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But I don’t want 1.75 gpm compressed into tiny high-pressure jets. I want (and have) a perfectly normal shower head except with the flow limiter ripped out and

But I don’t want 1.75 gpm compressed into tiny high-pressure jets. I want (and have) a perfectly normal shower head except with the flow limiter ripped out and now the “mist” setting is a thick deluge of water while the high pressure jet settings are, if anything, uncomfortable. My counter recommendation is to grab a pair of needle nose pliers, take apart your shower head, find the blue plastic flow limiter, and yank it out. Or if you rent, buy a new showerhead and take it apart instead.

blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
Are they easy to take apart? I feel like many of them are made to resemble a single piece even if they aren’t. Are there brands built to be easy to work on?
- philwelch 2y ago
  Mine’s a waterpik. I think I looked up a YouTube video (not brand or model specific) for how to identify and remove the flow limiter. It wasn’t hard at all.
- avidiax 2y ago
  New ones no longer have the flow restrictor piece. I couldn't find instructions online to reduce the flow restriction, but I assume it involves drilling out a restrictor plate.
Leftium 2y ago
Delta shower heads work well at both 2.5 and 1.85 gpm. After installing in a shower that barely trickled straight down, the shower hits the far side of the tub. Any model with Delta's H2Okinetic system should work. The flow is amplified without increasing the pressure of individual water droplets. It feels like a "rain shower." https://kk.org/cooltools/delta-water-amplifying-showerheads/ https://kk.org/cooltools/delta-water-amplifying-showerheads/
- philwelch 2y ago
  Your standards are tragically low if hitting the far side of the tub is impressive. I’m pretty sure if I stuck the wand out the shower door, my shower could hit the next room. (So I don’t do that.)
  - Leftium 2y ago
    I was trying to emphasize the performance of the Delta shower head despite very weak water pressure. With your water pressure, the Delta could very well hit two rooms away! (I'm not sure how the Delta scales with water pressure...)
namuol 2y ago
> My counter recommendation is to grab a pair of needle nose pliers, take apart your shower head, find the blue plastic flow limiter, and yank it out. I actually was going to do this when I bought my new shower head! I assumed that’s what the hotels do. But nope, I was satisfied without this. It might also just be that the flow in my apartment is lower regardless of fixture, which is why I opted for a shower head designed for low flow in the first place.
- philwelch 2y ago
  Ever since fixing my showerhead I’m completely ruined for hotels, their showers are total garbage.

blackeyeblitzar 2y ago

Are they easy to take apart? I feel like many of them are made to resemble a single piece even if they aren’t. Are there brands built to be easy to work on?

philwelch 2y ago
Mine’s a waterpik. I think I looked up a YouTube video (not brand or model specific) for how to identify and remove the flow limiter. It wasn’t hard at all.
avidiax 2y ago
New ones no longer have the flow restrictor piece. I couldn't find instructions online to reduce the flow restriction, but I assume it involves drilling out a restrictor plate.

Leftium 2y ago

Delta shower heads work well at both 2.5 and 1.85 gpm. After installing in a shower that barely trickled straight down, the shower hits the far side of the tub. Any model with Delta's H2Okinetic system should work. The flow is amplified without increasing the pressure of individual water droplets. It feels like a "rain shower." https://kk.org/cooltools/delta-water-amplifying-showerheads/ https://kk.org/cooltools/delta-water-amplifying-showerheads/

philwelch 2y ago
Your standards are tragically low if hitting the far side of the tub is impressive. I’m pretty sure if I stuck the wand out the shower door, my shower could hit the next room. (So I don’t do that.)
- Leftium 2y ago
  I was trying to emphasize the performance of the Delta shower head despite very weak water pressure. With your water pressure, the Delta could very well hit two rooms away! (I'm not sure how the Delta scales with water pressure...)

namuol 2y ago

> My counter recommendation is to grab a pair of needle nose pliers, take apart your shower head, find the blue plastic flow limiter, and yank it out. I actually was going to do this when I bought my new shower head! I assumed that’s what the hotels do. But nope, I was satisfied without this. It might also just be that the flow in my apartment is lower regardless of fixture, which is why I opted for a shower head designed for low flow in the first place.

philwelch 2y ago
Ever since fixing my showerhead I’m completely ruined for hotels, their showers are total garbage.