[Claire Woods]

We have one of those big rain shower heads and I’m wondering if the Qinux AquaSylk would mess with the flow too much. I know it’s supposed to help with pressure but ours is already pretty gentle by design. Anyone tried this combo? Not looking to turn it into a laser beam, just don’t want it to feel weaker than it already does.

[T_Holloway]

Mine cut flow noticeably on a rain head.

[Tom 2020]

I’d swap the rain head back on temporarily and see how it feels before buying anything. Mine dropped the flow enough that I noticed it, so I would not stack one on a head that is already gentle on purpose. The pressure boost talk did not match what I got.

[Khan]

Mine actually felt a bit stronger on the rain head, not weaker. The stream got a little more focused but it wasn’t harsh or anything. Depends on your plumbing I guess.

[Linda Robinson]

Mine was actually the opposite of what you’re worried about. On our rainfall head the flow felt slightly stronger after I put it on, not weaker, and I didn’t have to crank anything. It’s been on for about two months now and the difference is small but it’s there. The one thing I didn’t expect is that the water feels less slick, if that makes sense, which I’m guessing is the filtering part doing something. Not a huge change either way. My husband couldn’t tell a difference at all, so it’s one of those things you notice if you’re the one showering under it every day.

[Jamie Kell]

Mine didn’t stay on the rain head long. I put it on mostly for the filter side of things since our water is rough, and after a couple weeks I moved it back to the regular head. On the rain head it made the spray feel thinner to me, less of that soft wide sprinkle and more like a normal shower head pretending to be a rain head. My wife didn’t care either way, so maybe it’s a me thing, but I noticed it every morning. The annoying part is I actually liked what it did for my skin, so now I’m stuck deciding whether soft water is worth a shower that feels like standing under a watering can with a hole in it. Still using it on the small head for now. If your rain head is already gentle by design I’d expect the same thing to happen, because it’s not really adding water, just changing how it comes out. Not a disaster, just not the combo I wanted.

[Mike Jensen]

Mine choked the flow on a rain head, so no.

[Jade Writes]

Mine made the rain head feel like a normal shower head, which I didn’t love. The spray went from that soft rainfall feel to something more direct and I ended up taking it off after about a week. If you like the gentle thing your head already does, I wouldn’t count on this keeping it.

[Steve Harris]

Tried this on our rainfall head about four months back because the water here is harsh and I wanted the filter side of it. First shower felt off, like the head went from a lazy drizzle to something with an actual opinion. Not a laser beam, but the softness was gone. I left it on for two weeks mostly out of laziness and it never really settled back into that gentle rainfall feel. Swapped it back and the difference was obvious. So if the gentle flow is the whole reason you like that head, I would not count on this thing preserving it. The filter part seemed fine, no argument there, but the pressure behavior is what it is. My water is pretty hard though, so who knows if that changes anything.

[Lisa Bass]

The filter part is really the reason I’d consider one of these anyway, the pressure thing is secondary for me. If your rain head is already gentle on purpose, it might be worth checking how the filter side holds up before worrying about the flow.

[Claire Woods]

I’m the one who started this thread, by the way, and I appreciate all the different experiences. Interesting that a few of you found it made the rain head feel more direct instead of softer, since that’s the part I was wary of. I’ll probably just try it and see how it feels in our setup rather than guessing.

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