This is a great shower system!  The main shower head is 7 feet from the shower floor (controls to shower head is about 44 inches I believe) to create an amazing rain shower effect.  If you mount the controls higher and also have high enough ceilings, it can be installed to be even higher.  The three settings on the main shower are great.  The handheld wand is very effective.  Setting the temp is simple and it maintains constant temp for every shower.  I am absolutely 100 percent satisfied with this shower (we installed them in two bathrooms).