PRESSURE BOOSTING TURBO CHARGED SHOWER HEADS - Do they work?

Pressure boosting turbo fan shower head review. Do they work? We test the claims!
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Ever see the pressure boosting shower heads on Amazon with the 'fan' or 'pump' in the head that apparently increases the pressure? I've always wondered if they work, and in today's Plumberparts video we test the claims! Do they increase pressure? Does the turbo fan do anything? Do they filter? We test on a gravity fed shower and on a pressurised system. You may know these as pressure boosting shower heads with fan, turbo fan shower heads, a hydro jet shower head, a high pressure shower head, a propeller driven shower head and many other names! Enjoy!
0:00 PRESSURE BOOSTING TURBO FAN SHOWER HEADS
1:00 How is a Turbo Charged Pressure Boosting Shower head supposed to work?
4:26 Setting up our experiment to test this turbo charged shower head claims
8:24 Why is your shower pressure low - head pressure explained
9:36 Difference between a normal shower head and the pressure boosting head. Gravity fed
13:49 The difference on a pressurised shower
15:55 Me being totally hot
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[@nicolomarchillo4451]

Test starts @15:10

[@fromthegamethrone]

You the MVP

[@mrb6094]

There's a problem with that. If you skip straight to 15:10 you'll miss the fart.

[@fromthegamethrone]

@@mrb6094 I can hear my own farts. I don't want to sit through 15 minutes of waffle for a 10 second answer

[@mrb6094]

@@fromthegamethrone upload some, we'll all have a gander.

[@fromthegamethrone]

@@slayersdeath what? I think you've misunderstood my comment.

[@dimitar4y]

You have a sense of humor and a head on your shoulders. It's why I watch. Also the mind boggling plumbing disasters that make me realize how bad work can get, and in return, how good my work already is.

[@theH.B.I.C]

Thanks for the review! You just saved me a bunch of money. Proving once again ‘When it looks too good to be true, it usually is’.

[@thetallcarpenter]

Great video James😎 Looking forward to you next video where you talk about how relaxing and efficient steam showers are👍(particularly how many buckets of steam you think a 5 minute shower would need😝) Have a good weekend bud👊

[@GeekyGrant]

Always wanted to try one out, had a customer with one installed recently but it was grotty as all hell and was attached to a decommissioned power shower. Thanks for saving me money and time, always knew it was a bit of a joke product deep down. Great vid!

[@sallyjayne444]

Ooh! grody( grotty) I miss that word!! I was a 90’s teen and grody was definitely something I said all the damn time! 😁🤞 Really not 💯 on how to spell it tho…. Lol!

[@TheJackRayner]

Impressively thorough debunking 😂😂

[@socialpiratekeyboardwarrio6546]

Bro I’ve been seeing these for a while in my feed Glad you did the video I had a feeling they were never going to work How could you increase pressure without increasing pressure Thanks for your great updates very handy

[@legleg752]

i like the spray pattern, id be interested to see if drilling the guts out of the handle to remove restrictions to give full flow would affect the spray at all. that way the only restriction would be the spray holes themselves

[@moondoggy17]

i'd take just a normal shower head with one of those plates, the spray pattern you could make on a 6" plate would look awesome

[@thetoad7367]

I’m going to say yes it will affect it. It’s there for a reason.

[@shawns156]

Yeah the metallic paint on the pastic turbine and the turbine itself are likely to start coming apart with any real water line pressure.

[@sergiofernandez3725]

Nice to see the testing was done on a flexi Friday in the garage/warehouse. I have seen some new builds plumbed in like that. Hold tight

[@davidt1955]

How about you rig it up to a multi-stage shell boiler feed pump and see how fast you can spin it up before it self destructs.

[@johnelbro127]

Never thought they would be any different now we have the proof👍👍👍👍👍

[@endoneezer]

listening to his "HOLD TIGHT!" just makes the whole video more worth while!

