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talked to the plumber. he sells both the tegaki and the rannai. he feels the rannai is the better product. damn. he says both are very similar in pricing. most of the units, my in-law have in taiwan are either. too bad i just cant call them up and ask. i dont speak mandarin anyways. he specd out the R53e for my house. it is a tiny shack.

thanks for all the really great advice. my old roommate bought the bosch unit from homedepot. it SUCKS! lukewarm, tepid water if more than one person is using it. and you get zero hot water if you trickle it out, like during a shave. full tilt boogie or nothing.

i am sold. my wife uses alot of hot water. i take spit showers, and cold ones at that in the summer time. it is really all about HER.