How do you prefer your showerhead to work?

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What kind of output do you tend to like better?

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OptionVotes
tight, heavy central clump 13
wide, light, rainy spray 13
I think I am soooo special and interesting and can't be constrained by your binary options and if given my choice would 6


nabisco, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 17:32 (eighteen years ago)

"clump"? Call the plumber.

kenan, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 17:33 (eighteen years ago)

"tight, heavy central clump" does not refer to the laser-beam 'massage' setting, rite?

gabbneb, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 17:34 (eighteen years ago)

also, lol

gabbneb, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 17:34 (eighteen years ago)

I think you guys are more than clever enough to figure out what's on the opposite side of the spectrum from the "wide rainy spray." You turn the toggle the other way and all the streams start converging into one thick heavy stream, like you're getting peed on by a giant. (Guess which way I'm voting.)

nabisco, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 17:40 (eighteen years ago)

i don't have options, our shower is terrible

n/a, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 17:40 (eighteen years ago)

but i do have a clawfoot tub

n/a, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 17:41 (eighteen years ago)

so baths

n/a, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 17:41 (eighteen years ago)

i prefer my showerhead to work baths

n/a, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 17:41 (eighteen years ago)

omg nabisco likes gigantic golden showers???

Mr. Que, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 17:41 (eighteen years ago)

This poll does not necessarily suggest that you have an adjustable showerhead. Just imagine you do, and imagine where would you set it. Answer accordingly. If you can't decide, there is a whole option for "I cannot answer a simple question in a meaningless internet poll."

nabisco, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 17:43 (eighteen years ago)

but don't you care about my actual showerhead?

n/a, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 17:44 (eighteen years ago)

i thought you would want to know ;_;

n/a, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 17:44 (eighteen years ago)

the only way our showerhead even works is even you put in ONE particular place. if you even mess with it at all in the slightest you get a trickle of misery or the golden giant outlined above

Mr. Que, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 17:44 (eighteen years ago)

hey, let's talk more about the showerheads we actually have

n/a, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 17:46 (eighteen years ago)

my showerhead is adjustable, but it is crappy, and i have been thinking about replacing it

Mr. Que, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 17:48 (eighteen years ago)

Wide and powerful.

Matt DC, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 17:48 (eighteen years ago)

i'm all about the clump, myself

gabbneb, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 17:49 (eighteen years ago)

I LIKE MY BATH I PLAY WITH MY DUCK SOMETIMES I DO WEE-WEES

A baby, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 17:49 (eighteen years ago)

My parents' showerhead has exactly the first two options and everytime I'm there I'm like "just give me something in the middle, god".

Actually I think you can turn it to somewhere in the middle but it always ends up being worst of both worlds.

ledge, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 17:53 (eighteen years ago)

I want one of those showers with multiple shower head all on different settings

carne asada, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 17:54 (eighteen years ago)

the big wide rain-from-above ones are awes

gff, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:05 (eighteen years ago)

It occurs to me that one reason I can prefer the Wide Rainy Spray option is that I don't have hair, so I don't really require a strong heavy current for any kind of serious rinsing action. Whereas if you had long, thick hair, that would kind of ... not do the job.

nabisco, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:06 (eighteen years ago)

i keep reading this thread title as 'do you bring your showerhead to work?'

remy bean, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:08 (eighteen years ago)

i like the wide rain, but i need to be pretty strong shower pressure.

but strong shower pressure with the clump is just painful.

Surmounter, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:09 (eighteen years ago)

this looks cool http://www.hansgrohe-innovation.com/images/raindance_rainfall.jpg

remy bean, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:10 (eighteen years ago)

YES

i do not have adjustable shower head :( but my shower is somewhere in the middle and has decent water pressure, seems to get the conditioner out, eventually

rrrobyn, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:14 (eighteen years ago)

that woman is so happy

rrrobyn, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:14 (eighteen years ago)

and naked

rrrobyn, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:14 (eighteen years ago)

tho how else wld you be

rrrobyn, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:15 (eighteen years ago)

two showerheads + some kind of grey water filtration/cleaning/recycling system in home = way to go

rrrobyn, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:16 (eighteen years ago)

she could have jeans on

blueski, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:17 (eighteen years ago)

honestly. that looks like heaven. throw some st. ives and herbal essences in there and you have a happy me.

Surmounter, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:18 (eighteen years ago)

That shower is endemic of the rot seeping into American society.

HI DERE, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:18 (eighteen years ago)

OTM what's wrong with a leaky bucket tied to a tree in the back yard

ledge, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:19 (eighteen years ago)

Look at you all, complaining that your water pressure isn't 100% orgasmic when there are people in this country without HOMES.