[@steveskipper6473]

We used to have a Trevi boost shower but the "turbo" (or how ever it worked) was inside the mixer fitting on the wall where the cold pressure would help boost the weaker hot feed. It actually worked quite well. Claiming the turbo will boost pressure in the shower head breaks Newton's law thermodynamics.

[@gruhwch4876]

The Trevi used a venturi to pull gravity hot water behind a mains cold supply. As the venturi relies on precision orifices it quickly degrades in a hard water application as limescale takes effect.

[@plumberparts]

@@gruhwch4876 changed out loads of them!

[@vociferonheraldofthewinter2284]

Great video. I was tempted to buy this, but every shower head I've come across with high pressure, creates that pressure with smaller holes. I've got the hardest well water than I've ever encountered in my life right now and it clogs up everything fast. i had a feeling that this wouldn't work for me. Now I know for sure.

[@rivercitiboi6365]

I did buy it and it really does work. Mine has a knob that adjust the pressure and a button to stop the water flow.

[@oldtimers6460]

Due to the mains pressure being lowered in the street was thinking about a power shower head but thanks to you will look at more things Cheers .

[@dimitar4y]

Reminds me of those "smart" handles that borrow power from the water pressure to give you a temperature reading. Except the ones they put for sale in Lidl required 4-5 bar of pressure (!?) and significant flowrate, and even then the display was so dim. And the internal "turbine" was so poorly made it just suffocated a normal healthy shower to be completely unusable. It's easily possible, if it's done right..

[@Bjorn89tm]

Thank you for the nice revieuw!

[@_juan2k]

I’ve come to terms that anything in a sponsored ad is basically like shopping on Wish. Glad I found this video.

[@derektierney1314]

Hey James great vid & funny, the tuk tuks are brilliant for the wheelies & shower head I'd like to see that after a month of using in a hard water area (total rubbish) but great video 👍😁🇮🇪

[@NBundyElectrical]

There’s the other half’s birthday present going back 😂😂

[@plumberparts]

You know brooooo!

[@charlotteselvey3448]

Thanks for this review I will save my money

[@runelt99]

My dad found something like this on facebook. Thanks for helping me change his mind. Although one of the features advertised was that it saved water and technically with smaller holes you could probably save em... Anyways thanks again. 13 euro saved!

[@AbiNomac]

Great review. Thank you

[@kiwismommy2]

I bought one of these to give it a try. Read reviews but didn't care, was game for an adventure. Well I love this shower. Not sure about more pressure but the pressure is great, and perhaps its the movement of the spray but rinses shampoo out of your hair in a few seconds. And while the filter doesn't look like much, the kicker for me was a rash I have had for 3 years is gone. Used the shower for about 2 weeks and realized I wasn't itching any more. Rash completely gone. Nothing else had worked. I love this shower.

[@nivenwoodfine1928]

14mins 33secs in is the best part of this video 🤣🤣 Thanks for this James,that’s 17mins of life I’m not getting back 👊🏻😂😂

[@andrewmursell9206]

Thanks for this video, you have just saved me some money!

[@DjDolHaus86]

The person who designed this has failed to understand how a turbo compressor works, if they worked like this we wouldn't need to put fuel in our cars

[@RandoWisLuL]

or they do know but they know people are stupid enough to believe it and money can be made

[@slackerzsincity8822]

There’s a restriction and it’s the filter, take the filter out like I did the pressure went up and it stings when I use but I have a know to turn it down

[@neodiy]

I guess it's cheap and not worth the time to research further as long as it make sales by the label turbo boost that's enough for the inventor

[@Ladosligese]

AND they would have invented infinite energy that can only grow in volume haha

[@Ladosligese]

@@slackerzsincity8822 sure .. cant be done

[@heresyclub3653]

Thank you for that, I seen these before and always thought they were snake skin oil thanks for confirming.

[@bazwell1846]

Too long......

[@boykocumbll6447]

I took this product from seenga the quality is excellent. Packed well. Seller very helpful and always answer to your questions. Will buy again.

