The spec sheets are vague and lacking information on the diverter operation. You can contact the company direct with your questions. See link. Also the Rain type shower heads are designed for gentle rain shower, but the handheld will feel more powerful and apparently has three settings. Hope That helps, Dan Martyn Here is a link that might be useful: Hansgrohe Technical Assistance

Glad the threads you read were of help. Easiest, and often times the most user-friendly, is two supply valves, one for each head. With two bathers, each can select their own water temp. In general, that can be achieved most economically by using two two pressure balance valves at an economical price. Diverter valves and their trim can often be as expensive as a supply valve and its trim. Obviously you can price things out through the manufacturer of your choice: -Two individual supply valves and their trim. -A single supply valve and its trim plus a diverter and its trim. When you get into diverters, then you have all sorts of choices...the diverter can supply one head OR the other, but NOT BOTH simultaneously...OR it can supply one head OR the other, as well as BOTH simultaneously. As you wrote, with a PB valve you may not get temperature control at any volume. Volume control at any water temp can be of value, it depends on how you use your shower. To do that, you're right, it can be accomplished with a thermostatic valve. To be fair, there are some PB valve that offer that as well, you'd have to shop around to find one. But for the most part, PB valves at low flow will only give you cold water. My own shower, we have two PB valves that supply two individual heads. I do like the ability to have different water temps out of the two different heads. You're certainly on the right track. It's simply a matter now of balancing features versus budget, etc.

Currently my shower has a single shower head coming out of the wall. I am adding 2 10" chrome Kingston Brass rain heads to the ceiling, and I want to replace my current single shower head with a wall mounted hand-held shower head bar. What is the best solution for what I am looking for? I want to use the same location of the existing shower head as the water source for the hand-held and I don't want to spend a fortune.

I don't see why you couldn't connect your hose directly to the shower arm without a diverter. I think the connections are all pretty standard. Shower arm, shower head, shower hose, and diverter all use the same screw in type connection. Use a good teflon tape (I like the thicker ones, not the thin white ones) and it should be water tight. Watch a youtube video on how to wrap the teflon tape to be sure you go in the right direction. If there is a rubber washer some times you don't need the teflon tape. You might just want to get a longer shower hose. This one is 8ft. 8 ft shower hose They make them even longer. Longer shower hose If you need the whole assembly, this one comes with the 8 ft shower hose. We buy this set-up and then put our own rainfall shower head on it but since you don't need the shower head you could just use the wand with the diverter always set to the hose. It has 3 pressure settings. We use the highest pressure for washing our dogs and the extra hose length comes in handy. It also provides a nice spa like experience for muscle massage. waterpik with hand held