They're generally good for the basics, but I haven't used one myself in ages. I use a ceiling mounted Watermark rain showerhead and loooove it, they're a great company -- much smaller and local (to me anyways, since i used to live near their NYC manufacturing). Their showerheads tend to be in roughly the same price range as RH, so I'm sure you could find something equal to or less of the cost.

What size of showerhead are you looking for? I have an 8" head in one bathroom but when i redid the master bath I treated myself and got a 12" :)

Thanks so much for the recommendation. I'll check out the Watermark showerheads. I think we'll do a 12". We live just outside nyc, can you buy directly from Watermark?