[@roman1919]

I was thinking the same bro, but big thanks for showing that

[@chrisquirke5235]

This is what's good about your channel

[@waynekerrr9027]

Wow..I'm getting one today..thanks

[@aaronwaterman3632]

The amount of electric showers that Ive had to fix with these on is crazy they just don't realize that they cause too much back pressure and set off the prv or break the shower completely

[@dougiemillar8597]

Il second that! Had two Mira jump 8.5kw fail this week alone because of these! One was two years old the other 1 month ! In both cases the thermal cut outs triggered

[@elwittinio2865]

Yep, never fit on an electric shower.

[@mattbarber1987]

Yup! My tenants fitted one on a brand new electric shower and broke the shower.

[@mikewhitby2686]

Exactly this me too

[@rdizzy1]

What is an "electric shower"? Never heard of one.

[@babyluna7414]

So I have a question. I have a 50gal hot water heater that doesn’t allow more then a 15min shower it is completely brand new as of two weeks ago. Because we thought it was going out, but now with a new one and the same 15 issue I’m questioning it. But the house came with a shower head that had little to no pressure, so I bought a cheap shower head and it has a ton of pressure but the hot water still doesn’t last. So my question is is the high flow of the new shower head the issue?

[@samuelmillers5709]

I recently swapped over my bath is there anyway of increasing the hot water flow?

[@jamesdean8864]

Basically it’s a load of bollocks 😂

[@plumberparts]

truths right here!

[@alexanderguesthistorical7842]

THANKS!!! I live in a rented property where the only running hot water is from the immersion tank in a cupboard on the landing. The immersion (judging by the popping and banging) is caked in limescale and the pipes are probably coated in it too. So when I rigged up the mickey mouse push-on-to-the-taps shower attachment I bought, I get a piddling little dribble coming out of the shower head - at chest height. Put the shower head up to head height (I'm only 5'1") and it virtually dries up completely! Having just seen an advert for these things I thought this would be a game changer, but the skeptic in me wasn't convinced. I thought judging from the shape of it there were batteries inside adding to the water pressure. Thank goodness I watched your video! Okay this piece of ......"plastic" is only cheap. But do I really want to pay people for making false promises and selling junk products that don't work to people??? NO. Guess I'm just going to have to bite the bullet and try and get the landlord to solve the problems (he won't).

[@TongueHead]

Thanks almost bought one of these online. Not what I needed at all

[@JohnThomas-cb1fv]

Thanks, for the entertainment & education. You saved me from purchasing the phoney contraption!

[@lavia16]

Amazing! I took this product from seenga the quality is excellent. Packed well.

[@jonesypaddlearounddevon]

Hi buddy I was wondering if you were going to be able to do video on mira pace shower cartridge change ❤

[@stevemorbey]

Thanks for the vid! Ive often wondered what these shower heads are like! I assume the multicolour LED versions aren’t any better? 😂

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

They look pretty.

[@mikerussell1765]

Would taking out other filter make it any better?

[@mattharris7248]

Great vid , I’m a Brickie currently retraining and doing lvl 2 plumbing , I’m near the finish the line , and looking at getting my tools , what pipe benders etc would you recommend , the monument benders have caught my eye

[@Dubbinaround1]

Pipe bender....hilmor...simples

[@mattharris7248]

@@Dubbinaround1 ok thanks

[@michaelsimms76]

Wife showed me this shower head a while ago and i told her it was just a gimmick with no truth to it , only recommendation i followed was changing electric shower to Aqualisa bar shower dual head just love the rain fall shower worth every penny . Top video once again .

[@antodenn381]

Thanks for saving me money on that 👍

[@thetoad7367]

I’m getting a pressure boosting turbo fan me they lol so cool and fun I hope they do green ones.

[@michaelburr9104]

Witch is the best shower mixer valve to buy please reply

[@imansfield]

Thanks for confirming what I always sort of knew. You can’t make a silk purse out of a sows ear!

[@lemmykilmister450]

Energy can't be created or destroyed, so the extra work in that shower head will only detract from the available source. But as for the back scratcher, game changer....

