Oxygenics PowerMassage Showerhead Review

This was originally posted to Sweetie Sweeps

One of the cheapest things you can do to upgrade your bathroom is to replace your showerhead. I had seen these cool rain showerheads that give you the feeling of being in a rain shower, sometimes called “storm” but never took the time to get one.

Oxygenics sent us one of their PowerMassage Shower Systems and we immediately replaced our old showerhead with it. Greg popped it on and had it up in 10 minutes and I was using it. You get everything you need with it for installation including the Teflon tape.

One thing you will need to consider is that long hose. If you have a holder hooked to your shower that holds shampoo and soap, it may not work. We had one and removed it.

This thing is awesome! There is one stationary shower head at the bottom and a removable hand showerhead on a hose that hooks on the top. We have always had just a single showerhead and never even considered getting a dual showerhead until Oxygenics sent us one. Now I won’t get anything else. Here is why.

The whole unit swivels so you can get it just right and the top showerhead sprayer comes off so you can use it to shower kids or clean off your feet if you have been working outside in the garden or live near a beach.

Each showerhead can be set separately on it’s own. There is a metal tab that makes it easy to turn it the way you want. One gripe I had about previous showerheads we had was that while they had different settings I could never turn them to actually use the settings. This Oxygenics showerhead is super easy and that extended tab piece makes all the difference.

If you turn the dial on the left you can make the water come just out of the top sprayer, just the bottom sprayer, or both sprayers. It also makes a great place to hang a bath scrunchy.

If you look close you will see the different holes that makeup the different settings. You can set it on a full rain shower, medium, pulsating or super powerful to pinpoint areas on your body that need to be massaged, like a painful shoulder. Since both the top and bottom showerhead can be set on it’s own there are 35 spray combinations possible.

The whole unit is solid and has a brushed nickel finish that makes it look more expensive than it is. The pricetag for this dual massage showerhead is around $34.95. You get the action of a rain showerhead without the high price. Many of those rain or storm showerheads cost $80 or more.

Reading the package I also learned that you can save up to $70 per year by installing this showerhead as it uses 23% less water.

If you are tall like I am you will appreciate the fact that the top showerhead sprayer sits really high. There is nothing more annoying than being tall and having to scrunch down to get a good shower. It also covers your whole body and the water comes out in a larger, wide stream if you have it set on two of the settings.

Here I have the top sprayer set on one of the pulsating settings and the bottom set on the “rain” setting to show you. The picture is fuzzy because of all of the steam. That is one thing we did notice with this Oxygenics PowerMassage Shower System, it produces more steam. It wasn’t a problem because the bathroom ceiling fan was on. It was just an observation I noticed from our old showerhead.

The little things we do for our home often have the biggest impact and make our home feel just a little bit newer and refreshed. The Oxygenics PowerMassage Showerhead is available at Amazon.com in BedBathandBeyond.com and Oxygenics.com.

Disclaimer: Oxygenics sent us the Oxygenics PowerMassage Shower System to review and this is our unbiased opinion. Your results may differ from ours.

Creatively Saving

We’re all about savings. That’s why we make showerheads that conserve water. There’s a plethora of effective but easy ways to save just about anything in your home. From conserving water, to minimizing your trash, and even just saving some space to keep your life a little less crowded, here some cool ways people have re-used and re-done to conserve a bit of anything!

 

It’s amazing how doing something so simple can go miles when it comes to saving space. By attaching things to the wall or using mounts, you can save a ton of counter and shelf space in almost any room in the house. One of our favorite looks for this concept is in the photo below where a couple mounted their paper towels, oils, and spices on the wall. Sure saves all that space a bulky spice rack would have taken up!

(image originally from Indystar.com)

The Environmental Protection Agency reports that nationally, lawn care and landscaping accounts for more than 30 percent of water use in the United States. That’s a lot of aqua going needed to keep your garden lush and green. But if you could harness the power of all the drainage water and use it to feed your greens, wouldn’t that be fantastic? Say hello to your next summer project! Collect and re-use all the gutter water by making this contraption out of a garbage can + lid, your gutter, and a spout and hose. Make your extra water last and keep your lawn luscious. Win-win!

(Image originally found on Pinterest)

Snack attack! Chances are if you’ve got kids you go through garbage bags like running water. Kid snacks are typically individually wrapped….several times over. It creates piles of trash and not just in the house; parks, cars, school, etc. Instead of buying the individually wrapped snack items your kids love, think about buying in bulk and making one of these handy eco-friendly snack bags! We originally saw this on Craftstylish.com and think it’s an idea any parent should invest in. A little cloth and Velcro and you’ve got it.

