Are Mixer showers any good?

[davieG]

The thermostatically controlled ones.

Is it easy to control the temperature because I know ordinary mixer showers are bloody awful?

How important is the water pressure, I'm thinking of installing one on the ground floor level?

All sensible advice welcome.

[Bellend Sebastian]

I've stayed in a guest house and two hotels in the last week and all three of these fine establishments had mixer showers. One of them seemed to be knackered as you could have either just the shower on or the shower and taps simulatenously, but not just the taps, which can't be right. All set ups produced lovely uniformly hot water. None of that cold one second, third degree burns the next bollocks thing that we had at my Mum and Dad's house.

I'm no plumber, but I think I'm right in saying that you need good strong water pressure for a mixer to be successful

[potter3]

What's a mixer shower? One that incorporates both a shower and a tap?

[Zingari]

if you've got a combi boiler , the best option is a power shower , a bit more expensive but absolute bliss to use

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especially if you've concerns re water pressure

ps

you would need a mains electrical spur for this type of shower though , but this is not usually troublesome ( not like the huge 8mm cables needed for full electric showers

[davieG]

if you've got a combi boiler , the best option is a power shower , a bit more expensive but absolute bliss to use

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especially if you've concerns re water pressure

I've got a power shower upstairs so can vouch for that but I'm either going for an electric, no need for a hot water supply but needs a high current rated supply or the mixer which I'm presuming is the simplest to install as it probably wont be used that often.