This is a brand new still in factory packaging This has been modified for full water pressure. If low water pressure is an issue in your shower this will solve your problem Rare model from speakman, These have been completely disassembled, ported and polished jets, all water passages were opened up to give you maximum water pressure, if your fighting for strong water pressure this is your solution to your problem. All shower heads sold in USA have flow restrictions on them giving you no water pressure. These have all been tested and are ready to go
After researching, we discovered that government regulations do not allow the type of high pressure shower head we were expecting to purchase. This shower head, like all other shower heads, has a regulation water conservation insert that is impossible to remove. We think the shower head is beautiful, but our goal was to have maximum water pressure.