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Best Shower heads for MAC

Posted by kathyhg @kathyhg, Mar 18, 2019

I've been reading about shower heads and it seems that many are bad for growing bacteria. One mentioned on another forum was called The Original Chrome Shower Head by Shower Clear. It is very expensive and wondering if anyone has experience with this or others that might be good.
Thanks,

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paxmundi | @paxmundi | 16 hours ago
In reply to @filefolder1 "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9802317/ According to this study, greater numbers of bacteria were found in “rain head” style shower..." + (show)
@filefolder1

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9802317/
According to this study, greater numbers of bacteria were found in “rain head” style shower heads than hand held or “massage” heads. I wonder if that’s because rain head styles are mounted flat and therefore don’t drain completely or dry as fast?

I’ve also been researching using vinegar for disinfecting shower head. Seems it has to be at least 6% acetic acid. Most of what is sold in US is less than that. At that higher strength, can only submerge 30 minutes before damage to materials.

I use a household vinegar soak once a week to reduce mineral clogging but I’m not finding where that practice kills MAC. Even so called “cleaning vinegar” in the US is only 5%.

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The article says that the width of the spray in the rain head style was bigger than the handheld model that has a more focused spray so less spraying going into the air.

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paxmundi | @paxmundi | 16 hours ago
In reply to @aerogirl "@colleenyoung Thank you for the info & links. Regarding why I questioned if a handheld shower..." + (show)
@aerogirl

@colleenyoung Thank you for the info & links. Regarding why I questioned if a handheld shower head might increase risk of bacteria - I just imagined that with a long hose that is continually wet it might be just an extended breeding ground. I haven't read anything to that effect, it's just me wondering!

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That makes complete sense to me. I'm getting rid of my handheld one that was installed for water efficiency.

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lilianna | @lilianna | 8 hours ago

I use shower clear. I took the opportunity and asked my kids to buy it for me last year as a Christmas gift. They did. But still I take short showers, just in case. The trick is it opens and when you open it all water which stays there sills out- it’s a good cup I must say. Then it stays open and dries. I spray it also with 70% rubbing alcohol after and before I take shower. Once in a while my husband unscrews it and soaks in vinegar or chloride. I believe it was over 300 dollars. Well this year I did not get anything for my birthday so probably I used my budget.

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paxmundi | @paxmundi | 4 hours ago
In reply to @mame "Does the 140 degrees apply if you have on-demand hot water as opposed to tanks? Are..." + (show)
@mame

Does the 140 degrees apply if you have on-demand hot water as opposed to tanks? Are hand held shower sprayers worse with all that hose?

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I remember reading from Dr. Falkinham that there are no studies regarding tankless water systems, but I would think that since water isn’t sitting there in a tank for days there’s probably a lesser bacterial load

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