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This Forté single-function showerhead brings innovation to your bathroom with Katalyst, a cutting-edge technology that intensifies the flow of water for a completely indulgent showering experience. With a new nozzle pattern, internal waterway design, and air-induction system, this technology maximizes every water drop and creates a richer, more intense flow of water that heightens the shower's sensory experience. By infusing two liters of air per minute, Katalyst delivers a powerful, voluptuous spray that clings to the body with larger, fuller water drops.
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Katalyst uses cutting-edge technology to intensify the flow of water for a showering experience that is completely indulgent. With a new nozzle pattern, internal waterway design and air-induction system this technology maximizes every water drop and creates a richer, more intense flow of water that heightens the shower's sensory experience. By infusing two liters of air per minute, Katalyst delivers a powerful, voluptuous spray that clings to the body with larger, fuller water drops. The showerhead integrates with the Forte faucet collection and resists hard water buildup while providing water flow of 2.5 gpm. Its Vibrant PVD color finish options resist scratches, tarnishing and corrosion.
Consumer Guy
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2025
Great showerhead the flow is excellent and a very soft touch to your skin with the water. Best overall showerhead I’ve had in a long time. Looking forward to showers every day.
John Woo
Reviewed in Canada on August 2, 2024
Very solid material and build quality, much bigger water pressure with strong water flow. Recommended.
Nelson
Reviewed in Canada on August 12, 2024
The showerhead is perfect. No issues at all.
Peter Pierre
Reviewed in Canada on February 29, 2024
Nice quality. Absolutely fabulous shower.
FloridaDan
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2024
I replaced a very similar 2.5 Gpm Kohler with this one. The flow is half (but still more then enough).Besides the flow, no complaints.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2024
This is the best shower head I've had. I decided against one with multiple spray options because I never change it anyway when I have those. I love the spray is wide so it covers your whole body. The water pressure is good. It's like the water drops are heavier or fatter, it's hard to explain. It sufficiently quickly saturates rinsing the conditioner from long hair which is always a pain and takes longer when a shower head has weak water pressure. I appreciate it's simplicity that it perfected efficiency in one function vs a multi-spray shower head that's just okay in each setting. Didn't even need plumbers tape to install and great price for the quality. Been enjoying for a year now and I'll be taking this with me whenever I move out lol.
Private
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2021
This showerhead does an amazing trick. It takes the same 2.5 gpm flow that most showerheads use and gives you the illusion you are getting twice that much even though you are using the exact same amount of water. It does this by aerating the water before it is ejected from the showerhead. It is an amazing effect. The drops are large, luxurious, and comfortable and still flow with enough energy to easily rinse the soap from your hair, body, and washcloth. Furthermore the head itself is quite large and has about twice as many nozzels as my previous 2.5 gpm showerhead. This means it has a broader spray pattern with better coverage and I really like that. Our previous showerhead did eject the water more forcefully as you would expect given the lower nozzel count. However, the coverage was not nearly as broad and my wife sometimes felt like it stinged a bit. YMMV, but this really seems like the Goldilocks showerhead to me. Without removing the water saving features, you still get great volume, reasonable flow, and superior coverage. I note that some reviewers indicated they had to turn the water warmer with this showerhead. I have not had this issue. If anything, the reverse has been true. This could arise from the fact that our shower is enclosed so that the air flowing into the shower head is warmer than it would be in a large room with only a shower curtain employed. In any event, I don't think many people will be disappointed in the performance of this showerhead. It's not a 5-6 gpm gusher like you might get from a large rain showerhead with the water saving feature removed. But it also won't rapidly deplete your hot water and cost you a mint to use. For what it is, I don't think you will find better. It is a 2.5 gpm showerhead designed to give you a luxurious, environmentally sound showering experience. This it accomplishes amazingly well. Highly recommended.
Habsfan17
Reviewed in Canada on November 11, 2020
An excellent shower head, well worth the money. All chrome without any plastic so looks great. Head has a very nice and strong water flow, and the head swivels so you can easily adjust it. Very easy to install. Highly recommended. Initial research led me to believe this is made in the USA, but it is made in China.
Slomp
Reviewed in Canada on December 2, 2018
Great shower head
WiscoJohn
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2013
In 2006, in my prior residence, I bought the original Forte shower head and for over 6 years, I absolutely loved it. It had nice coverage and power. At the time of purchase it was Consumer Reports' top-rated single function shower head.I recently sold my prior house and bought a townhouse which came with the very basic . I soon came to miss my Forte and set out to purchase one. During my research, however, I found out that while my original Forte was still made, some 6+ years later (not surprising), they also had an updated version with the new Katalyst functionality. This appears to be air induction technology, or some sort of mega aeration to increase power and make the stream feel bigger. I decided to buy the Katalyst version of the Forte and that's the basis for this review.My favorite part of the original Forte was that in 6 years, I never had to clean it and there never was any build-up. I come from an area with pretty hard water (though I do have it softened) so this was a huge bonus. I predict this model will have the same no-maintenance requirement.Both the original Forte and this updated Katalyst version have great coverage. You can tell it's a wide head and it gives me nice full body coverage so I don't have to move around in the shower. That hasn't changed. The other Forte didn't have much heat loss and neither does this one. In fact, I had to turn down the water temperature for this shower head compared to the Coralais model as it had much less heat loss.Where the Katalyst technology really shows is in the size of the stream with the drops that hit my body now feeling about twice as big as on the old model. They also feel more powerful. I love it. It is a combination of a functional shower head to clean, with the luxury of a rain flow style head. It is great.The only downside, as some have noted, is that it is definitely louder than the original Forte and I presume that's due to the Katalyst air induction technology. It doesn't detract from a great shower, and it doesn't even prevent me from relaxing when I take one at night, but it is absolutely louder. The cool part about the noise is that it really does sound like a steady rain so in some ways I enjoy it.I give this shower head 5* because I love it. The Katalyst technology is a great upgrade to an already fantastic shower head. My experience with Kohler quality has been good and I have no doubt this shower head will last for years to come. It is worth the extra money over cheaper models with more bells and whistles, that really don't give you as good of a shower, require some maintenance and don't last as long.
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