Need help with purchasing a shower head

im4gine3

im4gine3

im4gine3

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As an FYI, i live in London so water is very hard.

Use a standard gas boiler and an inverted tank, with a shower pump so pressure is very good.. no issues here.

I have a Rainforest type overhead mixer shower for both bathrooms, and a nortaml hand held shower head, but i am looking for ones which do not spray very finely.

How do i put it, i'm looking for a shwoerhead similar to what you get in 4-5* hotels where the spray of water is as if you are standing outside and it's pi$$ing it down. The very intense/heavy type.

Any recommendations.. or is this not a problem with the shower head but something else?
 
I've found Mira and Grohe ones to be decent, the ones with multi spray patterns so you can select the type of pattern you want.

Avoid anything with 'eco' in the name as these tend to be reduced flow.

Also check for flow reducers in the handset before attaching-these should be removable.
 
wsurfa said:
I've found Mira and Grohe ones to be decent, the ones with multi spray patterns so you can select the type of pattern you want.

Avoid anything with 'eco' in the name as these tend to be reduced flow.

Also check for flow reducers in the handset before attaching-these should be removable.
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Yeah most of them are pre-installed and not easy to get out because they're inside the pipework of the shower head. I remember finding a decent trick on youtube to get them out. You drive a screw into the flow restricter and then you can tug it out. Worked a treat for me.
 
ahh so the problem is usually to do with the flow restrictor ? I vaguely remember seeing one when i installed the rainforest adaptor.. or this could be a filter of some sort.

Will check it out
 
The closest one i saw when i was on holiday was a hotel using these shower heads.

www.hansgrohe.co.uk

hansgrohe Hand showers: Raindance Select S, 3 spray modes, Item No. 26014000

Hand shower 120 3jet PowderRain. <li>The handshower envelops you in a delicate coat of micro-fine PowderRain - a wonderful feeling.</li>; Click for More!
www.hansgrohe.co.uk www.hansgrohe.co.uk


Had a look at the price.. not just on Amazon, but other retails and they go for around £90+.. seems a bit excessive for a shower head.. regardless of how many funky settings it has.
 
im4gine3 said:
The closest one i saw when i was on holiday was a hotel using these shower heads.

www.hansgrohe.co.uk

hansgrohe Hand showers: Raindance Select S, 3 spray modes, Item No. 26014000

Hand shower 120 3jet PowderRain. <li>The handshower envelops you in a delicate coat of micro-fine PowderRain - a wonderful feeling.</li>; Click for More!
www.hansgrohe.co.uk www.hansgrohe.co.uk


Had a look at the price.. not just on Amazon, but other retails and they go for around £90+.. seems a bit excessive for a shower head.. regardless of how many funky settings it has.
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Hansgrohe are on the expensive side but you have to pay for quality.
We have their taps in all our bathrooms and they are very nice quality.Really heavy and solid.
 
They're all the same rubbish imo. I live in London so hardwater area. My own home has a water softener installed but my mothers home doesn't. I've used the same Amazon clown chinese make for 4 years, whilst my mother place has gone through a Grohe, and two Mira heads. Opened up the latter and internally they're very simplistic plastic moulds. They're just grossly overpriced and I recall paying £55 for the latter.

The 'make' I use is called YEAUPE lol. Obviously the soft water extends the life of these things hugely.
 
Kainz said:
They're all the same rubbish imo. I live in London so hardwater area. My own home has a water softener installed but my mothers home doesn't. I've used the same Amazon clown chinese make for 4 years, whilst my mother place has gone through a Grohe, and two Mira heads. Opened up the latter and internally they're very simplistic plastic moulds. They're just grossly overpriced and I recall paying £55 for the latter.

The 'make' I use is called YEAUPE lol. Obviously the soft water extends the life of these things hugely.
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What does it have, a built in filter for the hard water?
 
Gangster said:
What does it have, a built in filter for the hard water?
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Sorry I should have clarified. The shower head is just your basic slightly large shower head with multiple modes and thats all. The soft water that I mentioned was from my water softener.
 
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