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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 | 6 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 | 6 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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