HammerHead Showers® Solid Metal Handheld Shower Head Holder - Chrome - Adjustable Shower Wand Holder with Wall Hook Bracket and Pivot Ball - Hand Held Shower Head Holder - Shower Hose Holder

Bought the Metal Handheld Shower Head Holder in Chrome finish. Wow, this is excellent quality and will no doubt last. If you are tired of those flimsy plastic chrome coated shower parts and need to replace with something better, then you have found the right company and part. Solid, heavy-duty metal. It swivels, it shines, its durable, easy to install. Bought the holder several months back and finally got around to installing it. I dreaded taking the shower assembly apart, but I was more annoyed by the leak in the old existing plastic one and found it in a box set to the side, so I went ahead and finally installed it. The box contained the holder, Teflon tape and basic instruction page with warranty info. The holder was nicely wrapped in a soft clothlike bag to protect from scratches. Use rubber strap wrench to uninstall old plastic part. Detach hose and handheld shower from old part. Put Teflon tape on all external metal threads. Nice included Teflon tape so did not have to hunt some down. Screw the one end onto the shower arm filter on wall side, screw the metal ended hose to other end of holder with handheld shower head attached. Ensure you have the hose the right way as sometimes one coupler end is longer to fit in the holder. All back together. Check the hose fits into the holder. Hand snug together then tighten with soft strap wrench. Do not use metal wrenches or you will more than likely scratch up the finish. Turn on water and test, no leaks. Looks good and will definitely outlast the plastic.

I basically never write reviews on Amazon but was so thrilled with this thing. Please ignore that the finishes don't match. Unfortunately my hardware is nickel and the existing showerhead I had was chrome. So I have a Hansgrohe Clubmaster hand shower and the swivel mount it came with cracked and failed because it was plastic. I called Hansgrohe and they sent me a new one but said that it would not be adjustable (newer design). That was disappointing but was fine for a while until I moved into a place where the shower arm came in much lower. I'd have to squat just to get my head under the water. I was looking into shower arm extensions, S shaped ones, all that stuff to solve this issue. But I said you know what I'm overdue to replace this hand shower holder and thankfully found this item. Not only did it give me back most the height I needed it also somehow allowed for way more water pressure to come through my showerhead. I guess I hadn't noticed that the new part in the other product had also included some restriction in it. I had already removed the restrictor in my hand shower head itself. I will say I totally buy into the ethos here of metal feeling like better quality, less disposable and throw away BS. The only reservation I have is that the shower head requires nothing more than a light touch to adjust the pitch. Hopefully that just means this is well designed, but I do worry when it's not quite so new if it will start to droop a bit on its own. Time will tell as I've only used it the once so far. That said if you think you need one of these just get it. I know sometimes it's easy to be cynical or jaded about a lot of imported internet direct stuff on Amazon where they have a bunch of fake reviews and you're worried about getting some piece of trash that ends up a chore to return. This was not that, and I applaud them for seeing an opportunity in the market and getting these made. Hopefully it stays durable for the long haul, but even still the price on this is super competitive with some of the plastic crap out there for sale.

This is a good item, becaise it is metal and thus preferable to the plastic ones. Instruction are good and including the plumber's tape is a nice touch. Installation was easy and item is working perfectly.

I was expecting something that was just good enough to do the job but this shower head holder blew me away. The package came with simple instructions, a bit of plumber's tape, and a strong, heavy qaulity shower head. One of the easiest setups I have ever dealt with.

First I bought a chrome plated plastic replacement from blue box. It leaked - badly. Then I tried one from orange box. Better, but still leaked. Then I found HammerHead. Bought their chrome plated, all metal, built to last beyond my lifetime replacement. Installed it exactly the same way as I did the other two. No leaks!!! Solidly built! Much, much better fit and a huge quality improvement! I’ll never use another company - why waste time on inferior products?!

Most threaded shower accessories are G1/2 these days, having parallel threads rather than pipe tapered, and seal on the pipe/socket faces, not the threads. Strangely, this adapter's female socket appears to be NPT (there is no seating surface at the bottom of the socket upon which a washer could seal). They do provide a strip of Teflon tape for sealing the threads, but I feel they could have designed this to seal at the end-of-pipe and socket as do most modern shower accessories, and include a washer instead of pipe sealing tape. The ball of the ball-n-socket swivel had only a 15/64" (.234") orifice: that's under 1/4" diameter, which is a pretty small orifice for a 1/2" pipe. It was also offset from the part's centerline -- as in a bad machining setup -- so re-drilling larger would require something like a drill press or better a mill/drill due to the hole being off-center. As I have just moved and my mill/drill is not reassembled yet, I used a carbide burr in a Dremel and freehand enlarged the orifice to 25/64" (.391") for better flow. It's still not a great size for the desired flow, but a large improvement over as-shipped. 25/64" was as large as could be reasonably bored without cutting into the ball's radiused section and risking compromising the seal; if I had gone larger, it may have leaked. The ball/socket tension is easily adjusted by hand with no tools required. I've read other reviewers noting a problem with the weight of the shower wand making the swivel sag, but I was able to adjust the swivel's "tightness" by adjusted the socket collar (threading it tighter 1/8 turn, for example) with no issue. It's designed to be adjusted. The unit is well-finished, with a clear plastic coating over the metal finish. The swivel range is suitable for me, though if someone wants 90° range of adjustment, this is not the right part. I don't need anywhere near 90° movement, and I'm pleased with fit and finish, other than as noted above.

All metal and quite strong. It’s been over a year and I’m quite happy with the quality.

After buying an expensive shower head only to be disappointed by the cheap plastic handheld holder that broke 3 times - we found HammerHead Showers solid metal piece. It was easy to install and is really a quality piece - all metal. Finally - a company that understands craftsmanship. Thank you so much - this tired mom is excited to finally cross this off her list!!