(Image originally found on Craftstylish.com)

When the warm weather hits, we’re all about gardening and growing green. But rather than spend our money in buying endless amounts of planters and pots, we’ve found there are unique ways to add some spice to our urban gardens and clean out the attic. We saw this photo first on poppytalk.blogpost.com and fell in love. Now we’re using tins, vases, glassware, and other items we dug out of the garage to add some spice to our planters. Try it yourself!

(Image originally from http://poppytalk.blogspot.com/)

Spare change seems like more of a hassle than useful, doesn’t it? Clanking in your pockets, heavy in your purses, and almost impossible to scoop out when you actually need it. But, in browsing the net for a way to keep our change but not continually buy wallets, we found a way to solve both problems with our juice cartons! Using the top of the carton, you can fold it into a wallet, cut a hole for the spout, and walla, you’ve got yourself a change wallet with recycled material. Thanks vetsforpets.net for sharing the photo and sparking our creativity to reuse!

(Image originally found on vetsforpets.com)

Top 5 ways to green your bathroom

This was originally posted to She Knows by Melissa Dunlap

In honor of Earth Day on April 22, we rounded up several ideas for making your bathroom more eco-friendly to the planet. Get inspired to give your bathroom a makeover that’s bright, cheery and green.

BATHROOM MAKEOVER FOR EARTH DAY

When building or renovating a home, it’s easy to install energy-efficient appliances and embrace green design. Jack Thomasson, house planner of the HGTV Green Home, suggests using green design tricks that embrace modern-day comforts. For example, the master bathroom in the Green Home is luxuriously designed with two shower heads, making morning routines a breeze, yet they are spaced far apart so one person can’t run both at the same time (because wasting water is decidedly not green).

Other eco-friendly renovations like swapping out your commode with a dual-flush toilet or installing sustainable bamboo cabinetry for the vanity are easier to undertake if you’re doing an all-out remodel; this time, we want to share some easy budget-friendly ways to green your bathroom that are totally doable on Earth Day.

5 Ideas for a green bathroom

Shower head swap

By now you probably know that taking a hour-long shower while belting out your favorite Adeletunes isn’t the most eco-friendly way to start the day. Besides the obvious choice of taking a shorter shower, consider swapping out your shower head for one that is more efficient. The Oxygenics Power Massage is a combination handheld and wall-mounted shower head with 35 pressurized spray combinations. The company claims that users save the same amount of water that 30 people can live on for an entire year, so you can install the shower head on Earth Day and feel good about helping the planet all year long. As a bonus, the handheld can double as a mic during that encore rendition of Rumor Has It (after you’ve turned off water off, of course).

Trade in those towels

Embracing a sustainable lifestyle is about using what you have and avoiding unnecessary buys, but if your towels look more like shredded tissues than an absorbent cloth, we give you permission to donate them to the next car wash fundraiser and splurge on new organic ones. Towels made from organic cotton or bamboo not only help keep harmful chemicals often found in conventional crops out of the soil and water, they are safer for the workers who harvest the plants. These hypo-allergenic bamboo towels by Pure Fiber come in a variety of bright shades to match your bathroom decor.

PVC-free shower curtain

A study by the Center for Health, Environment, and Justice (CHEJ) found that the toxic chemicals in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic shower curtains are “significant contributors to indoor air pollution” and pose serious health threats — yikes! PVC-free shower curtains are increasingly easier to find in major retail stores like IKEA or Target, but this fun waterproof Singin in the Rain shower curtain from High Fashion Home would be a great way to start the day. An alternative is to pair anEVA vinyl shower curtain liner like this one from Pottery Barn with an organic cotton shower curtain.

Green paint

Green paint isn’t just a hot color trend in decor right now, it’s also becoming a way to give your walls an eco-friendly facelift. Paint is one of the most affordable ways to give your bathroom a complete makeover — just be sure to choose a nontoxic, zero-VOC paint. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says volatile organic compounds (VOCs), may cause adverse health effects. Both Benjamin Moore Natura paints andMythic nontoxic paints are zero-VOC paint options.

Clean green

Once you’ve freshened up your bathroom with the ideas above, keep it looking sparkling clean with eco-friendly cleaning products. If you’re a DIY diva, consider making your own green products by cleaning with vinegar or other simple kitchen staples like baking soda and lemon. If you’d rather leave the baking soda for baking, there are plenty of green cleaning products on the market now.Method and J.R. Watkins are both popular nontoxic products.

This Earth Day, consider taking one of these small steps to green your bathroom until you’re ready to fully embrace green design and give the bathroom a full eco-friendly overhaul.