HI DERE, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:19 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.greenpalma.com/images/fotohotely/flora/new/bucket%20shower.jpg

ledge, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:20 (eighteen years ago)

Perry gettin Biblical

nabisco, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:20 (eighteen years ago)

i mean, if every time there was a discussion about a problem, we pointed out the problems in the world that are much worse than it, there WOULD BE NO PROBLEMS at all.

so i say bitch about your water pressure if you feel like it (but actually mine is pretty stellar)

Surmounter, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:21 (eighteen years ago)

n e way, ILX is made for talking about stupid problems innit?

Surmounter, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:24 (eighteen years ago)

Actually, the original Greenspun code was created to help scientists around the world collaborate and share data in the search for the HPV vaccine

nabisco, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:26 (eighteen years ago)

You mock now, but where will your perfect water pressure be when the economy implodes and we're all left to grow our own crops and kill our own meat?

HI DERE, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:26 (eighteen years ago)

you're right.

Surmounter, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:27 (eighteen years ago)

i'm sharpening my spear as we speak, biblical dan.

remy bean, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:28 (eighteen years ago)

ew

HI DERE, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:28 (eighteen years ago)

i'm setting up post-apocalypse homestead next to a waterfall

rrrobyn, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:32 (eighteen years ago)

^^ she would actually pull that off, too, i bet

nabisco, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:33 (eighteen years ago)

i think i want to move to vermont and buy a few goats.

remy bean, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:34 (eighteen years ago)

in Ste Anne des Secret Waterfalls Tropicale, Quebec

nabisco, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:35 (eighteen years ago)

homestead made of geodesic domes connected by subterranean tunnels, as we discussed, i hope.

elmo argonaut, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:36 (eighteen years ago)

then a third one (perhaps alluded to by gabbneb) in which the outer ring of the head shoots out super-high pressure, super-narrow jets of water, which feel like needles on your skin.

no, I was referring to the setting in which only the center of the head shoots out a super-high pressure single beam of water

gabbneb, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:45 (eighteen years ago)

about firehose blasting into a swimming pool.
we should just do this anyway

rrrobyn, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:49 (eighteen years ago)

also, so not giving birth to centaur

rrrobyn, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:50 (eighteen years ago)

better than giving birth to a unicorn

remy bean, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:52 (eighteen years ago)

hey, let's talk more about the showerheads we actually have

n/a, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:52 (eighteen years ago)

http://geekologie.com/2007/05/15/gas-mask-shower-head.jpg

rrrobyn, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:53 (eighteen years ago)

jesus christ, is that for your Hellraiser theme house???

nabisco, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:55 (eighteen years ago)

it's def the scariest thing i've seen today

rrrobyn, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:56 (eighteen years ago)

"because nothing says FUN and COMFORT like the mental juxtaposition of SHOWERS and DEADLY GASES"

nabisco, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:56 (eighteen years ago)

"it's a literal holocaust ... on germs and body odors!"

nabisco, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:58 (eighteen years ago)

wow

Surmounter, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 18:59 (eighteen years ago)

Most days, closer to wide, light, rainy spray but not all the way since it doesn't rinse well. I sometimes use the jet spray on my shoulders when they're tense, though.

Michael White, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 19:00 (eighteen years ago)

Has anyone ever used a high-pressure hose? DAMN those things are FUN. But they would drill holes through hu-mans. In sum, I like being clean.

Abbott, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 19:00 (eighteen years ago)

like you're getting peed on by a giant

thanks for ruining my life, nabisco

horseshoe, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 19:00 (eighteen years ago)

or maybe your life is just now blossoming into an unimagined new era

nabisco, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 19:01 (eighteen years ago)

Bah I think one of the creepiest sounds in the world was being a kid and in a hotel and you hear your dad pee in the bathroom. It's all taking for-ev-er and so loud and echoey; waiting for the sound of the creek outside to rise.

Abbott, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 19:02 (eighteen years ago)

P.S.

- gas-mask showers
- high-pressure hoses used on humans
- now someone is going to talk about toweling off with smallpox-infected blankets, I think

nabisco, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 19:03 (eighteen years ago)

We couldn't figure out how to clebrate Columbus Day so we decided to switch the use of "a" and "an." Whoever did this tricky task flawlessly would get visited by the ghost of Columbus with a pile of diseased blankets.

Abbott, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 19:07 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

ILX System, Thursday, 10 January 2008 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

'Clump' all the way.
I was too late to vote though.

Bee En Juan, Thursday, 10 January 2008 03:47 (eighteen years ago)

rice comes out of my showerhead

Bo Jackson Overdrive, Thursday, 10 January 2008 03:48 (eighteen years ago)

Why get excited about showerheads when ONE DAY WE WILL DIE.

JTS, Thursday, 10 January 2008 04:45 (eighteen years ago)

This is the most surreal thread Ive read in ages.

Trayce, Thursday, 10 January 2008 05:48 (eighteen years ago)

Is there any way to increase your water pressure or are you generally just stuck with what you have?

Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 10 January 2008 06:17 (eighteen years ago)

CONTROL F "throbbing lady bits" NOT FOUND

Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, 10 January 2008 06:45 (eighteen years ago)

between my legs. lol

stevienixed, Thursday, 10 January 2008 07:26 (eighteen years ago)

Whiney, you can install a pump.

