Low flow showerheads?

I know this is a really old thread but worth starting up again. I currently use an Ecoflow 1.5gpm shower head and am thinking about replacing it with a Bricor B100 Ultra Max 0.55gpm shower head. It seems to get great reviews but is rather expensive at $75. Anyone have this shower head?

 

lol, $75 expensive for a shower head? My fixtures were close to $800 for a single shower 2 years ago when I remodeled. I now have the "joy" of remodeling 3 more bathrooms and I have no doubt the tax alone will be more than $75...

 

Yes $75 is a lot of money for just a low flow shower head. I am not talking about the whole shower fixture.

I decided to add a shut off valve with my current 2.5gpm shower head. This should allow me to reduce the water use to as low as the Bricor.

 

In a rustic cabin, I've seen a garden hose nozzle used as a shower head. It's cheap, effective, and still adjustable.

 

I had a low flow shower head in my master bath but found that I took longer showers and didn't really feel refreshed. I went out bought a nice powerful shower head, drilled a larger hole in the little orifice that restricted the flow and now I can feel the clean being blasted upon me.

To get the hot water to my shower faster, I have a Grundfos installed in the house. When I bought it, it cost around $300 now I see they are even cheaper. I never wait for hot water.

 

I try to be environmentally frugal when/where I can, but I draw the line at the shower curtain! I despise lo-flo shower heads!!
In fact.....when I used to travel for the government (in a former life) I actually used to pack a modified shower head, some Teflon tape, and a pair of channel locks with me.
No hotel "mist" showers for the kid....

Yeah...I know.
100 demerits and a PC 'speeding ticket' for me.....

 

I would stick with the 1.5 gpm one. I have one of those in my spare bath, and when I use it (it's a full tub/shower vs my corner stall) I am satisfied with it. Otherwise, I have a 2.5 gpm one in my shower, and just turn the flow down really low, otherwise I give the stall a nice rinsing.

If you really want to lower the flow a little more, I have used a 1.25 gpm shower head before and was fine with it. Good pressure, just not tons of water flow.

 

When we had a shower and the put a showerhead in and I went to hardware store and got one like this one.

Whedon 45990 1.5 GPM Showerhead W Push Btn. I think I paid 5 bucks for 1st one and then had to find another it was 10... I paid it gladly. Better pressure and paid for itself when I had son's living at home that refused to take showers in locker rooms....

 

I never hit my minimum water bill each month anyway.