It really depends on the use case. In a public restroom 0.5 GPM makes perfect sense as people will only be using the faucet to spray/clean their hands. The sink is nothing more than a place to catch the water and soap off of a persons hands. In a home this is different. That sink is now also a bucket. You fill this with hot water and cleaning solutions to sanitize your bathroom. There are of course self care regiments that benefit from being able to prepare a volume of standing water for yourself. It is also worth noting that if we move this logic to a kitchen sink, if you actually read the instructions of your dish soap it tells you to add to a volume of hot water. This means you always want to fill your sink with hot water and add soap, not just add some to a sponge/rag and clean that way. In these cases a 0.5 GPM would be much less useful. Those tiny streams cool off a lot more as they pass through the air and it takes longer to fill water into the sink which also allows for more cooling. These are excellent use cases for 1.0 or 1.5 GPM.
The title indicates the last aerator flows at a rate of 1.0 gpm. The audio suggests the last aerator actually flows at only 0.5 gpm.
The last one is 0.5 gpm.
Jake. You've hit the nail on the head!
Exactly what I needed. Thank you.
Thank you for showing us the difference.
Thank you !
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Thank you, now I know what’s mean “gpm”👍🏻
Can't imagine 2.2 GPM in a restroom lav! 0.5 GPM is code!
It really depends on the use case. In a public restroom 0.5 GPM makes perfect sense as people will only be using the faucet to spray/clean their hands. The sink is nothing more than a place to catch the water and soap off of a persons hands. In a home this is different. That sink is now also a bucket. You fill this with hot water and cleaning solutions to sanitize your bathroom. There are of course self care regiments that benefit from being able to prepare a volume of standing water for yourself. It is also worth noting that if we move this logic to a kitchen sink, if you actually read the instructions of your dish soap it tells you to add to a volume of hot water. This means you always want to fill your sink with hot water and add soap, not just add some to a sponge/rag and clean that way. In these cases a 0.5 GPM would be much less useful. Those tiny streams cool off a lot more as they pass through the air and it takes longer to fill water into the sink which also allows for more cooling. These are excellent use cases for 1.0 or 1.5 GPM.
Before you know it, the government will stick its nose into how much pee you're putting out per day.