Singing in the Rain

I frequently shower two times a day. Once when I get up in the morning and once in the evening after I get home from the gym. I'm told that this isn't the best thing for my skin, but smelling like my little sister wouldn't be the best thing for my social life, so it's the lesser of two evils.

Since I spend a decent amount of the time in the shower, I find it nice to have a good shower head. I would love it were I able to afford a steam room shower with all the fixings, but that's sometime off in the future. In the meantime, there are some smaller modifications that you can make to your shower to really improve the whole experience.

If you haven't tried one of the nicer rain shower heads, then you probably think it is foolish to spend money on an improved shower head. The one you have installed right now throws water at you, which is really all you need. The problem is, once you have tried one of the better shower heads, you'll know how good it is and you'll want one for yourself. When you do get to that point, you can go one of two routes. You can head over to your local Home Depot and buy a $40-$80 shower head, or you can pick up a more expensive brand at a speciality plumbing dealer like Taps in Toronto.

Among the higher end brands three stand out as offering the best rain shower heads. Those three are Aquabrass, Grohe and Hansgrohe. Each sell showerheads at $80 but the nice rain shower heads are going to run you quite a bit more. The Grohe Rainshower Shower head, for example, retails at around $275 US from a couple of online retailers.

If you can justify the expense, do it. You'll notice the difference and you'll be the talk of all your friends. They will no longer congregate in your kitchen at parties but will be drawn to the bathroom. From there, who knows what might happen.