DAY 01
DAY 38
The redness finally calmed down
My cheeks used to flare bright red and flaky after every hot shower. Two weeks on filtered water and that burning tight feeling just stopped.
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Every time you turn on the shower, you're standing under a chemical rinse. Australian town water is loaded with chlorine, and chloramine.
That tight face after you towel off. The itch that won't go away.
The frizz no product can fix. The colour that fades in three weeks. The drain full of hair that shouldn't be there.
That's not your shampoo. That's not your skin type. That's not "just how water is."
That's chlorine stripping your hair and skin every single day, and no amount of product can out-rinse a twice-daily chemical shower.
Your hair probably looked amazing on your last holiday. Same products, different water. That's not a coincidence. That's chlorine.
Every shower, chlorine forces your hair's cuticles open and breaks down the keratin your hair is built from. Open cuticles mean moisture escapes, colour washes out, and every strand becomes rough and prone to snapping.
RIVA strips the chlorine out before it touches you. When the cuticles aren't under constant chemical attack, they lay flat and lock in moisture again. Within a month, your hair is back to healthy.
Your skin has a protective barrier built from its own oils and natural moisture.
Every shower, chlorine strips that barrier away. Without it, moisture escapes and whatever's in your water gets straight in, which is why your skin feels pulled and itchy no matter how much cream you put on.
When you take the chlorine out, the barrier repairs itself. Your skin starts holding onto its own moisture again, and within a couple of weeks the dryness and itch are gone because you're not stripping your skin twice a day anymore.
Most filters trap chemicals. They degrade in hot water, clog with scale, and barely touch chloramine, the longer-lasting chemical used in Sydney and Melbourne water.
Vitamin C neutralises chlorine and chloramine on contact, converting them into harmless compounds before the water touches you.
It works at any temperature and doesn't lose strength until the cartridge is done.
It also leaves a light citrus scent in the steam, so you can literally smell the chlorine disappearing from your very first shower.
Korea built their reputation on this technology. RIVA brings it to Australia, lab-tested for local water.
A fresh stack arrives right before yours fades. Free shipping, a free 2m steel hose upgrade in your first box, skip or cancel in one tap.
Join with your RIVASix things riding along in Australian mains water. One cartridge between them and your skin.
Added at every Australian treatment plant, rough on skin and hair.
Sydney and Melbourne's version, stays in the water all the way to your arm.
From old copper pipes, ends up in your hair.
Captured as loose grit, not softened.
Fine plastic fragments in mains water.
The earthy taste and smell after rain.
DAY 01
DAY 38
My cheeks used to flare bright red and flaky after every hot shower. Two weeks on filtered water and that burning tight feeling just stopped.
DAY 01
DAY 34
Dry flaky patches around my nose and chin every winter, with breakouts on top. A month in and I am out the door with zero concealer.
DAY 01
DAY 60
I blamed the Sydney sun for years. Two months on filtered water and the patches on my cheeks have faded noticeably. Skin feels less parched too.
DAY 01
DAY 43
The frizz cloud turned back into actual curls. My curl cream finally has something to work with.
DAY 01
DAY 43
I fought the frizz with three products and a straightener. Now it dries smooth by itself and stays that way till dinner.
DAY 01
DAY 30
Every mirror photo had that fuzzy halo floating over my part. A month in and my hair sits flat and shiny on its own.
DAY 01
DAY 50
Beach water and bleach had turned my waves to straw. Seven weeks in they bounce again and hold shape without product.
DAY 01
DAY 45
Years of colouring left my ends like straw, snapping every time I brushed. Six weeks in it brushes through sleek with no crunch.
DAY 01
DAY 45
My lengths felt crunchy and looked fried at the ends. Six weeks in the brush glides through and the ends sit flat.
DAY 01
DAY 35
I watched my part get wider for a year. Five weeks on the filter there is new growth along it and barely anything in the drain catch.
DAY 01
DAY 40
My hairline was all snapped off flyaways. Now the regrowth actually grows long instead of breaking off short.
DAY 01
DAY 70
You could see scalp at my crown in every photo. Ten weeks in the whorl has filled in enough that I threw out my hats.
DAY 01
DAY 28
You could see the flakes sitting right along my part line. Four weeks in my scalp is calm and dark tops are safe again.
DAY 01
DAY 28
That itchy flaky patch above my ear hung around for two years. Four weeks in it is smooth skin again.
DAY 01
DAY 30
My hairline went red and stung after every shower. A month on the filter and it is calm no matter how hot I run it.
Test your water with the included strips, shower for two months, and if you don't feel it: full refund, return label on us.
Add to cart · $129Yes. RIVA screws straight onto any standard Australian 1/2" BSP arm in about 90 seconds. Screw off, screw on. No tools or plumber needed, and the steel mount and braided hose are included.
You get the head for $20 less today, plus a fresh filter stack (Vitamin C core + purifying filter) delivered every 3 months: $29 with free shipping. Nothing is charged for refills today. Your head arrives with both filters already installed, and your first refill is billed when box one ships in 3 months. Your first box includes a free extra-long 2m steel shower hose, an upgrade on the standard hose. Skip, pause or cancel in one tap, no emails, no phone calls.
No. It feels stronger. The 1,200 laser-drilled micro-jets create a denser spray from the same flow. Run it for two minutes on first install to purge air.
Shower on it for up to 60 nights. Test your water with the included chlorine strips. If you’re not convinced, we refund everything and send a prepaid return label. That covers every bundle.
The RIVA head, steel quick-mount and braided hose, your first filter stack (both filters pre-installed), chlorine test strips, and the install card. Filter Club orders also include the free extra-long 2m steel hose upgrade.
Reviewers consistently mention the citrus scent, noticeably softer skin and hair, and the 90-second install. Pressure is described as equal to or stronger than their previous head. A small number note the scent fading near the end of filter life, consistent with the 3 to 4 month replacement window.
















