Side by Side Comparison of: HotelSpa vs xlshower vs Kes

Very nice looking handset! Water flow is great and head us just the right size! Easy to connect, need to have plumbers tape already, though. Turn off button feature works great during shower but water has to be turned off at source when done with the process as shower head and connection at hose leak due to pressure. Overall, exactly as expected and a great deal!

I am a woman who has never removed and installed a shower head in my life. After reading the instructions and watching a couple of videos, I was able to install this wonderful handheld shower head in 5 minutes no sweat! I didn't even use any tools! Excellent!

This is perfect it took a total of five(5) minutes to install and the shower was on. This handheld helps for cleaning the shower so I can get to all corners but the ability to chane the pressures is fabulous for me while I am in the shower. It is lightweight, the hose is lightweight and follows me as I am using it some hoses fight you. The finish is smooth and feels good in my hand.

I was impressed right out of the box. This product looked pristine and elegant for my master bath. At install, there were no problems what so ever. I followed the easy to read and understand directions to the letter. I removed my old leaking shower head and cleaned the threads of the shower arm coming out of the wall. I am in a new home of only 3 years so the build up of thread tape was not a problem. I connected the "metal" hose (yes, it is metal and hangs perfectly without sticking out like my old plastic one) and then connected the holder to the shower arm. Take your time, as per directions, to make sure your rubber washers are properly seated and you will have no leaks. I got it installed in less than 10 minutes and then came the test, I turned on the water. There was not one leak at any of the 3 connection points. I was thrilled beyond belief. I have installed 3 different shower heads in my master bath and they all leaked. If you buy a shower head with a separate hand held shower head, the weight of the hand held causes the support holder to spin when you put the hand held back in the holder, thus leading to a leak. This hand held shower head is all you need. It's a shower head and hand held all in one and fits in it's holder at the very front of your shower arm coming out of the wall. The holder will pivot to allow you to aim the hand held at the proper angle to suit your needs. If you can't get the ball joint to pivot, simply loosen the large nut that holds the ball joint in place. Be sure to tighten the nut back when you have freed the ball joint. As the instructions state, there are no tools required for this install. Everything is hand tightened and be sure not to over tighten or you will put too much pressure on your rubber washers. The rubber washers are important to having no leaks. Pipe tape is not required.

I like this hand held shower. We were replacing a 10 year old one that we couldn't get the minerals out of anymore and this will work well for us. I like the variety of settings and hubby likes the variety and the on/off flow. We didn't replace the hose and hanger, just the head and it went on with no leaks and fit just fine.UPDATE: The on/off flow slide button has quit working. It was stiff to slide to begin with but is now immovable. Fortunately, it quit working with the water flow on. We have replaced it with another product that turns off with the settings thumb wheel. Much easier for us anyway. This one went into the guest bath. It still works fine.

I loved this shower head so much that I bought another one for the other bathroom! The hose is stainless steel and not plastic so it doesn't stick out, very flexible!

VERY easy to install. So far, it is working well. I would like a more powerful flow, but it is still pretty good. I also like the fact that once installed, it sits higher than our mounted shower head, which makes it nice for taller people. I love the flow control switch on the handle. All the different settings are great.

over-all a good buy. Great value for money - not amazing quality, but you can't expect that for this price - that said, it does exactly what it's supposed to do, and the 'pause' button is a great featuring when I'm bathing my young child. There seems to be a lot of debate on the finish - I was specifically looking a brushed nickle finish because everything else in my bathroom is brushed nickle - this matches perfectly.

