Best bathroom taps in the UK in 2022 | Comparison Table
Bathroom mixer taps differ in technology used, style and design.
- Non-Thermostatic / Thermostatic shower mixers can keep a constant set temperature of 38°C to prevent scalding
- Deck-mounted / Wall-mounted
- Heritage traditional styled dual-control levers / Modern single lever
Trusted manufacturers of shower and bathroom mixer taps on the UK market are Hansgrohe, Grohe, Ideal Standard, Mira Showers, and Bristan.
Among manufacturers of bathroom taps, you can trust the British brands Mira Showers and Bristan.
German brands Grohe and Hansgrohe and international groups like Roca or Belgium-based Ideal Standard have engineering centers and factories worldwide: in Germany, the UK, France, the Czech Republic, Italy, Bulgaria, and Egypt. They control the entire supply chain and have subsidiaries worldwide.
If you have problems with water pressure, Mira Showers and Bristan taps are suitable for both low (the minimum is 0.5bar) and high-pressure systems, while for the other brands, 1.0 bar of pressure is recommended.
Most Popular Bathroom Mixer Taps Compared
Best Trusted Thermostatic Bath Tap | Wall-Mounted
hansgrohe Ecostat 1001 CL Thermostatic bath and shower
- Added convenience: The thermostatic mixer keeps the water at the set temperature and offers reliable protection against excessively hot or cold water
- Safety: optional thermostat safety stop prevents unwanted hot water above 40°
- The faster way to run a bath is with a water flow of up to 20 l/min. (at 3 bar), so you can be enjoying your bath in no time at all
Best Thermostatic Bath Tap | Deck-Mounted
Best Single Lever Tap for Bath Deck-Mounted
Best 2-in-1 Shower System with Bathtub Thermostat Mixer
hansgrohe Crometta E Shower System 240 1 Spray
- Greater showering indulgence: large 240 mm overhead shower for a smooth, luxurious stream of water (XXL Performance)
- Experience gentle showers and strong cascades: overhead shower with the Rain spray pattern (1jet) and hand shower with the Rain and IntenseRain spray patterns
- Easy to clean: limescale can be removed by simply wiping over the silicone nozzles on the shower head (QuickClean)
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Testing & Customers Reviews
Here are the reviews from YouTube bloggers who tested the bathroom taps and have found them effective and worth buying.
Geek Street: "Today we're unboxing a hansgrohe a Chrome Crometta S 240 shower pipe.
So, I was unsure what the quality of the fixtures were like, so I didn't really want to go for anything too plasticky. So, let's have a look at the actual packaging. That it arrives in so comes nicely packaged in a large package and just to show just pictures of the actual picture itself we've got some dimensions here. So, initially a shower head, this is the handheld one and very light feel to it. So, it's plasticky, he doesn't really feel metal in any way and a cover for connecting it seems okay. So, all chrome look on there and all rubber fixtures look nice on there. Good quality connectors on there and same on both sides, and you've got the rubbers to avoid any sort of leakage.
The fixture here all plastic, key chrome finish on their movement wise. Moves quite easily, which is good. The actual pole itself, as you can hear, is metal, but quite light. Build quality seems quite good. So, this is thermostatic mixer here. So, everything is metal on there and really good feel so very good quality feel.
Next is the actual rain showerhead. It looks like sort of plastic. On the top and on the bottom all chrome. So, feels a little bit not sure actually looks like it's sort of chrome-plated on there and, obviously, all rubber where the water comes out. So, yeah, not too bad. Just odd, I'll expecting it all to be chrome on the top of this.
General quality seems good. Just to note, the showerhead, which I showed here, I think that should have been a bit more heavy duty really. So, it feels very very light and plasticky. But the other components seem okay."