Our house is a 1992 Queenslander and I thought the black would look out of place. It looks like we renovated. Water feels softer already.

Straight out of the box. Feels heavy and solid, not like the plasticky ones we tried before. On the wall in five minutes.

This is it mid install. Screwed straight onto the arm, no plumber. Pressure is stronger than the head it replaced.

Post shower every night. Frizz is calmer and my colour is lasting longer. The white looks clean against our tiles.

Wet season humidity ruins everything up here. No spots on the black finish and the chlorine smell is gone.

Renting so I kept the old head in a drawer. This screwed straight on. Landlord none the wiser and my skin is way less itchy.

That crusty thing on the vanity is what we showered under for six years. The difference after one wash was not subtle.

Took this for the group chat. It looks like something Apple would make. Two weeks in and my sensitive skin is calmer.

Building has old pipes and the water smelled like a pool. Smell gone day one. Matte black matches our tapware.

I was the sceptic of the house. Three weeks in the dandruff situation is embarrassingly improved. I take it back.

Got it for my partner. Nearly kept it for myself. The knurled grip and the weight feel properly premium.

Our bathroom is untouched since 1994. The orange actually works with it somehow. Skin stopped feeling tight after showers.

Light enough to hold through a whole shower and the grip does not slip. My granddaughter picked the colour.

Run, shower, citrus. The chlorine sting on my face is gone. Fastest converted sceptic in the eastern suburbs.

Installed in nan’s original 1950s pink bathroom. She calls it her fancy orange telephone. Water no longer smells like the town pool.

Subtle citrus, not perfume. My bathroom smells like a spa for an hour after every shower. I actively look forward to it.
Tested my water with the included strips: 1.2 ppm chlorine before, 0.0 after. Post-shower itch was gone by week two. Data beats marketing.
Three washes in, my hair dried smooth for the first time since we moved here. Four weeks in, my hairdresser asked what I changed.
We renovated the whole bathroom and this is the thing guests ask about. It reads like a design object, not a gadget.
Adelaide water is brutal. Six weeks in, the shower screen has half the limescale and my skin doesn’t feel tight after showers.
Refills show up right when the scent starts fading. Swapped the stack in under a minute. Zero mental load.
Not cured, calmer. Less redness after hot showers, way less itch at night. For me that’s worth every cent.
I thought filtered showerheads were a scam. The included test strips and the 60-night refund made it a no-risk experiment. I kept it.
One for us, one for my parents. My mum calls it "the fancy hotel shower." Unboxing feels premium too.
Citrus steam at 6:30am does more for me than the first coffee. Genuinely.