Tap user interface failure

Below are 6 photos of the tap attached to my bath, taken from various angles.

As you can see, there are two water outlets - one is the shower head on a flexible hose (the shower head is the big baton-like object on the right of the whole assembly), the other is the spout.

Water flow is controlled by the handle - lift up and down to control the volume of flow, twist left for hot, and right for cold. So far so good.

So how the hell do I switch the water outlet from the shower head to the spout?

Apart from the handle (lift and twist) there are no other levers or knobs or buttons. I have been living with this tap for 5 weeks now. And I still cannot figure it out. Any ideas?

What would be the purpose to design something that is deliberately obscure to operate?

3 comments on “Tap user interface failure”

1. Injenue said:
   

   LOL have you found it by now?

   
   3 September 2008 at 4:56 pm
2. Zern said:
   

   No!!!

   I look at it everyday, scratch my head, and laugh.

   
   3 September 2008 at 5:16 pm
3. Bathroom tap support page wanted said:
   

   [...] my post Tap user interface failure still fresh in my mind, I was most amused to come across this post on Farmer Ted’s porch [...]

   
   10 September 2008 at 9:07 am

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