We're the High Pressure Experts!

Shower Head Testing

Our testing has shown that there are three main factors which determine if a shower head will provide a powerful spray:

1) Stream Integrity: Do the streams of water stay cohesive with a precise, uniform and symmetrical flow or are they inconsistent, random or even colliding? Are there renegade streams plotting their own courses? Does the stream pattern stay the same at very low water supply pressures?

2) Flow Efficiency: Does the shower head convert all the available water supply pressure into shower head pressure? This is particularly important in low water pressure areas.

3) Spray Dispersion: Does the shower head spray stay focused or does it disperse at a wide angle?

Powerful, soothing shower heads will excel in each measure, not just one or two. A garden hose, for example, would have an extraordinarily high flow efficiency but provide a lousy shower, while many shower heads have the proper spray dispersion but provide poor flow efficiency. Of the three measures, the first two are the most important and very few heads perform well in both these measures. Measuring flow efficiency and testing the integrity of the streams at various lower pressures requires special test equipment.

We developed this testing criteria with the goal of measuring shower head performance in an objective way that exactly matched the practical but subjective measure of how strong and powerful the streams feel in the shower. After much trial and error, some head scratching and several equipment redesigns, we arrived at our current methodology.

 

Photos

Stop-action photography can reveal flaws and problems with streams that the naked eye can't catch.

Complete photo section coming soon

Here's a preview:

This photo shows the regular Ultimate. Basically an identical pattern to the Large Ultimate, as you would expect - defined, symmetical and precise, but with fewer streams resulting in slightly greater pressure per stream.

Remember that with all our High Pressure Shower Heads these basic stream patterns remain intact at pressures as low at 20 psi! (Normal is 60 psi and very few areas are below 40 psi) The pressure of the streams will drop under these extreme conditions, of course, but the stream integrity is preserved.

This photo shows the stream integrity of our Perfect shower head. Very similar to the Large Ultimate. Again you see excellent definition, continuous streams of small drops, no renegade streams and no pressure-robbing collisions.