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: 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: Does what it says
Summary: 5 Stars
The shower introduces air into water and creates an airy spray. Yes it creates an airy spray. Installation is very simple. A little help from the internet and I did it. I stay in a rental house and the water used to literally drip from the shower. There was no pressure at all. Not that the water pressure was not good, I think the shower head was faulty. In any case I went to walmart and looked at some showerheads, and they all cost about $10-15. At $30 I felt it was a good deal and bought this. The good thing about this is you can use it as a regular shower head as well as a hand held. Its great for me.
Now lets take a look at some of the complaints in the other reviews:
WATER GETS COLD:
As some of the reviewers have noted, it does lower the water temperature a little. So if you get just about warm to little hot water, or you like to take shower in steaming hot water then this ones not for you. For us there was no significant change in temperature. As I like normal hot water.
NO CHANGE IN PRESSURE OR WATER SPRAY IS AIRY
Ok some of the reviewers said that the water has more air. Well the whole point of the shower is supposed to introduce more air into the water so that we have more oxygen dissolved in the water. It is supposed to be a spa. If you don't like taking bath with a spray of water, then again this is not for you. It increases the pressure by introducing air into the water. So the water comes out as a spray mixed with air.
NOT STURDY OR MADE OF PLASTIC
Well for the price I am paying, I expect nothing more. It has some sturdy parts but most of it is plastic. If you are looking for something more sturdy or something made entirely of metal, you gotta pay more. Trust me, I have looked every where. Online, outside. For this price this is the best you ll get, at least for a hand held.
Well as for longevity I have only used it for about 1 month so cant say much yet. Will surely update my review as and when I see any changes.
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: I would have paid twice as much.
Summary: 5 Stars
In fact, before The Sharper Image went out of business, they did charge twice as much for this same model. Fortunately, I save a bundle at Amazon and get a great shower. I can't say enough good things about Oxygenics showerheads. I first experienced one at a hotel and it was so surprisingly invigorating that I wrote down the name and looked it up as soon as I got home. I've tried lots of different "shower massage" type products but none of them ever had any settings which felt as energizing and cleansing (while also saving water) as Oxygenics.
It's true that there is plastic behind the chrome, but it's durable enough without being heavy to hold in your hand. Oxygenics has revised their instructions to better explain the flow regulator (which an earlier reviewer mentioned as confusing). It is definitely not obvious from looking at it, so if you have guests using your shower, you might want to mention it.
Installation was very easy (and this is coming from someone who has trouble replacing an air conditioning filter). Due to the angle of the mounting bracket, the first couple of inches of hose are angled away from you, so it might have been nice for the hose to be just a tiny bit longer, but it's still a reasonably convenient length.
I cannot imagine ever going back to any other showerhead. If you don't decide to buy this model, you should at least buy one of Oxygenics' non-handheld models. They are simply amazing, and I plan to buy more as Christmas gifts.
Customer Review: Excellent Kit
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been shopping for a shower head to replace the cheap and irritating shower head in my apartment. Part of the problem I've found is that either the shower heads are cheap plastic junk, have an excessive amount of settings that I don't need or want, or both. I took somewhat of a risk with the Oxygenics shower head based on some of the reviews.
I have to say, this shower head is absolutely wonderful. The installation instructions are actually readable English with clear pictures, and I found it is very easy to install. The only confusing aspect is that the instructions indicate to use a thin washer on one end of the hose and a tick washer on the other end, but the kit comes with two washers of the same size (at least I couldn't tell any difference between them). I suspect the product has been updated use one size washer but the instructions haven't been updated yet. Whatever the case, I found either washer works equally well on either end of the hose.
One feature I really like is that the shower head has a knob at the base to adjust the water flow from a slow trickle to a full blast. One caveat is that the shower head is noisier with a full stream than other shower heads I've tried, but I suspect this is because it uses similar principles as high-pressure nozzles at some car washes.