Waterpik SM-650 Original Shower Massage 6-Setting Hand-Held White / Chrome Showerhead

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With six settings to choose from, this Waterpik massaging showerhead turns an everyday shower into a spa experience. Two spray settings provide full-body coverage, while three pulsating settings aim directly at those sore muscles on the neck and shoulders. A stop-flow function saves water when soaping up or shaving. The showerhead is white with chrome accents, and the 5-foot flexible hose allows it to be used handheld or wall-mounted. All that's required is a pair of pliers for installing on any standard 1/2-inch shower arm. Waterpik covers this product with a five-year warranty against defects. --Ann Bieri

Product Description

WaterPik SM-653 hand-held showerhead featuring six spray/massage settings. Chrome finish. This hand-held showerhead features six personalized shower settings for individual comfort including pause for soaping up, pulse for a steady pulsating spray, turbo pulse for a powerful hyper massage, spray pulse for a pulsating massage, outside spray for a soft, body spray and center spray for a forceful and concentrated spray. Lengthy 5-foot flexible hose. Up to 2800 pulses per minute at 80 psi.

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000077VXV
• Item model number: SM-650
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #84,640 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)

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111 of 111 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good showerhead, but beware of the new Waterpik bracket, November 2, 2004

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C. Fernandes (Columbia, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Waterpik SM-650 Original Shower Massage 6-Setting Hand-Held White / Chrome Showerhead (Tools & Hardware)

I've had the SM-651 (White) for almost 3 years now and really love it. So when I got a gold box offer for the SM-650 (Chrome), I decided to buy it for my guest bathroom - I was sure I'd love it as much as my old one. I was wrong.


Apparently, all the new Waterpik showerheads seem to come with a new bracket. The OLD style is shown in the picture - this is the good style (in my opinion) that allows the showerhead to rest at a lower height. With the new style bracket, only the bottom of the showerhead can rest in the bracket. This raises the height of the showerhead by about 4" - it also causes the showerhead to fall downwards on account of the imbalance in weight. In other words, you have to really tighten the swivel hard so that it won't swivel at all - thereby defeating the purpose of the swivel! Also, for people who are around 5'5" and below, it becomes hard to reach the showerhead and change its settings. For taller people, this is probably not an issue. For shorter people, this is probably going to be a big issue.
And since I can compare with my older SM-651, I can also say that the 5 foot hose is much more inflexible with the SM-650. It has a mind of its own and wants to twist this way and that, even after trying my best to take the twist out of it. Also, it was somewhat yellowish, not white like my old one. Maybe I was just unlucky in this regard.

But as for the showerhead itself, it is really nice. If you look at the picture showing the closeup of the 6 settings, numbering the settings from left to right as 1 to 6, you'd definitely want a showerhead that has settings 3 and 4. Setting 3 activates the 3 center holes that provide a pulsing action. It feels more like a slow 'chopping' action. That one's my favorite. Setting 4 is very similar to 3, but with a faster pulse and more pressure. My wife loves setting 4 the best. So we end up switching between these 2 and hardly ever use any of the other 4 settings.

Summarizing: The bracket is NOT as it is shown in the picture (it does NOT grab the showerhead so high up - it grabs it only at the base, thereby raising the height and the imbalance of the showerhead). The hose I got with my brand new SM-650 was not white and not so flexible, but I could have just gotten unlucky. The showerhead itself is really nice and if you want to consider any showerhead, make sure it has settings similar to 3 and 4 shown in the closeup pictures of this showerhead.

My recommendation: Look around at the other Waterpik models, apparently Waterpik model NLV-651VV, which is very similar to this model, is getting much better reviews. Perhaps there's a good reason why! Sadly, I do not recommend the SM-650 for my personal reasons stated above and I'm returning mine back to Amazon.

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must for low water pressure sufferers, April 16, 2003

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This review is from: Waterpik SM-650 Original Shower Massage 6-Setting Hand-Held White / Chrome Showerhead (Tools & Hardware)

Just yesterday I went online to try and solve our low water pressure problem in the shower which has gotten so bad that the water barely trickles out of the showerhead. After some research and reading reviews here at Amazon.com & Target.com I went down to Target and picked up this showerhead. Installed it in less than 8 minutes and now our shower is a firehose!!! The difference is night and day. What a difference a great shower can do for you first thing in the morning. The pulsing setting actually massages your back and helped relieve the tension in a knot in my shoulder.

The instructions also tell you how to remove the government imposed flow regulator which reduces water flow in hopes of saving water. I couldn't remove this on our old showerhead which resulted in twice as long showers with shampoo still in my hair. Not only does the flow regulator not save water, but it also makes you miserable. Go figure.

Pick this one up, you won't regret it.

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My prayers have been answered!, March 10, 2004

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One King (Crescent City, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Waterpik SM-650 Original Shower Massage 6-Setting Hand-Held White / Chrome Showerhead (Tools & Hardware)

Wow! A product that actually exceeds expectations! Based on previous reviews, I purchased the showerhead with (cautiously)high hopes. It took two minutes to install the whole thing. No tools needed! It's all white plastic, but very high quality and completely insulated, so there's no sound of rushing water, just silence. As for the water pressure everyone keeps raving about, they're right! In fact, I didn't even have to remove the water-flow regulator. If you have even half-decent water pressure, this thing will spray POWERFULLY. It's also very easy to adjust the six settings. The blue dial has little grooves that hold your fingers and allow you to twist it with ease, even if your fingers are wet. My only minor quibble is with the hose. Though it is white (yay!), it tends to coil up like a telephone cord, and doesn't just hang below the showerhead in a simple loop, like I'd prefer. Other than that, forget Moen, Peerless, Ondine, and everyone else. Waterpik rules, and the SM 650/651 rocks!