[@victorhbagnelle4551]

Glad you did this.

[@matthewnicholas6365]

I was at the Ideal Home show a few years ago and walked over a balcony. Directly below me I could see a chap demonstrating something like this. Every time he used it he was visibly (from where I was stood) kicking a karcher pressure washer on to increase the pressure.

[@brianreeves4309]

That fan 🤣 like a flow indicator 🤣🤣

[@ColinWatters]

The easiest way to maximise pressure is just to stick your thumb over the end of the shower hose. You won't like the flow rate but the pressure will be as good as you can get without a pump. All a shower head can do is trade off pressure vs flow rate.

[@PBSONE555]

Great video! 😂 Quick question... low mains pressure into my apartment, isn't this down to Thames water?

[@psi10001]

Water suppliers’ statutory service standard level of mains water pressure is 10 metres/head (or one bar). This means there is enough force/pressure to push the water to a height of 10m. This is measured at the point where the water leaves the water suppliers pipework and enters yours (usually the outside stop valve or property boundary). As a guide, if you have a suitable single service pipe, the first tap in the home (this is usually the kitchen tap) should be able to fill a 4.5 litre (one gallon) bucket in 30 seconds, with all other taps and appliances turned off. Another way of putting it is enough water pressure to fill a cold water storage cistern in a two storey house roofspace.

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

Depends. What floor are you on? They guarantee 1bar at ground level. They wriggle out of low pressure on the first floor and upwards by saying that the property developer should provide water boosting.

[@lisa-marieshy9673]

Thank you for saving me time and money 😅

[@antoniogalluccio4213]

You should have used a flow cup to measure how ridiculously the flow of 💧 decreases!

[@timg6252]

Just received one recently and using on a gravity fed system. I don't know about pressure boost but it definately uses less water whilst still giving a pleasant "full flow" feel shower. I'm not especially green but if it saves water with no downside it's a winner, ,, so i got 2 more.

[@artustbbq1195]

So what is the best way to improve pressure on a standard electric shower please?

[@toy838]

Do u know about immersion heater element s quiet non kettling 3w 11inch for night heating?

[@aidaningham7484]

I never doubted how crap these showers would be but wanted to see someone do a review for the laugh. And laugh I did, nice one man!

[@victorhbagnelle4551]

By restricting the openings you increase flow but pressure remains the same. The water coming out of the tiny holes is coming out faster (flowing) but the pressure still depends totally on the height of the water in the tank. Water flows out due to gravity and the pressure is roughly half a pound per square inch for each foot the water level is at. This does not change if you reduce the size of the outlet. Simple hydraulics. Ask any firefighter.

[@VoluntaristSociety]

If your house is not supplied by an infinitely large pipe, then the size of the nozzle certainly affects the pressure.

[@jhoughjr1]

Asking someone who has taken engineering physics, The size of the outlet most certainly affects the pressure. You can test toricelli's theorem easily enough.

[@SplinterVoid]

@@VoluntaristSociety Yep outlet pressure. Changing the size of the holes adjusts the coefficient "K" in P = (Q/K)^2 , decreasing hole size decreases "K" which is in denominator and therefore results in a larger pressure "P" with the same flow "Q". It's theoretically correct I believe but has its limitations... seems they're taking full advantage of pressure/flow relationships.

[@markevans3026]

Will be getting rid of bath shortly and replacing with a walk in shower. What shower would you recommend as I have a combo boiler ?. Cheers

[@fluxington]

I'd consider getting a shower, one that works with water. Hope that helps.

[@utubejansen]

To my shame I did try one of these shower heads, completely useless on gravity fed shower (1.5 head only). Fitting a large bore showerhose had much more effect.

[@mistermikeanson]

Great video!!

[@BerkeleyTowers]

I can't believe that anybody ever falls for these scams. Of all the benefits of the internet, this is a great example of the downside.... the total abuse of trading and advertising standards to part people from their money....... Back to the age old adage of; "if it looks too good to be true............."

