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Water is so hot right now

Posted on 17. Dec, 2009 by Jake in Gadgets

Let’s face it. Water is often boring. Maybe not when it’s in a swimming pool or the sea and certainly not during devastating floods. But water that comes out of the faucet at the tap near you is just totally yawn-worthy. Yes, I know, without it we’d die, but I would suggest that very few people would bother with it if they didn’t have to and, perhaps unsurprisingly, it is an unpopular topic at dinner parties. So it stands to reason that, at some stage, someone will invent a gadget that intends to give water a much-needed makeover and make it a bit more exciting. The Colour Changing Faucet Light manufactured by the not-too-manly company LaFemme Products transforms the water coming out of your faucet into a vibrant bright blue when cold and a festive red when hot. Could this be the PR boost that water from the tap so sorely needs?

The Faucet Light doesn’t just sit around looking pretty. It has a purpose. By changing the colour of the water using LCD lights when it gets hot, the product stops those who use its faucet from inadvertently burning themselves. Which may not win its manufacturers a Nobel Prize, but as someone who burns himself fairly often I can appreciate the sentiment.

All in all, a fun and not altogether useless product that will only set you back roughly R200 including packaging and postage if you order it from Amazon.com. My biggest problem with the gadget is that it makes water look so beautifully colourful that one’s natural first reaction would be to stare at it flowing from the tap for hours on end – which is not a great idea in these hard times of dwindling water supplies. But, used with restraint the Faucet Light may save you from a blister or two, and that’s never a bad thing.

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