I'm an ace mechanic when working on exotic sports cars and own the repair shop, so I figured I could apply some similar logic. 1st - I replaced the water pressure regulator on the main water line coming into the house since it was old and clogged anyway. I also installed a pressure gauge before the regulator so I'd know water pressure coming from the city's main to my house and then another pressure gauge after the regulator so I'd know what water pressure was initially running into the pipes in my house, 'cause if I didn't have decent water pressure to begin with, it probably wouldn't matter what the hell the type of shower head or shower control handle was. Plus, I made sure I set the pressure correctly so I didn't over-burden the house water lines with too much water pressure, by checking various faucets, etc in the house to see what they read. 2nd - I had to shop around for older model shower handles since they have restrictors just like the shower heads. For me, I found that the older Kholer and Moen models were the easier one's to dismantle, absent destroying the body of the shower control handle itself and since they still had some eye appeal and since the newer models are made by the manufacturers so you can't really dismantle them, if at all. Not that everyone has a machine shop, but I had to drill and machine some of the inner parts to bypass the damn restrictors. 3rd - I also shopped around for shower heads and used the same logic as before, finding and older model shower head(s) with eye appeal and then getting to work on dismantling them. I also drilled out the holes in the shower spray head slightly larger for more flow. In the end, I've gotten around the stupid govt. restrictor regulations and have real nice water pressure. I have 1 over head, 3 wall mounts and 3 body sprays and a hand-held, so its like a car wash in the shower room now... Again, I made sure I didn't over-burden the pipes with too much water pressure. So, the plummer's who responded were spot-on, there's just no easy way around the restrictor issues. You just have to get over the aggravations, get creative, put in the dismantling and modification work and get 'er done. Hope that helps...