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Latest greatest shower head?

pepperidge_farm

7 years ago

We have a Handsgrohe Radiance S 150 AIR 3 jet shower head. The idea was to have a rain feel with a stronger option. I suppose it does that, but truth is after now almost 8 years I think that the rain part is useless, and the in between force is to narrow but I need that to rinse out shampoo from my thick hair.

So, I just began looking at new heads, and found the Moen S6320, but other than being very pricey, I think I really only want the more concentrated spray.

I am trying not to let aesthetics completely take over the choice.

What I like in a shower head is to have the jets evenly scattered- not form a water tunnel in a ring of jets.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

Oh, and it has to have a removable restriction valve.

(I have my own well water and don't pay, and the used water goes into my septic right back into the ground, so not worried about that!!)

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7 years ago

Any of the H2OKinetic heads are great. They don't have removable flow restrictors (but you would be very hard pressed to find one that does any more). I have one with a adjustable valve to flow at either 2.5 or 1.85 gpm. Honestly, I can't tell the difference between the two flow rates, so much so that I measured the flow - it's accurate. The flow pattern is very even, with good force. Rinsing long, really thick hair is not problem whatsoever.

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spacecoast_fl_zone_9
7 years ago
aliceinwonderland. Delta or Brizo?
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kelleg69
7 years ago
I have really thick hair and needed to make sure the shower head we chose has good power. I have been really happy with the Moen Velocity.
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chispa
7 years ago
For a strong stream of water look at Speakman brand.
http://speakman.com/
Lisa Baird
7 years ago
True that!
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lkplatow
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
We bought a Speakman based on the rave reviews here and on Amazon (we are on a well and our water pressure is pretty bad). We even removed the flow restrictor (we had to watch a youtube video to figure out how). But even with the restrictor gone, the force of the water was not as good as with our old water-pik handheld/hose showerhead that we bought at costco 10 years ago.

So I checked and water pik makes plain showerheads as well - not just the hose/handheld types. I bought one at target for like $20 and darned if that doesn't have better pressure than the speakman. It's kind of cheap looking (the whole thing is plastic and the part you screw onto the shower arm is black plastic, not even chrome colored) but the functionality wins out -- plus, from underneath looking up it looks fine -- you can't see the black plastic connector part. And as a bonus, it was so cheap that if it gunks up with hard water deposits in a few years, I won't feel bad about tossing it and buying a new one. It is adjustable and has several different spray patterns, ranging from one central blast to a nice evenly scattered spray, and they all have excellent pressure.

We have a Delta (H2OKinetic, I think) handheld shower in there as well, and it also seems to have good pressure, but not quite as good as the Water Pik. Go figure!

(Also, I have a lightly used, no-flow-restricted Speakman for sale, LOL!)
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User
7 years ago
spacecoast - I have two different Delta's.
pepperidge_farm
Original Author
7 years ago
Thanks for the advice hive mind. I did the entire project to the studs and reconstruction of the room/skylights about 8 years ago myself with GardenWeb advice, nice to check back in.
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