I have always thought that Hansgrohe is a much more premium brand... a few of the Hansgrohe system like Axor, even includes some Stark designs seemed to be priced sky high.. I have got one the raindance series, which is one of the more affordable models.. still it has very good quality. I have seen some Grohe shower heads in hotels around the world.. some of them feels very 'Plastic-ky'... Maybe I'm biased, but my opinion is Hansgrohe is the much better brand..