The shower head base makes the whole experience so smooth. Its basically having a bunch of little percs in a circle that remove all the harshness from the smoke. I was a little worried about how ez it would be to clean inside the shower head part but it hasn't gotten very dirty (perhaps in part due to the combo with a honey comb bowl). I've been just filling the base with grunge off and it's a piece of cake. Highly recommend. Also I chose 1-3 shipping and ir came in 2 days! My previous purchases took significantly longer so they must have sorted out whatever the issue was.