Great replacement for a fixed shower head. It provides the ability to put the water where you want and need it. It has multiple settings from a fine mist to massage. I typically only use a couple settings but they work well and as expected. The selector for the various settings moves freely and clicks into place. The only two issues I have are the length of the hose and the pause switch. The hose is a standard length for most of these products. I just like it longer so needed to spend extra to get the one I wanted. The pause switch on the handle works well but is difficult to move. Even more difficult with soapy hands. I fear that in time it may break.

this was super easy to install- i just unscrewed old connections & screwed this on, by hand- no tools, connections do not leak. sits a little loose in the original arm/holder of our 2016 grand design momentum, but it does ok, & we did not want to risk changing it to the one that comes with this. the metal hose lays much better/flatter than the original plastic one that stuck out horribly & was harder/stiffer to maneuver. the off switch is of course a trickle, & i've noticed the trickle is different on each setting- least trickle is on the full massage setting because water is only coming out of inner set of holes. i struggle a bit with the switch to turn back on, i have to make sure my hands are not soapy by running them under existing trickle, but my hands do have some dexterity issues. head is lightweight plastic colored to look like metal but the bushed nickel matches, looks fine, and seems durable enough. overall i am very happy with it, i just wish switch was perhaps a SPST type toggle/button so it'd be easier to turn back on.

This shower head works great in terms of output, and the finish matches our brushed nickel handles perfectly. While I like the idea of the inaptly-named "on/off switch" (it doesn't turn off the water, but greatly reduces the flow to conserve water while keeping the water moving in the pipes so it stays warm, preventing a blast of cold water when you switch it back on) and a primary reason I bought it, the switch is so hard to move with wet fingers that I doubt that some people will be able to use it -- assuming mine is representative of others. Fortunately I still have the chrome butterfly valve I used with out previous shower head, and will reinstall it at the end of the shower arm.

The warming mist setting is excellent - we've greatly reduced our water consumption. The hose connections are non-standard, so I could not reuse my previous (longer) hose.

Nice shower head but the water flow is too restricted for my taste.

He wanted it. I didn't. But it's nice, versatile and pretty (my criterion).

Bought for 2 reasons - the handheld to assist in cleaning shower and the on off switch on handle to turn water off easily during shower when lathering or shampooing. The handheld piece works perfectly, however the on off switch is so hard to turn off and on that I had to turn off the water and get a towel to move it back to the on position. So this feature is not used and its a shame because it would be an ideal feature for water usage.

Easy to install, simple instructions. Shower head has nice settings. The pause works well. However, the water flowing thru the hose is very loud. Could hear it two rooms away.

slide switch to turn off water flow is very hard to operate. My unit fell off the holder and the selector lever broke off (plastic), now can not change shower settings (i.e. message, etc...)

Not enough pressure. I like the fact I can shut off the water flow while I lather up, but the low pressure means I have to have it on longer in order to get all the soap out of my hair and off my body. I find the switch to push up or down to stop or start the flow is a bit hard to work. Maybe over time it will slide easier. No I would not recommend this.

The main reason I ordered this shower head was because it supposedly came with the "patented on/off switch". The product that I received does not have the panted on off switch.

I would be extremely happy with this item if the on/off button actually worked well. We shower with rain water so we need to conserve. This thing leaks a fair amount of water in the "pause" position. It also doesn't really have a mode that is low-flow. I will say that it's an attractive looking unit with excellent hardware and was very easy to install. I was really disappointed when the pause switch didn't work.

I really like the idea, but by turning it off, water was still running.

Not enough pressure so put our old one back on.

Very nice except on and off switch very very hard to slide on handle. All other features are great.

water stream to weak. returned it

too soft. took it out and put the old one back in.

This spontaneously combusted after 4 weeks. I'm sending it back for a replacement to try one more time.

The handle comes off when the "pause" switch is flipped. It's useless now. Don't buy this!

Very weak pressure and with no way of resolving by removing flow restrictor.

I read so many positive reviews I was so excited for this to arrive.What I didn't like:-Came open box with no packaging.-All the different water spraying options are basically the exact same.-water comes out slow no high pressure setting-The "mist" is a joke. It actually is the highest water pressure setting in the entire thing. So uses a lot of water if you wanted to use it to just steam up shower you'll run out of hot water.- it is not brushed nickle, definitely chrome.- feels cheap and is very lightPositives-- my last one broke because of the design at the top holding the handle. This one definitely has a better design at the top for holding handle.I would return but we will use the attachment on the top and re attach our old shower head.