Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This unit is a little more expensive than some of the other offerings, but the quality is really great considering what I paid for it, and I'd definitely buy again. First things first: It's about 90% chromed plastic, but fairly sturdily built. It has an "ok" amount of heft to it, and definitely looks like an expensive, high-quality unit. The hose is metal and every bit as flexible as promised. The hose fittings and the fitting on the back of the main shower head are also metal, as is the ball joint on the main sower head, which lets you aim it where you need it. The rest of the fittings including on the handheld piece and the hub/connector, are plastic. Plastic threads, rubber gaskets. The kit thoughtfully included some teflon thread tape for attaching to the main pipe, so you don't need to buy that separately! Also important to note: the instructions seem to jump all over the place, so it's easy to miss, but they do mention that you should NOT use the thread tape on any of the other fittings, and that you should NOT use any tools to assemble it. That said, the threads on the hub for one of the hose fittings seemed malformed a bit for me, and I was unable to screw it on far enough to make a seal with my fingers, and had to resort to (carefully!) using a pair of pliers There's a couple plastic flow restrictors in the shower head fittings. The one in the handheld bit was easy to fish out, but the one in the main showerhead was a little more challenging as it's sunk in deeper. Be careful not to damage the unit when fishing it out with a small-bladed screwdriver, wire, or awl. With the flow restrictors out, this unit actually puts out a lot more water than my old showerhead, which is a welcome change given the low water pressure in my house.