How do you prefer your showerhead to work?

"clump"? Call the plumber.

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

also, lol

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.)

i don't have options, our shower is terrible

but i do have a clawfoot tub

so baths

i prefer my showerhead to work baths

omg nabisco likes gigantic golden showers???

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."

but don't you care about my actual showerhead?

i thought you would want to know ;_;

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

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

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

Wide and powerful.

i'm all about the clump, myself

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

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.

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

the big wide rain-from-above ones are awes

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.

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

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

but strong shower pressure with the clump is just painful.

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

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

that woman is so happy

and naked

tho how else wld you be

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

she could have jeans on

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

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

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

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

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

Perry gettin Biblical

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)

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

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

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?

you're right.

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

ew

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

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

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

in Ste Anne des Secret Waterfalls Tropicale, Quebec

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

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

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

also, so not giving birth to centaur

better than giving birth to a unicorn

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

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

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

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

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

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

wow

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.

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.

like you're getting peed on by a giant

thanks for ruining my life, nabisco

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

rice comes out of my showerhead

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

This is the most surreal thread Ive read in ages.

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

CONTROL F "throbbing lady bits" NOT FOUND

between my legs. lol

Whiney, you can install a pump.

Work is good, but hey I prefer my showerhead.

ta.

THESE RESULTS ARE BULLSHIT, PEOPLE

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.

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

not really, no.

um

i can't believe that many ppl like the clump

cloudburst otm

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

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

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

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

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.

LOL@'douchey'

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

Like a minibar?

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.

yes like a minibar and yes like naturopathic water therapy

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!

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

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

that guy was a slumlord and a dick.

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

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.