12" - 16" XXL Shower Heads question

[XamSpeP]

Hi,

I've been looking around and found some really interesting shower heads. The ones I've been looking at are between 12" and 16"!

http://www.taps4less.com/PP/U-A306.html
http://www.taps4less.com/PP/HI-SHOWERS37.html
http://www.taps4less.com/PP/HI-SHOWERS35.html

Has anyone here fitted these in the past, are they worth the money? What sort of flow rate is required?

Thanks.

 

[bengasman]

Not fitted these but had dealings with that company once. Not very good experience, and will never place an order again with them.

 

[mrgas]

Just how wet can one get in a shower?

In my opinion these showerheads are a total waste of money and water.

If you want a shower with any force (pressure) behind it dont use any of these.

 

[muggles]

8" shower head should be big enough for anyone...

 

[XamSpeP]

Thanks for the replies, what's the ideal flow rate for an 8" shower head?

 

[mrgas]

What kind of hot water system do you have? Combi, gravity or unvented? If a combi how many Kw?

What kind of shower experience do you want?

Are you on a water meter?(my water bill is now more than both gas and electric combined!)

I have a large walk in shower room with 2 showers in.
One with a fixed head 6"
One with a hand set with variable settings.
The hand held gets the most use.
It uses less water, whilst feeling like more.
Its is easy to wash your armpits and other bits with ease and gives a variety of spray patterns.
I now always recommend a hand set on a riser rail.
In my experiance the best of both worlds.

To answer your question.
It will vary considerably with the size and number of holes in the head.

 

[XamSpeP]

What kind of hot water system do you have? Combi, gravity or unvented? If a combi how many Kw?

I've been looking at getting something like this installed.

http://www.buycentralheating.com/worcester-boiler.asp?id=1454

From what I can see its not any type of storage boiler so the high flow rate will not run out?

I'm not on a meter fortunately. I've not decided exactly which shower head I'd get, but I'll probably have both an over head and a hand set on a diverter.