[@dimitar4y]

Years of cargo cult, ego grooming and anti-science propaganda. I don't blame the traders. They're innocent. I'd claim the customer's own fault for being IGNORANT, DENSE and even ARROGANT when they're told they've been scammed. I've had customers ask me to install these, and when it doesn't work they bitch on me that I installed it wrong. Ok mr and ms certified plumbers, don't call my number again. Knobheads.

[@tomazus]

Thanks for saving my money❤

[@viralworld1991]

Cheers mate prevented me from buying one

[@adcuz]

The laws of physics don't apply in the world of magical online life changing products.

[@antoniogalluccio4213]

Looking forward to reading the manufacturer comment under this video hahahahaha.

[@oliverstanding4070]

Technically the spinning of the 'fan' will reduce the flow rate as you're making the water work before you get it out the head. That spinning wastes energy from the gravity aspect

[@HamguyBacon]

The spinning pulls air from the outside and mixes it with the water increasing its pressure, the foam pad is to reduce bubbles. You use less water this way.

[@mikecorleone6797]

Id buy it just to have something to watch while in the shower

[@jamescarruthers1967]

For clarity, I don't believe the shower head shown does this... It is technically possible to use a large amount of low pressure flow to pressurise a smaller amount of higher pressure flow. You'd need to design part of the system as a turbine and part as a compressor. That way some of the water flowing through the head would lose energy (pressure) going through the head and some would gain energy.

[@cfbm125]

WTF have I just watched! I why the hell did other worldly powers make me watch it all the way through! 🤔🤪

[@rcmast3rtract0rking]

Finally! An honest vid

[@joeb1642]

That shower head (or a simular one) appeared in the video adverts. Gotta love youtube

[@tomling9310]

Haha such a good video. Can’t believe people fall for these.

[@jameserbe8549]

Mother in law got one of these and pressure was so restricted that we lost hot water, it was just the cold coming though, we sent it back

[@kurluk04]

Lovely bit of legonella

[@guilhermetavares3567]

Whenever i see the sales going on i cant hold myself seenga

[@puppy8329]

Love your videos. When I moved into my 8yr old 3 storey, the shower on the middle and top floor just dribbled out. (Second floor much worse than the top floor) the boiler is also on the top floor in a bedroom next to the bathroom. I purchased a head that looks like that but not a turbo one, it has these ball things inside (I didn’t get it for the mineral effect, just desperate for extra water pressure from the shower head. It honestly has helped but like the design on that one water stays in the handle which has worried me…… I’m not imagining it, it genuinely comes out stronger, especially on the shower on the top floor. are the ball ones different in design? Are these heads I should look at not using and replacing? Thank you for how you explain things like the pipe sizes etc to help it make sense to people like me who know nothing about this kind of stuff!

[@puppy8329]

Ps. Neither of the showers are electric.

[@MrManningata]

It's just that your new shower head has smaller holes across less area. This increases the pressure as the water doesn't spread out inside the shower head as much

[@dimitar4y]

It's basic physics. The balls don't help. What does help is smaller orifice (holes). The physics go as follows. The pump that gives you the water to your home generates FLOW. when that flow is met with resistance i.e. smaller holes, the PRESSURE goes up at EXPENSE of the FLOW. You can make this basic experiment at home. Go to your kitchen. Turn on the tap. Put your finger on the nozzle. The more you squeeze your finger on it, the more violently it squirts out but at significantly smaller amounts. They do the same thing. It's not the balls. It's the smaller holes on the spray head. Just get the "balls" out of it they're just a mold hazard.

[@puppy8329]

@@MrManningata thank you! This makes sense. Appreciate the reply.

[@puppy8329]

@@dimitar4y thank you so much. Feel quite silly now 🤭 this makes a lot of sense. Yes, the holes in the head are very tiny. Thank you for replying. Appreciate it. I will definitely remove the balls!

[@chrislawrence8030]

I think it's probably meant for a pressurised system and just has smaller outlet holes

[@mjamal3675]

The fan would slow down the flow due to resistance?

