Out of the box, this shower head is a bit of a paradox. It weighs a ton, feels very solid and exudes quality. Attach it to your shower spout, though, and despite its imposing presence (this thing is BIG) it suddenly seems kinda puny. Even though I have tremendous water pressure in my building, the stream coming out of this head was, to be honest, pretty feeble. On discovering this, I read a few reviews, all of which recommended removing the flow restrictor. I did that (which is not as complicated as most how-tos seem to suggest) and now I couldn't be happier. At full blast, this shower head can paste you against the far wall of the shower. Not that any environmentally conscious person would ever use a shower head at full blast without its flow restrictor in, of course.