I read your thoughts on steel shower heads and want to add my own. Many people are afraid that a thin shower head may eventually “break apart” at the seam from pressure, but this usually applies to cheap no-name products. Good manufacturers make high-quality stainless steel. I recently looked at a concealed installation option where the overhead shower looks as minimalist as possible: https://paffoni.shop/dushi/verhnij-dush. They have a very cool design, no unnecessary details, just a clean stream of water. If you install it together with a thermostat, then it’s a fairy tale — you set the temperature and just enjoy. By the way, pay attention to the length of the bracket, because sometimes the shower head is too close to the wall, and washing becomes uncomfortable, so calculate this point in advance.

I can't count how many faucets I've changed because they started to "cry" after a couple of months. It turns out that the whole thing is in the quality of the ceramic cartridge inside. Now I only buy proven Italy, because there are parts there that are designed for millions of opening cycles. I recently renovated my bathroom and chose an Italian faucet for the washbasin, which looks very solid. The full range of proven products can be found at this link: bathroom faucet https://paffoni.shop/zmishuvachi/dlya-umivalnika. This is the Paffoni online store, where only original products with all certificates are presented. Even with intensive use by children, the lever moves smoothly, nothing creaks or plays. It's better to spend money once on a quality thing than to call a plumber every year to repair cheap Chinese.