LMSC yeah im using the stock screen also. Mine tends to get angled with the GU10 spring, so I switched over to the circlip Adrian kindly linked. I find the install is a bit fiddly (as Jake said above), but the distribution is pretty good. I might check out the Sworks screen if it simply screws in. Dont mind throwing that in the sonic bath once a week, and cleaning the piston head.

What you really need is 2 ims screens

Or

Tiny curve in the screen works too 😅

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    I’d like to try a Matrix shower screen somehow. It needs a seal, tho.

    I thought shower screens had been debunked

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      Raja123

      The trick to installing them…..

      Sit on a chair with shoulders approx level with the shower screen location

      Put circlip on a flat surface

      Insert pliers, Open pliers slightly and Pick it up , ensuring pins are flush to the surface of the circlip, thats important.

      Insert shower screen with other hand with one finger holding it.

      Swap finger as you offer up the circlip, locating circlip at back edge. Use the free hand now to press on the circlip near the pliers pins, pushing it in position. Release pliers.

      15 seconds max 😎🤪

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        Jason1wood

        But, but, but you rejected that suggestion some weeks back ,🤪

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          LMSC

          Half the fun of the hobby is messing with things, messing some things up and replacing them etc 🤗☺️, to me anyway!!

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          Adrianmsmith If only things were this simple every time, Adrian. Accidents happen, fiddliness is still there. Does everyone enjoy that in the same way one wonders ;)

          Raja123 yeah i agree to an extent,

          But what happens when we introduce paper or mesh filters on top of the puck

          While the decent shower screen is £17 that’s worth a punt, cant imagine the cost if the sworks for the evo, but then the evo can have triple the flow so dunno now much difference that makes at those fill rates. , 2seconds and the puck is over 2bar.

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            Jason1wood

            His acs evo is also guite small for a domestic environment ,🤪🤭

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            Cuprajake at this level, it seems to be more about reducing variables. Some people will pay more for that than others (hence a lone person originally commissioning Sheldon). Those that will pay don’t care about cheaper solutions or DIY workarounds.

            Very true,

            Just get to a stage where you are chasing your tail in my very humble opinion.

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            Yes. It usually comes down to that. Here, it seems to be centered around d convenience of removal for some, and a potential better distribution for wetting (not to be confused with rate of fill and soak time). Add the hobby and willingness to experiment on top, and Sheldon has enough to sustain a bespoke biz.

            Theres more going on though that we cant see, when it’s all under pressure surely the fluid dynamics change, the pf decent made to catch water is a good idea, but again without coffee kn there was cant truly know whats happening.

            Then i think to myself can one really taste a difference with that given there are so many variables

            Ive not looked at the spec for the new rotary pump used in the evo 2 but i know the gear pump was very quick fill.

            When we are trying to mimic the steam boiler infusion pressure of gone by levers.

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            Shower screens are generally more about what happens during fill rather than when under pressure. Pathways form where water first hits, and if, due to uneven distribution, there’s a disparity on the surface of the puck, it’s where most of the water will tend to go when pressure ramps. That’s the theory anyway (and what some people are willing to pay substantially to find out).

              Raja123

              @LMSC

              I will be the first to admit that after changing from gu10 clip to circlip and “curing the issue” of “water leaking from around the shower screen” there was no difference in to shot or cup!! I felt happier for a few minutes until i forgot!!

              Yesterday after receiving the bravo tamper and therefore having to change from ACS to IMS competition basket due to the basket size, shot time went from 26s to 42. Had to grind coarser. Had expected the opposite. Im not suggesting that is anything to do with the tamper, just the basket.

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