My wife and I love the pattern and flow of this shower head... it's the best one we've had by far. The only downside (for me personally) is the amount of water that comes out of this thing. I'd hate to see what the flow was without the restrictor inside of it. I try to conserve water at every turn and am working on a way to reduce the flow of this head even more. Contrary to popular belief, water is NOT an unlimited resource!