The shower stall is an indispensable attribute of a modern bathroom, both elite and budget. The convenience of a shower cabin is difficult to overestimate - the ease of installation, compactness, multifunctionality. How to choose a cabin, what to look for, who makes the best cabins - in our rating.
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Shower cabin which company to choose
Almost all well-known companies for the production of sanitary equipment offer their showers and boxes. To understand them is quite difficult. First, manufacturers should be divided by region of origin. Most booths for sale are owned by European or Chinese companies.
European higher in price, but also better in quality. It is difficult to find a clear marriage or low quality here, but there are European brands whose products are manufactured entirely or mostly made in China, for example, Artex.
Among the European brands representing high-quality showers and cabins include:
1. Am.Pm (Germany) - cabins of excellent design and high level of premium class functionality;
2. Artex (Italy) - not inferior in terms of Am.Pm, but more affordable. The range consists of products of economy class and medium price range. It is possible to distinguish shower cabins from Italy according to the original design style;
3. Cersanit (Poland) - showers for the middle class buyers. European quality at an affordable price;
4. Eger (Hungary) - constantly expanding and renewing range of products. You can always find something that other firms are not doing;
5. LUXUS (Czech Republic) - the breadth of the functionality and the abundance of options. In addition to the price, they are not inferior to the German brands;
6. IDO (Finland). The plant for the production of showers is located in Sweden, in the city of Northtelier. Budget models are made in China. The quality is very high, the price too.
Among Chinese companies can be identified AquaStream, Appollo, Erlit, Atlantis. As a rule, Chinese brands bribe the buyer with not as much product quality as the range. Here you can choose a cabin for every taste and color, at a fairly attractive price.
It should be noted objectively that modern Chinese goods are significantly better than those that were sold 3-5 years ago.
The best open showers
Among all the cabins of this type the Finnish IDO SHOWERAMA 8-5 (90Х90 or 100х100) is the best.
Dignity:
- Made of durable tempered glass in an aluminum profile, on which no stains or marks remain.
- Wall thickness - 6 mm.
- Glass can be chosen to taste - matte, transparent, tinted, patterned.
- Seals hold firmly without accumulating moisture.
- The shower is perfectly regulated (both manual and tropical).
The disadvantages include:
- lack of shelves
- expensive parts,
- quite high price.
The best open cabin with hydromassage
Hydromassage is a very useful and pleasant function in showers and is widely used by manufacturers of open cabins, as it is quite suitable for realization in constructions of this type. The Polish cabin Radaway Quattra 33003-01-01N is one of the best to date.
Dignity
- Excellent design, harmoniously combining glass and chrome steel on a pallet of artificial marble.
- The quarter-circle shape and double-wing sliding doors are not only very comfortable in bathrooms of any size, but also give the cabin a very modern look.
- The glass is used frosted, transparent or semi-gloss.
- Vertical-type hydromassage with four nozzles, a regular shower head and a classic mixer - that's all the equipment.
Disadvantages:
- With high quality performance and functionality, yet too high a price.
- In addition, no overheat protection system is provided.
Best showers with an open bathroom
Combined shower cabins with a bathtub are installed both in large rooms and in a rather limited space. Expanded functionality allows to combine the broadest set of functions in one design and makes this type of car very popular.
The cabins are made with a closed and open type bathroom. Each of the designs has its own advantages. For example, in a closed bathroom you can create any desired atmosphere, and an open one allows you to enjoy water treatments without the risk of overheating.
Among the cabins with an open bathroom, JACUZZI AMEA TWIN PREMIUM can be considered the best in many respects.
Advantages:
- This is a full-size bath 180x86 cm exclusive production;
- Full hydromassage cabin with a top watering can and a rain shower;
- The mirror, a seat, convenient shelves are provided.
But JACUZZI AMEA belongs to the premium price segment, so Appollo AW-5032 can be recommended for the average consumer.
