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Not since chips met gravy has there been such an awesome pairing as showering and lying down as offered by Dornbracht’s new Horizontal Shower unit. It’s perfect for someone, like myself, who can barely remain standing in the morning.
First unveiled at a trade show in Basel, Switzerland a few weeks ago, the shower looks like a tanning bed mounted to the wall, but features an array of showerheads controlled by the company’s Ambiance Tuning Technique system. Think of it as an inverted version of the Bellagio’s fountains, as the various showerheads can be programmed and choreographed to cycle through different intensities and water temperatures.
But they don’t need all those fancy-schmancy stress relieving features to sell me on the idea. It’s a shower I don’t have to stand, or at the least prop myself up against the wall, to use. It has all the lazy benefits of taking a bath, without sitting in dirty water that gets lukewarm in a couple of minutes. I just know it’s going to cost a small fortune (not including installation) but sorry about your future kids, I need this and I need this now. [Dornbracht via Archello]
I wouldn’t mind having a go on that, but not sure about the shower.
Agreed. Other than for knee-ruining sexy times, this is a terrible idea for so many reasons.
If you want to lay down and be cleaned, something has existed for a long time – the bath.
This on the other hand looks uncomfortable, impossible to use for lathering, did I mention uncomfortable? And requires a lot more water to cover your horizontal surface area, not to mention all the water that drips on the floor.
The only thing this improves is sex in the shower. Otherwise, it’d be so cold in the morning you would want to stand anyway.
I hope the slab she is laying on is heated or it’d be bloody freezing!
It’s like a body bidet except upside down.
Jean-Michel Jarre has one but it plays notes when you break the flow of the different heads.
Lathering up and using shampoo would be so difficult
I’d rather have a good standard shower. Plus I wouldnt want anyone except for me and any significant others using this
So it’s like a normal shower but slower, less water efficient, much harder to clean yourself in, far more expensive, takes up much more space, and spills water all over the floor? Great.
Stop being Phenomenological about this!
Time before a porn is being shot here…
3.. 2.. 1..
Looks like that big slab of marble would take a while to warm up
I think I’d still prefer a standup shower that bombards me from all sides with powerful waterjets
As if showering with someone wasn’t bad enough with the person in front hogging all the hot water.
Suffering from one myself this morning, this looks ideal for those hungover mornings!
The third jet from the left… :S
Yep, no way I’d be relaxed with that there. Clenched all the way…
Unless I turned over… then maybe… a little adjustment here, adjustment there… some variable water pressure… ooooh I feel dirty just writing this…
Either way, I’d still feel vulnerable laying out like that.
She looks like she’s enjoying it..
What a lovely “shower”
A lying down shower… is this not known as a bath?
Andrew, can you please add another option to your multiple-choice headline?
Something like “…or complete shite?” ought to do it