This (on-sale!) showerhead soaks you like a summer downpour
Plus: A kind of ridiculous slushy machine we love
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August 14, 2025

A good showerhead is an instant home upgrade. Our favorite one is on sale right now.

A close up view of the Delta 5-Setting Showerhead 52535 on display with an illustrative orange and yellow frame.
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A high-quality showerhead can significantly improve your daily routine, especially if you’re currently relying on the weak dribble of a decade-old model.

After taking hundreds of showers and testing more than 30 options, we’re confident this supremely satisfying (currently on-sale!) showerhead is the best one you can get. Its everyday spray setting — a full-coverage rain shower — soaks you like a summer downpour, and its pause function reduces the stream to a trickle to save water while you’re shaving or shampooing.

And as far as showerheads go, it’s pretty good looking, too: an elegant hockey puck that our editor calls “understated, sleek, and timeless.”

One of the simplest, most satisfying upgrades you can make to your home→

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More deals from Wirecutter’s end-of-summer sale

A gif showcasing the Windmill AC with WhisperTech, the Ninja Slushi, and the Harper Wilde Bliss Triangle Bralette
Source photos by NYT Wirecutter, Windmill, Ninja Kitchen

Depending on who you ask, summer has either stretched on for far, far too long, or it’s coming to an end far, far too fast. We can’t fix either of those existential dreads, but we do have some rigorously vetted deals for you to peruse on rigorously vetted products. We hope these help:

An actually comfortable bra: Style expert Zoe Vanderweide tests bras for a living. And of the countless ones she’s tried, this smooth, wireless bralette is the only one you’ll catch her wearing in her off-hours. It’s almost absurdly comfortable — made from a buttery, stretchy fabric.

The best bras, including Zoe’s 40%-off favorite→

A kind of ridiculous slushy machine that’s worth the hype: In our tests, this TikTok-famous frozen drink maker churned out a variety of very good drinks: Coke slush, frozen raspberry lemonade, and a pretty decent frozen margarita. A very welcomed brain freeze, we say.

Why we love this slushy maker (which is currently $50 off)→

A very handsome air conditioner: This on-sale AC is easily one of the most attractive models out there. Its installation process is shockingly straightforward (it involves little more than sticking it into your window frame and closing the window) — and it’s very powerful, quiet, and efficient.

The best air conditioners, including this $50-off beaut→

What’s hot at Wirecutter

Two eyelash curlers pictured together.

The very best eyelash curler

If you bought this eyelash curler a decade ago, you’d still have it. And it’d still be great→

Two photos of the SpotLESS Materials Toilet Coating on an illustrated background.

A spray that helps keep your toilet pristine

Plus, it helps save water→

Photo of a container of Heimish All Clean Balm.

There’s almost nothing this cleansing balm can’t melt away

It leaves skin feeling like porcelain→

One last thing: Never held a wrench? Worry not, you can still change a showerhead.

Close-up of a person using an adjustable wrench to tighten a showerhead.
Liam McCabe/NYT Wirecutter

Swapping a showerhead is very, very doable — even if you’re a renter or not the most DIY-inclined. It should take less than 20 minutes, the odds of something going badly are low, and you might not even need any tools. The payoff? A warm, drenching shower right after.

Here’s our step-by-step guide to replacing your showerhead→

Another luxe shower upgrade? This shower oil, which is one Wirecutter journalist’s secret to low-effort supple skin.

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