Reccomend me a quality shower head that is easily modded to be high flow

March 14, 2021 6:36 PM

I want a shower head that is easy to remove the flow rate limiter on. I am not mechanically inclined but after watching YouTube videos on removing the flow limiter, I think I can do it if it's an easy one. I bought two already that seemed to have inaccessible flow limiters. Bonus if it is an adjustable angle shower head! All amazon recommendations welcome!
posted by maxexam to Home & Garden (6 answers total)

The one time I did this, I went to my local non-chain hardware store and asked. I was recommended a super-cheap plastic model and told to just drill out the main hole with a larger bit.
posted by sixswitch at 6:59 PM on March 14, 2021 [1 favorite]

My Kohler model is extremely easy: just remove the flow limiter mesh from behind the debris screen and it's a hose.
posted by kdar at 7:37 PM on March 14, 2021

Here is the model I bought two years ago; it's high-quality and fully adjustable. The flow limiter just comes out of the neck with a pair of needlenose pliers.
posted by Atrahasis at 7:40 PM on March 14, 2021

I have a shower head from highpressureshowerheads.com and have been very happy with it. To the point I never even felt the need to modify it. Both of the ones I ordered from them came with directions on how to remove the restrictor to increase flow.
posted by DJWeezy at 7:43 PM on March 14, 2021 [1 favorite]

https://www.amazon.com/Pressure-Showerhead-Rainfall-5-Setting-Adjustable/dp/B07P6MY9NX

This shower head is plenty high pressure, and it's $15. It's cheap china crap, but it lasted me 5 years no problem. Plus it easily pivots.
posted by bbqturtle at 8:16 AM on March 15, 2021

The Waterpik showerhead that I bought a couple years ago still has a removable restrictor, though the instructions don't mention it and it's a bit hard to find if you don't know where to look for it. Plenty of videos demonstrating it online though, so if something catches your eye then might be worth doing a search to see if it's likely to be removable.
posted by Aleyn at 3:43 PM on March 15, 2021