Kohler is doing everything it can to make sure they become a major style feature. The new system is ADA compliant and includes a bath seat and wall-bar hand shower. We all hate wasting time and water waiting until the water gets hot. The D'Mand System is an electronically actuated pump system that surges hot water to your faucet at the touch of a button. Recirculating pump systems are nothing new but they are usually on timers.
Electronic actuation is a smart idea.
When my group went to the show we had already been alerted to look for the Romala Stone display at the Home Depot exhibit. The new product was supposed to look like granite at about one third the price. It turns out that the new product not only looks like granite, but is real granite. The reason for the price differential is that the vanity tops are quarried, cut and finished in China using that country's low labor rate. These granite vanity countertops are quarried, cut and polished in China, then imported by Romala Stone and are pre-cut to standard sizes.