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Everything You Need to Know About Choosing the Perfect Shower Head
You use one every day, so you might as well get it right.
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There’s no such thing as a perfect shower head in the same way that there’s no such thing as the “best” hamburger or headphones: Personal preference is too great a factor for there to be any objective assessment of quality.
Still, high-end shower heads, which generally range from about $100 to more than $2,000, have some unifying characteristics that set them apart from what you’ll find at a hardware store. Companies like Dornbracht, Grohe, Hansgrohe (they’re different companies), Toto, and Zucchetti are considered superior within the industry.