I had earlier a similar shower of Gardena with metal handle. These held a year, but I thought was causally been, I let them lie outside in winter. Then I bought this little cheaper model. During the winter it was time course stored inside. Effect: zero. At first use after the winter the water bubbling side of the handle. This has become porous to about 5 cm -after 1! For me as soon no Gardena product comes out of the question! Unfortunately there is no shower of Fiskars, for that is a quality manufacturer.