The Lush Bath Boch is a vegan and recyclable floating speaker that aims to make its point of view clear

Announced more than a year ago, the Bot has taken longer than expected to reach the market, and some customers complain about uncomplicated advance orders or wonder if the product is vaporware. The reason for the delay, says Goswell, was due to Lush’s lack of experience with electronics. The product was ready, but they had not realized how long it would have been obtaining the relevant certifications necessary to sell said device. Bath Bot is now available in the United Kingdom, the EU and will soon be in the USA. (Except California, which has additional regulations).

There was still some commitments during development. “The components it contains are not what we would consider 100 percent ethical, but we did our best,” says Goswell. The equipment wanted to use recycled materials for environmental reasons, but had to opt for virgin plastic to keep the water resistant device. The final result is However, they are recyclable, and Lush says that buyers can take their own to the store to repair them if necessary.

The manufacture of electronic products inevitably entails a carbon cost, but Goswell believes that the Bath Boch is justifiable. “If it were a single -use or cheap and disposable device that would spoil in six months, I think it would be a different issue, but we have done it to last,” he says.

In fact, it is not a cheap device. The price of £ 150 has attracted even attention among the fervent Lush fans in forums such as 115 thousand members. R/Subnet of Lushcosmetics. As a “Lushie” said, “why would you buy a $ 200 speaker at a bathing store?” You can obtain a water -resistant Bluetooth speaker of brands established by much less, probably with a better sound quality: the Floating speaker of Ultimate Ears. Wonderful tree 4 It is sold for around $ 100 (it is often sold for less), while JBLAmazon cheaper waterproof speakers can be sold for only $ 40; You can find some even cheaper in Amazon.

The reasons for the high price, says Goswell, includes the fact that it is the first technological product of Lush and the company does not manufacture so many, which raises the costs. Trying to choose more ethical components increases the price, as well as manufacturing in the United Kingdom. Ultimately, he says, Lush does not want to compare the bath bot with other Bluetooth speakers, but he sees it more as a lifestyle accessory, similar to something like a Philips Hue lamp. While it is designed to use in the bathroom, it also likes to take it to the hotel rooms for environmental lighting.

I decide to try the Bath Bot in the planned environment, preparing a bath and configuring the Lush application ready to connect. With the bathroom ready, I drop the bathroom robot in the water, where it floats properly, circulating between colored lights that give the illusion of dyeing the bath water around me. Available in black or white, Bath Bot has only four buttons: ignition/off, reproduction/pause and two volume controls. When I turn it on, it emits a particularly pleasant start sound with the song of the birds and some soft guitar notes.