My husband wanted a regular showerhead, four body sprays and a hand held showerhead. There is a thermostatic control as well as a nice sized bench. He is happy with it, but does not always use everything on a daily basis as it requires a lot of squeegeeing.
I don't use it that often, but I really do like it.
I am not a big fan of rain cans, but that is a personal choice.
Good luck!

I iinstalled a new master bath and a new guest bathroom, both with different shower styles.

I put in 4 body sprays in the master shower along with a main shower and a hand shower.

In the guest shower I put in a standard rain head shower, but added a control for also using a hand-held shower.

To be honest, I almost never use the body sprays as I don't care for having the annoyance of sprays hitting my body in various spots. I love having a hand-held shower for hair rinsing and showering other body parts. My wife feels the same and also doesn't care for the body sprays.

Greg

I have them in two bathrooms and never use them. I used to think they were cool, now i find them annoying.

My favorite is the rain head, followed by the hand shower.
I also love to have a water spout to wash off feet. So three controls are a must for me - rain head, hand held, spout.

Thanks so much--that was exactly the kind of feedback I was hoping for.

So, does it seem to spare to have, simply, a regular showerhead/valve on one wall, and then the rain can w/valve on the other? (The rain head will actual be hung from the ceiling). It seems like plenty to me, but I don't know if I ought to include a handshower in there, too.

Think, regardless, the body jets are out!

I put in the handheld for a couple of reasons, one is that the hose allows the head to be moved around and hung from other points in the shower. Example; I have a head bracket in the wall down low, my wife sometimes hangs the head on that when she's shaving her legs, etc.

Or the hose allows you to easily use the head to rinse down the walls and floor of the shower.

Some people use it to wash their kids or even their dogs.

One thing I learned a few years ago is that handhelds are no longer the cheap leaking showerheads that I grew up with back in the 70s. Hand held heads are now the same fine quality shower heads that go on a shower arm, except they're mounted on a (ta da!) handle.

The only caution I'll offer is that rain heads have a gentle flow, it's not the vigorous spray that typical shower heads provide. Some people with long hair would find rinsing shampoo from their hair to be a slow process. So don;t plan on a rain head as your "main" shower head.

We have the Moen vertical spa which includes 4 body sprays, the exacttemp thermostatic control and the handheld. We opted to go with the Grohe rainshower showerhead in place of the Moen rainshower. I had my doubts too about having the rainshower only as the primary showerhead but I have to tell you that the Grohe rainshower is WONDERFUL! It has 4 spray patterns and gets every ounce of soap out of my thick hair! Just set the spray pattern to which suits you best. As far as the body sprays, my husband enjoys them while I've only used them a few times.

We are in the middle of our bath remodel and I just had to make the decision regarding bodysprays. I opted to put in 2 of them, along with a handheld shower and a raincan on an extension arm.

I measured out where I wanted them based upon my height and positioned them to be most useful to me personally.

My reasoning behind them is that trends in showers seem to be heading toward large 'systems' of sprayers. Also, I was already investing in the 3-port 6-way diverter. And I am using the Delta Surface Mount Bodysprays, which can be had for around $70 each, so it really wasn't a budget-breaker.

Give me a few months and I will let you know if I use them or not.

We have body sprays and I really enjoy them. Don't use them every day, but am glad we have them. We bought two shower valve sets that had the sprays built in, so it didn't add that much cost. I think they were about $300 each.

We did the same setup as we did in our last walk-in shower -- a rain shower on one wall and a handheld on a bar, mounted rather low, on the ajacent wall. Perfect for me, and for bathing our Golden Retriever. That dog has since gone to Doggie Heaven and I'll be getting another soon, so will use it in the same way.

Incidentally, I read someone's report recently of how many gallons of water his body sprays used -- I don't know if it's universal, but his used a ton of water. He stopped using them because of that. No personal experience, just something I read.

We have a Moen Vertical Spa package as well, four body sprays, large shower head and a handheld. We use the body sprays most of the time - DH wanted them and it turns out I love them.

This was all completed a year ago so I've been out of the bathroom forum for a long time, but my Dad is considering a new bathroom and it brought me back into the mindset.