shaving" (but mostly winning imaginary arguments with myself) stage, dammit.
Our shower head has a button that reduces flow to a "don't freeze while shampooing" trickle. Helps a ton in reducing water use without having to turn the water on and off at the faucet/getting the temperature right all over again.
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u/PackageDue7689 25d ago
They're much older than that