Pumped shower VS mixer ADVICE please

[nickdesign]

Hi All,

forgive me for being stupid but would like a definitive, knowledgeable answer...

currently we have a mixer tap suppling a shower handset, this has a low-pressure headset on it and provides a good shower, nothing to set the world alight regarding pressure etc.

I've purchased a pumped grohe shower, which requires that the input pressures are taken down to between 0.1 - 1 bar.

Will this pumped shower feel like a much more powerful setup in comparison to the current setup I have as would hate for it to feel the same as now after all the effort.

I assumed that a pumped shower will give a much better flow - but am now worried I won't notice any different.....

personal experiences?

thanks

 

[seco services]

nick what are you panicing about.

this shower will give approx 18 l/min at 0.1 bar without the showerhead.

watch this video they are the same type of showeras the grohe same performance.
http://www.tritonshowers.co.uk/tvminisite/
click on why choose satellites.
then installer.
then dvd at bottom.

then tell me your not sure if it provides a good shower.

 

[nickdesign]

hi serco,

thanks for the link - v. reassuring!!

have deceided not to go ahead with the grohe wireless as it wouldn't suit the decor of our small bathroom.

Am I right in assuming that I can expect the same performance etc from aqualisa's axis digital pumped shower? this is now what i'm looking at as it has a slightly more 'traditional' look and will be contacting them today about input pressures and differences.

just wanted to put it out there - i assume these digital mixer showers are all very alike in their performance etc?

 

[nickdesign]

just to update - have spoken to aqualisa and they've given me the same min and max input pressures as grohe did - between 0.1 and 1 bar.

but they couldn't give me a maximum differential between the hot and cold inputs as they said on a gravity fed system they'd always be equal - obviously in my scenario i know this won't be the case and i'll have a cold pressure of around 1 bar and a hot around 0.5/0.6 bar - which they couldn't advise me on.

They also said it is a 1.2 bar pump in the unit which should generate between 13-17l per minute depending on if the boost function is used.

Has anyone fitted the aqualisa pumped digital showers with a pressure difference between the two inputs?

 

[nickdesign]

Anyone fitted the aqualisa mentioned above with different hot and cold pressures?

thanks

Nick

 

[possum_jenkins]

but they couldn't give me a maximum differential between the hot and cold inputs as they said on a gravity fed system they'd always be equal - obviously in my scenario i know this won't be the case and i'll have a cold pressure of around 1 bar and a hot around 0.5/0.6 bar - which they couldn't advise me on.

How did you come to this conclusion? I take it you have a gravity system and will be feeding the shower from the tank?