New Shower Head

This blog has become about the most random collection of ramblings I can think of (and I thought of them all, so I'm not sure if me thinking it's random means something or not). Well, add one more to the chaos...

For several months now my wife and I have been putting up with a mediocre shower experience due to a lack of water pressure. Reason? I'm pretty sure the issue was deposits in the shower head that were restricting flow. I took it off and soaked it in CLR (which will kill your grass by the way) and vinegar - not at the same time - thinking this would break it up and get things moving again.

Unfortunately CLR doesn't work like they show on TV.

On Saturday evening after OSU's big win (I refused to go to dinner with my parents until the game was over - or OSU had no chance to win, whichever came first) and dinner with my parents Brittany said something about needing to "run by" Target (do not be deceived, those words should not indicate anything quick about what is getting ready to happan - though if challenged death and destruction will ensue). I walked virtually every non-clothing aisle (Brittany made sure those got fully inspected). In the process I ran across 2 things I found worthy of purchase:
1. A 4gb jump drive for $9
2. A Waterpik shower head for $11 (on clearance)

The reason I'd been putting up with the lack of water pressure was that I just hated to drop $30 on a shower head at Lowe's since the last time I did that it only took a year before I ended up right where I was at.

But for $11, maybe it would be worth it.

I have become quite proficient with shower head removal/install, so it only took about 5 minutes to remove the old head and install the new. A quick test revealed that there were no pesky leaks and we were in business. Now for the awesome part...

A post-mowing shower late in the afternoon revealed that the new shower head produces nearly the same water pressure as my power washer!

I'm pretty sure this just shaved 3 minutes off our shower times, if that's not environmentally friendly I don't know what is!