Oxygenics 130-XLF25 BodySpa SkinCare Handheld Shower, Chrome
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Oxygenics 130-XLF25 BodySpa SkinCare Handheld Shower, Chrome
Customer Review: All Wet
Summary: 1 Stars
This showerhead is supposed to improve low pressure issues. After installing, the pressure output was less than the Waterpik handheld it replaced. It does not do what its meant to and is definitely not worth the premium price compared to average handhelds. Amazon did promptly take it back and issue a full refund though, Thanks.Customer Review: Amazing
Summary: 5 Stars
Love it! Love it! Love it! It's like a high pressure car wash. ( I don't sound like a high pressure salesman? )Customer Review: Amazing... for low pressure and/or RV
Summary: 5 Stars
I am extremely pleased with this shower wand/head! I think you might be too.
This shower wand would work well for home or RV, but my primary purpose was to find something to replace (and thereby improve) the shower experience in my RV. I am living full time in my motor home. The water pressure at the current RV park is 40 psi (I measured it.), which is actually quite sufficient for most uses but the original shower head either used all the hot water (I have a 6 gallon hot water tank) or was a limp dribble when I tried to conserve the hot water.
My research lead me to this shower head. It advertises a 2.5 gpm flowrate, which would be too much for my application, but with some research I found out that this 2.5 gpm was at 75-80 psi. When 40 psi is used, the flow is only 1.5 gpm. That is more like I needed. That convinced me, so I ordered it with the optional support bracket. (I don't have a conventional shower pipe out the wall; the connection in the RV is part of the faucet.)
Installation was simple and straight forward; just a matter of screwing some connections together. The most difficult part was determining how and where to put the optional support bracket. This wouldn't be an issue if you are hanging it from the shower pipe (that bracket is part of the supplied connections), but in the RV it needs to be attached to the wall. I mounted the optional bracket to a small square of plastic then velcro'd the plastic piece to the shower wall. It is removable, adjustable and sturdy.. now to test.
The shower was amazing! Lots of velocity and plenty of water.. Washed head to toe.. then hair.. rinse.. conditioner.. rinse.. and still the hot water was going strong. Could this be?? I didn't time the shower, but didn't feel I needed to either. Done, with time to spare.
My first impression was that surely it must be using more water than 1.5 gpm, so I determined to measure it. With wide open faucets at 40 psi, I captured the water in a waste basket for one minute and measured it with the large kitchen measuring cups.... 180 ounces... it was just as advertised at about 1.5 gpm at 40 psi (actually just slightly under that at 1.4 gpm)..
Need a shower head for low pressure or need a new one for the RV??? This is the ticket in my opinion.
Incidentally, I later found that this shower head is sold by RV supply places also; however, their price is nearly double what it is available for here... and it is the same thing.
Oh... should mention that it is "kinda" big as far as RV shower wands go.. but so what.. who is looking.. it is the result that matters.
Customer Review: As good as it gets
Summary: 5 Stars
Oxygenics BodySpa SkinCare Handheld Shower, Chrome #130-XLF25We bought the 130-XLF25 after hearing rave reviews from four friends who are also Airstream owners. We are full-time living in our 25' Airstream trailer and installed it in our camper for the reduced water use (helpful if we are dry-camping and want to more slowly fill our rinse water holding tank) and especially for the increased water spray compared to standard shower heads.
This has been so fantastic, just as good as our friends claimed. In fact it is a little funny, we sometimes tend to use more water (when we have full hook-ups and don't worry about the amount of rinse water we generate) because this shower head spray feels so great.
When we want to conserve water better, we can turn down the volume on the Oxygenics' comfort control knob at the bottom of the handle and the spray reduces very smoothly.
The box included a hose and a holder bracket for the head, but we used the holder bracket already installed in our shower and attached it in-line between our existing hose and the new shower head. We couldn't use the holder bracket because we are attaching this to a shower control low in the shower. The included holder bracket would work great for a house. We saved the new hose in case we want to use it later, but didn't need it for now.
We highly recommend this shower head for a house or for a camper. It greatly improves the water spray velocity and has adjustable water volume. We can save water with it and still enjoy our showers.
Customer Review: Avoid This Handheld Version
Summary: 2 Stars
We've had a direct-mount (not hand held) Oxygenics shower head for 3 years--it's wonderful. This newer model can be hand-held which is why we got it for another bathroom. The new spa shower model doesn't provide nearly the concentrated, powerful spray that the old one does. It's also of much cheaper construction and more difficult to adjust the spray. We moved it to our guest bath where it doesn't get much use. Not worth the price.