IKEA launches new water meter to trace and cut back water utilization – here is how a lot it prices

IKEA is understood for producing all types of compact, helpful devices – particularly in the case of serving to us reduce down on power use. Just final 12 months, the Swedish retailer even added its Energy Insights function to the Home Smart app, giving prospects a easy method to observe their electrical energy consumption. Clearly, saving assets is excessive on IKEA’s radar, however this newest launch is slightly completely different.

Over the previous few weeks, IKEA has quietly rolled out the Bergvattnet water meter for showers in numerous European nations. Described as a “smart shower monitoring solution”, it’s designed that can assist you make your showers extra eco-friendly whereas exhibiting precisely how a lot water you’re utilizing.

The Bergvattnet is already accessible in most European nations – together with the UK and France – for £35 or €39.99. However, we have not been instructed but whether or not it would make its method to the US or not.

As you may see from the product photos, it options a big, easy-to-read show exhibiting your whole water utilization and the present water temperature. It even occasions your bathe, robotically resuming the depend if the water is turned off for lower than two minutes.

Whilst it doesn’t have app connectivity or different sensible integrations, IKEA says the Bergvattnet works with most thermostatic and customary bathe mixers. You can connect it both to the decrease mixer outlet or to the bathe package’s inlet, as it may possibly measure water circulation in each instructions. It’s battery-powered, comes with a sealing washer, and features a three-year assure.