Alba, Thursday, 10 January 2008 08:34 (eighteen years ago)

Work is good, but hey I prefer my showerhead.

ta.

Mark G, Thursday, 10 January 2008 08:47 (eighteen years ago)

THESE RESULTS ARE BULLSHIT, PEOPLE

nabisco, Thursday, 10 January 2008 18:15 (eighteen years ago)

The Cloudburst!

http://www.corkbathroom.ie/showers-cloudburst-gallery.jpg

The best of both worlds. Clumpy in the middle, with a wide area of rainy around it.

kenan, Thursday, 10 January 2008 18:24 (eighteen years ago)

"the best of both worlds: a delicious pizza, covered with a trendy new lip gloss!"

nabisco, Thursday, 10 January 2008 18:34 (eighteen years ago)

not really, no.

kenan, Thursday, 10 January 2008 18:38 (eighteen years ago)

um

i can't believe that many ppl like the clump

Surmounter, Thursday, 10 January 2008 18:44 (eighteen years ago)

cloudburst otm

rrrobyn, Thursday, 10 January 2008 18:47 (eighteen years ago)

Is there any way to increase your water pressure or are you generally just stuck with what you have?

-- Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 10 January 2008 06:17 (13 hours ago) Bookmark Link

http://www.amazon.com/Incredible-Head-Power-Shower-Showerhead/dp/B000HE6PIA

caek, Thursday, 10 January 2008 19:30 (eighteen years ago)

douchey boing boing-esque coverage: http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/03/enjoy-the-perfect-shower-anywhere-in-the-worldfor-296/

caek, Thursday, 10 January 2008 19:31 (eighteen years ago)

The backstory is douchey (jiujitsu? did we really need to know?) but the cheapo showerhead itself is probably a v smart discovery.

Laurel, Thursday, 10 January 2008 19:34 (eighteen years ago)

eek gym showers

i don't think my current showerhead can even be removed without power tools and some kind of glue solvent
i've checked it out - it wld be a disaster, pipes wld come out of wall, etc

worst shower i've had was at apartment of my brother's friend in soho (in nyc) - top floor (5th, i think), fluctuating water pressure, ran hot and cold, died down to sad sad dribbles, so had to turn it off and wait for a sign from god or something. even those sun-warmed camping showers are better.

best shower ever - at a brand new ibis hotel in paris near the bastille 5 yrs ago. also had awesome bed

rrrobyn, Thursday, 10 January 2008 19:50 (eighteen years ago)

eww gym showers are/were definitely horrifying. ew. i mean why would anyone ever do that? do men just like feel comfortable going in there and showering? do women? i don't understand.

Surmounter, Thursday, 10 January 2008 19:52 (eighteen years ago)

LOL@'douchey'

Michael White, Thursday, 10 January 2008 19:55 (eighteen years ago)

okay if you've been at the gym and you've been sweating (which is something you do at a gym i believe) then you have to take a shower before putting your clean clothes on again!
gym showers to me are actually fine b/c they are for purely utilitarian purposes, whereas home showers i feel should have a few concessions to self-indulgence

rrrobyn, Thursday, 10 January 2008 19:58 (eighteen years ago)

Like a minibar?

Michael White, Thursday, 10 January 2008 20:00 (eighteen years ago)

Like it's acceptable to go in it three times a day and stand under the hot water, staring down at the floor, because you can't think of anything more fulfilling to do and your landlord pays for the water bill.

Abbott, Thursday, 10 January 2008 20:04 (eighteen years ago)

yes like a minibar and yes like naturopathic water therapy

rrrobyn, Thursday, 10 January 2008 20:06 (eighteen years ago)

the last apartment i lived in had ridiculously low water pressure, it was a trickle, like being pissed on. i did some interest research, and found out (from a libertarian blog looool) there was a rubber stopper in the pipe that was restricting the flow, put there by the landlord. i removed it and the pressure was fine!

bell_labs, Thursday, 10 January 2008 20:14 (eighteen years ago)

^^^ no shit?? you never told me that! no wonder you hated your landlord so much.

ian, Thursday, 10 January 2008 20:17 (eighteen years ago)

also, i did not vote in this poll but clumpy all the way son.

ian, Thursday, 10 January 2008 20:17 (eighteen years ago)

that guy was a slumlord and a dick.

bell_labs, Thursday, 10 January 2008 20:17 (eighteen years ago)

ooo... i should look into that at julia's place. I hate showering there. I can barely get all the soap off.

kenan, Thursday, 10 January 2008 20:18 (eighteen years ago)

then a third one (perhaps alluded to by gabbneb) in which the outer ring of the head shoots out super-high pressure, super-narrow jets of water, which feel like needles on your skin.

i've experienced that. it's extremely unpleasant.

lauren, Thursday, 10 January 2008 20:19 (eighteen years ago)


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