[@savanhirani92]

How is it without the filter when testing it in the actual shower?

[@MrDbone75]

A very good Saturday morning to you all from Wellington Somerset

[@scotisland]

Well so much for that, don't think I'll get one after all.

[@MindbodyMedic]

what is the best, money not an object, shower you can buy in terms of pure pressure?

[@AV-ss3vy]

So I just got my hair colored and hair stylist said to get this water softener filter. I'm so glad that I decided to watch this video. But more importantly, read the comments. Thanks everyone! I think I will save my money and stick with the regular shower.

[@PrincePalmUwU]

People who recommends anything and not give honest reviews are mostly under a contract meaning they can not say anything bad about it. so be careful with some of these reviews. not to say this isn't an honest review but you will know when its an honest review when they give there pros and cons. x) I hope this help for further reviews.

[@probablytheamaziiingtim2915]

Water softener?

[@CxwBxyFrxmHxll]

Water softeners are typically a whole house system. Not one fixture.

[@HA05GER]

Have you seen the story of the discovery of legionnaires disease. Very interesting worth a watch.

[@Cr4sHOv3rRiD3]

First thing first, the pressure in the closed system is "always" the same unless you install the additional pump or compressor Second thing, by reducing the pipe size (bigger/smaller) the pressure is always the same, only thing you change is the FLOW Let me explain: The formula for calculating the flow is this " Q = A * v " - Q = a liquid flow rate and it is measured in m3/s or l/s (cubic meters per second or Liters per second) - A = Area of the pipe or channel in m2 (meters squared) - v = velocity of the liquid m/s (meters per second) So, in this formula, there is no value for Pressure (P) because pressure is the same. Only way to increase the pressure in the system is by adding additional pump/compressor/turbo pump/high pressure pump etc.... either in the facility where you getting water from of second way is to raise the water tower on higher level (not much difference in small elevation changes) So, the best way even for the water tower facilities to increase pressure inside system is to add more PUMPS You can increase pressure in your house by doing same thing, just make an reservoir/tank (supporting desired pressure) and add the pump taking water from the city network (much more cost wise if you consider burning electricity for the pump or gasoline). Anyway, regarding that shower head, it's nothing more than Scam product released to take the cash from stupid people :D Great video and keep up the great work

[@jaffplumbs26]

Your videos are great

[@IBIZABIKE]

I am a 72 yr old bloke ,I do fancy the turbo beauty feature

[@gm2543]

The metal plat rusts had some years and years ago same thing haha only thing that makes it faster is smaller holes thats all smaller holes better water

[@nonshatter7]

I see this a lot in the youtube ads (Saltdays, I think). I was considering one but this has put a firm end to that.

[@rteikibin235]

I am very happy that i noticed your comments before i ordered it I am going to buy from seenga

[@Beko500ProGolover]

Funny because my Sparkpod shower head with a 11mm bore shower hose makes tons more pressure than this and that’s considering mine is electric 9.5kw

[@wolfenstein722]

I was thinking of buying one of these but I can’t see how it would boost the pressure from a low pressure feed without the use of a pump, so after watching your video I’m not buying one, thanks for the useful video.

[@edfx]

this spinning fan was a gimmick but theoretically possible when you have correctly sized impeller and turbine inside that shower head

[@braydenjacobson3400]

Did bro really just let one out at 14:33😂😂

[@anthonybird5425]

Yes James!! Been wanting to know the truth about these cowboy shower heads! 🤣

[@Jutilaje]

Pressure is energy. Without adding any additional energy from somewhere else, it violates the laws of physics for this to somehow be able to increase water pressure. In fact, the laws of physics mean that by using some of the pressure to spin the fan, this showerhead actually must decrease pressure (albeit by a minuscule amount since the little fan clearly takes very little energy to spin).

[@IAintScaredOfNoGhost]

To be pedantic, I think you're technically forgetting about modifying resistance. You can increase pressure by converting flow using resistance (think water hammer). Increasing flow AND pressure however? Laws of thermodynamics definitely apply.