So I was on facebook and saw a stone stream shower head ad. It looked awesome with the spinning rocks and blasting the shower head back when the water came on. So I went to their website and it was like $25 for the basic model and $5 more for the 3 function model. Decided to see if they were selling them on Amazon and this one popped up. I don’t think its a Stone Stream brand shower head, not that the brand means anything to me, but they look identical. And was 1/3rd the price. I went through reading some of the reveiws and seemed like an overall positive experience. Bought it and two days later had it. The pictures on amazon made me wonder if the beads would come pre installed or not. They do, however the anti scale rubber thing is not installed, and there are no instructions that explain what to do with it. It’s pretty simple though you unscrew the chrome retainer and stick the rubber in behind it. I decided to leave it out for now, although I do have hard water so I might need to use it.
The shower head looks really nice installed.They include a normal size roll of Teflon tape, they are not stingy at all! So if you have some other plumbing projects like you need to repipe your whole house they include enough to do that. The showerhead is plastic but the brown rocks and chrome bezels give it a luxury look to it. It’s not premium materials but when you look at it, it seems premium. It’s very nice.
I have pretty decent water pressure so that wasn’t really an issue for me. Yes the pressure is a bit higher but the holes are smaller so pressure goes up and volume goes down, much like sticking your thumb over a garden hose. It is interesting though when you shower with it, because the water is so fine it gives it an airy feel. Almost like standing next to a waterfall, you get that blast of air and mist. There’s plenty of water to shower with, and I do enjoy the airy sensation around my head. It’s weird and pleasant.
The real test is my wife, she has long thick hair. She said she was worried it wouldn’t be enough to wash with but that it worked surprisingly well. Happy wife, happy life. She’s picky and it passed the test. As a bonus my 7 year old son also said it was amazing.
One thing to note, the rocks don’t spin around like the video I saw, they do bounce and dance at the bottom though. After watching other videos of the stone stream it seems in real life the stones don’t spin around either.
it has 3 settings, wide spray on the outside, stronger focused spray in the middle and both sprays at the same time (my prefered setting)
So that’s it, only used it for a few showers thus far but I really like it.
1 month update 6/2/18:
Still love it! it did start getting slightly clogged from our hard water, it made the water feel like little needles. I removed the chrome ring and the strainer and soaked over night in vinegar, problem solved back to my windy waterfall. I did test the hard water adapter, it has to be installed instead of the metal looking strainer, the flow from it is like a regular showerhead.
3 month update 8/8/18:
Still amazing. Every 2-3 weeks I soak it over night in vinegar. I stopped taking it apart and just plop the front in a plastic bowl with white converter. Shower head is holding up well, still looks new. Highly recommend this shower head.