The wife and I are wanting to swap the fixed shower head in our walk-in shower with a handheld shower head.

What's a good model from a quality manufacturer, with decent pressure/flow rate (i.e. preferably one with an easy to remove restrictor), and simple installation?

I'm not a plumber and we're not remodeling the bathroom, so I'd prefer one where I can simply unscrew the existing head, put on some new Teflon tape, and screw the new handheld unit into place. But I'm not opposed to some basic disassembly to remove the restrictor inside.

A magnetic head seems like a good idea, but that's not necessarily a requirement. However, I don't need a really fancy setup, with 23 different massage settings, LED lights, a can opener, and a MP3 player that plays soothing jungle sounds.

Thanks!

Me too. Following this thread.

Should the old one unscrew easily? I don't want to mess up anything in the wall.

I'm a fan of Hansgrohe.

http://www.hansgrohe-usa.com/

I have them in three bathrooms.
pretty straight forward with diverters .
I perfer push on and off type with the cradle that holds the head.
Hoses are the problem,get the braided types,plastic one are shit.
I am still using a thirty year old shower massage unit I got from Sears.
No kit is complete and you will need extra do dads.

I like delta, they make a nice one that becomes part of a bigger shower head. This one sis nice

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Delta...Hand-Shower/50297997

Got tired of mid-range products crapping out. Unwilling to pay megabucks for uber top of the line heads, we went with these @ $25 each which have proved more than decent. Installed 3 throughout the house last year. Figured that if they crapped out like the close to $100 models, it'd be no big deal.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JUZTG4M/

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with decent pressure/flow rate

Be honest. You're asking for your wife, aren't ya?

I have a Delta, similar to this one, that has held up well. No leaks or problems with the hose.

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I don't need a really fancy setup, with 23 different massage settings, LED lights

You haven't lived until you get the LED lights going and the rock music playing each morning.

Stay away from most of Home Depot's offerings. What I have looked at in their store locally doesn't appear to be of the greatest quality. YMMV.

http://www.highsierrashowerheads.com/
i have the 1.8gpm it works great its pricy but worth it and made in the usa
its cheaper on amazon https://www.amazon.com/sp?_enc...4LU&tab=&vasStoreID=

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Originally posted by KShooter:

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with decent pressure/flow rate

Be honest. You're asking for your wife, aren't ya?

Nah. Truthfully, I'm the only who likes a really high pressure shower. Great for those days when I had to go hands-on with some scrotebag who hasn't bathed since Bush was president, and feel like I need a pressure washer to scour the top couple layers of skin off.

Come to think of it, a bleach dispenser attachment would be handy, too.

(A higher pressure/flow rate would also make rinsing the shampoo from the dense hair of our extremely furry 120+ pound Labradoodle much easier. It's sorta like bathing Chewbacca...)

I've found that finding the right shower head is a lot like finding the right pillow. You've got to buy a bunch of them and spend hundreds of dollars before you find the right one.

For me, I require a lot of pressure and thick streams coming from the head. I want to feel like I'm standing in a river vs. standing out in the yard while its raining.

While I certainly haven't tried them all, and there likely is better out there, what works for me are the low-end el cheapo plastic Delta heads. I think I spent around $12 per for them at Ace Hardware.

I think this is the one, although its been close to 10 years since I bought them.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
For me, I require a lot of pressure and thick streams coming from the head. I want to feel like I'm standing in a river vs. standing out in the yard while its raining.

That sounds about right for me.

I decided to replace my showerhead with a handheld a few months ago and due to my OCD that opened up a can of worms...

As was mentioned earlier in this thread, I wanted good pressure/flow and something simple.

I tried 4-5 brand and styles and finally settled on the Delta Faucet 75700. It does what I want/need it to and was pretty affordable.

One word of caution. Be careful at Home Depot and Lowes. Many of the older model heads are 2.5gpm rated and the newer are 2.0. The model numbers are identical and you have to pay attention to what is on the box. I ended up ordering on Amazon where they give you a clear option.

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Originally posted by cheesegrits:
I have a Delta, similar to this one, that has held up well. No leaks or problems with the hose.

This is the one we bought from Lowes a year ago and we both love it. I think we paid a little less for it though.

Jim

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Originally posted by two-two-niner-romeo:
I'm a fan of Hansgrohe.

http://www.hansgrohe-usa.com/

We gutted and remodeled two bathrooms over the last 18 months, and also went with Hansgrohe and are very happy. This is the entire package, except we went with the less expensive hand shower unit, not on the wall bar. We plumbed it inside the wall before tiling in the shower. Works great. Love the rainshower.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N7W165N?psc=1

I always remove flow restrictors on any shower head. A few tools and possibly a drill are your best friends.

I guess I won't put in the obvious joke/usage for handheld showerheads… because of course they're quite useful for a variety of other things including washing the dog.

We like the plain white plastic one - waterpik maybe? The metal versions have too heavy of a hose and eventually start drooping

We finally broke down & got a new model to replace one going on 20 years in service.

From the local Ace Hardware store, it cost just over $20 with a 6' long hose, simple replacement to screw on & tighten slightly with pliers. Seems to be a chrome/nickle/metal of some kind.

I swear it has at least double the pressure as the old one, and I have to turn it down about 80% to my own comfort level. It has about 6 settings. All the LED/virtual reality/holographic stereo models were gone.

Water Pick. Thumbs up now about 3 months into owner use cycle.

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Originally posted by SIGnified:
I always remove flow restrictors on any shower head. A few tools and possibly a drill are your best friends.

I guess I won't put in the obvious joke/usage for handheld showerheads… because of course they're quite useful for a variety of other things including washing the dog.

You got your pets mixed up.