> a low flow/high pressure shower head is a just a bunch of little needle jets that neither feel good nor adequately cover you in a deluge of water

This is the mark of a mediocre shower head.

There’s something about Speakman shower heads that spread the individual streams in a much more satisfying way. They’re adjustable in a flexible/continuous manner, which may have something to do with it.

As for the “deluge” - you’d be surprised how well ~2gpm can rinse with the right application of pressure/spread. Maybe I’m just not as sensitive to having a few square inches of my body not covered in sheets of water? I don’t need to be luxuriated with a veritable waterfall every day.

Yeah there's ok feeling accumpuncture low pressure shower heads. But dangerously high pressure shower head is like lying on bed of nails, acquired taste, pretty incredible feeling. My mom swore it maintained her skin better, my bro science is it's also better for skin... as in it bruises it like microneedling and forces skin to rejuvenate. Have to avoid getting shot in the eye on big nozzles though.