Despite its Chinese origin, it is a well-made, reliable and functional design, equipped with:
- hydromassage installation (vertical and horizontal type);
- rain shower;
- electronic control system;
- in terms of price and quality, it is one of the best not only among budget options.
Best showers with a closed bathroom
Am.Pm Bourgeois 150 - the best in the list of closed cabins with a bathroom.
Advantages:
- The widest functionality justifies quite a high price.
- On a high pallet in the form of a quarter of a circle, a glass enclosure with double-wing sliding doors is installed, which opens free access to the bath.
- Equipped with the latest cabin technology - vertical, horizontal and whirlpool back, overhead shower, Turkish bath.
- All this is controlled from the touch panel or remotely.
- Modes of operation are displayed on the display.
- Provided in the bathroom and radio.
Disadvantages:
- High price.
For a more limited budget, you can choose Appollo GUCI-869, with no less functionality and equipped even with a speakerphone at half the price. According to customer feedback, it was made efficiently and over the course of the year of operation did not give a single failure. The design is made in a rectangular shape and is suitable for installation only in a spacious room.
This can be considered a disadvantage, according to the owners of small apartments.
Top cabins with turkish bath
Steam bath has always been considered one of the most effective healing and invigorating water treatments. The AM.PM BOURGEOIS W65B-170A080WTB universal cabin allows you to taste all the delights of the Turkish bath.
Advantages:
- the possibility of a fully-equipped shower cabin with hydromassage installation for 8 nozzles;
- rain shower and hand watering can;
- full steam bath;
- management is carried out using a digital system;
- the cabin is equipped with a fan, a seat, a radio receiver, which, according to customer reviews, does not work;
- in addition to the functional, the advantage of this cabin can be considered quite affordable price with a European build quality.
Disadvantages:
- the radio does not work well;
- too many unnecessary functions;
- complicated build
The best cabins with a Finnish sauna
Among the designs that combine the advantages of a shower cabin and a Finnish sauna, only Chinese models are present. European manufacturers, as a rule, sell separately mobile saunas and shower cabins, without combining them into one unit. Aquapol AKL-900 L with sauna has quite good characteristics of equipment, including:
Advantages:
- hydromassage;
- rain shower;
- ordinary shower;
- Finnish sauna;
- Electronic control system allows you to create the desired atmosphere inside;
- The cabin is equipped with overhead lighting, a mirror, shelves.
Disadvantages:
- Cabin dimensions - 120x215x170 cm require quite a lot of space for installation, therefore, similar designs to the owners of city apartments are unlikely to be interesting.
The best cabins for the price
In terms of price / quality ratio, cabins from Poland and the Czech Republic are considered the best. Manufacturers from the former socialist countries have learned how to make equipment at the European level, while maintaining quite affordable prices. Czech Luxus Selesia 023D can definitely be considered the best model in this category.
Advantages:
- hydromassage with six nozzles;
- multifunctional hand shower;
- rain shower;
- made with high quality and reliable;
- walls of glass 5 mm thick;
- durable acrylic tray;
- comfortable quarter-circle shape that allows you to install the cabin in any room.
Interior equipment is also thought out to the smallest detail - a seat, a mirror, shelves, a radio. All equipment is controlled by remote control. Add comfort top lights and ventilation system.
This set of functions is not in many more expensive models, so the Luxus cabin can be recommended to all categories of buyers.
According to customer feedback - no flaws were found.
What kind of shower to buy
1. Deciding to buy a shower cabin, in addition to functionality, you need to pay attention to the manufacturer. For wealthy people, the choice should be on Am.Pm Bourgeois or Jacuzzi products. At a high enough price, they offer the highest quality, exquisite design and almost unlimited functionality.
2. For middle-income buyers, you can safely recommend Polish Cersanit, Czech Luxus and Hungarian Eger.
3. Among Chinese companies, quite good (in all senses) cabins are produced by AquaStream and Appollo. It is not by chance that they are in the top positions of consumer demand. According to the assortment, the Chinese Niagara is not inferior to them, but according to customer reviews, its products have a high percentage of defects and deficiencies.
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