The shower is no longer just a water outlet, modern showers can be integrated with a pressurization function, and can be used with a thermostatic faucet to alleviate the troubles of hot and cold and insufficient water pressure. Today, I would like to recommend to you 10 brands on the list, which are versatile and practical, and have a better shower experience.
1. Hansgrohe/Germany
Founded at the beginning of the 20th century, it is an international first-line bathroom manufacturer, with high-end product design, delicate craftsmanship and atmospheric texture, and has a high reputation and reputation in the world, and is known as the "top master" in the bathroom industry. It was the first to introduce hand showers and lifting levers, and made major improvements to the thermostatic valve body, which changed the way people shower several times. In addition, it supports a 5-year spool warranty and a 2-year warranty on the rest of the parts.
Hansgrohe's air injection technology is in a leading position in the industry, PowderRain is a new water outlet technology, mainly used in the PowderRain and Jingyu series, Jingyu is an upgraded version of PowderRain, which not only upgrades all the water outlet holes to one hole with four fine holes, but also upgrades the disc surface to alumina material. It should be noted that due to the smaller water outlet holes, some places with poor water quality need to be cleaned regularly to ensure a good daily use experience.
Hansgrohe is positioned as a high-end brand, with a rich product line, ranging from more than 1,000 yuan non-constant temperature suits to 8,000 yuan constant temperature cold touch suits. The common ones in the domestic market are the 1,000-yuan Colomeda series, the Raindance series that starts at 2,000 yuan, and the high-end Jingyu series that starts at 3,000 yuan. Among them, the Raindance series is positioned in the middle and high-end, with the most styles, and its popularity on online platforms is much higher than that of other series.
Constant temperature suit Raindance Select150 is a masterpiece, no overhead spray, only hand-held shower, with three hand-held spray modes, through the handle "SELECT" button switching, the convenience is higher than the mainstream slide switch, in addition to the shower area, in the shower experience is not weaker than most of the top spray on the market. In addition, it is also equipped with a storage table to facilitate the placement of toiletries, and the price is about 2,500 yuan.
If you're looking for faster showering efficiency, opt for the Dual Raindance 240 Set, which features Raindance Air Injection technology for both the overhead spray and the hand shower. The size of the top spray is 240mm, the water volume is large, and the whole body foam is washed away in a few seconds in the enhanced rain mode. The switch switch of the top spray and the hand-held shower is set outside the faucet valve, the handle is pinned, the hand slide can still be operated, the valve core is made of alumina ceramic, the wear resistance and impact resistance are stronger than the ordinary ceramic spool, and the price is about 3500 yuan.
2. GROHE / Germany
Focusing on hardware faucets and shower showers, the quality and design are high, with years of accumulated technology, its product development and industrial design are still at the international leading level. Since the introduction of the "Lahr Thermostat" in 1956, GROHE has been at the forefront of thermostatic valve technology with a ceramic spool with a wax thermal sensor for high sensitivity and excellent temperature control.
The "Claw Motion Mode" is also designed to mimic the effect of finger massage, and the eight nozzles are distributed along the circumference, which can periodically change the spray angle to achieve a rotating water discharge. In addition, the top spray has a built-in return valve, which has good anti-siphon performance and good sealing, and the dripping phenomenon rarely occurs. Most of the important parts of the showers on sale are produced in Germany, Portugal and other regions, and the warranty period of the imported valve core can reach 5 years, which is much higher than most brands.
Constant temperature shower set is the main product, 1500-9000 yuan. The basic standard is a 38° thermostatic faucet, and there are four water modes in the hand, and the top spray basically uses the "phantom sprinkler technology" to maintain the stability of the water. The differences between the various models are mainly in the top spray rotation, the storage table, the water outlet under the belt and the modeling design. In addition, for some styles above 3,000 yuan, the top spray can switch to the water mode.
The "34598" in the thermostatic shower set has sold quite a lot in recent years, the price is about 1500-2000 yuan, 38° constant temperature control, 200mm round top spray, handheld shower contains four water outlets, the nozzle is made of BSF soft silicone, which is not easy to hide dirt, and contains the faucet. This model is equipped with most of GROHE's technology and offers a great price.
Non-thermostatic showers are more like a simplified version of thermostatic showers in the GROHE product line, except for constant temperature, the rest of the configuration is basically the same, and the price is mostly around 1,000 yuan. For example, the popular online "2348" is equivalent to a simplified version of "34598", and the price is about 1,500 yuan, which is quite competitive in the price of 1,000 yuan.
3, TOTO/Japan
One of the earliest sanitary ware manufacturers in Japan, with a high audience in Asia, and a market share of about 70% in the Japanese market, although the Chinese market is not in an absolute leading position, it often occupies the top five positions in online share, second only to Kohler among overseas brands.
There are several factories in China, with the Dalian plant producing high-end faucets and shower heads and accessories in Guangzhou. Strict quality control, stable quality, long service life, favored by consumers. At present, there are not many showers on sale online, the price is between 1000-2000 yuan, most of them belong to non-constant temperature sets, and the positioning is high.
The unkempt structure of TOTO hand shower is quite distinctive, with a large aperture in the middle of the panel, and a built-in mesh aerator to reduce the impact of the water column, feel comfortable, and play a certain role in saving water. In the spraying mode, the water becomes a water mist shape, and due to the dense grid of the aerators, the water mist is scattered in the form of a wide angle, but the bathing is not practical, and the floor is cleaned with the lasing mode.
TBS03302B is a popular non-constant temperature faucet, made of copper alloy, after three layers of electroplating, the appearance is the mainstream bright silver tone, can be matched with different hand-held and top spray, a set of generally between 1000-2000 yuan. The most common is to match TBW01018B hand-held shower, there are 5 water modes such as shower, massage, impact, shower + massage, shower + impact, etc., and the price without top spray is in the early 1000 yuan.
The thermostatic suit TBW01S05B + TBV01402 has been selling well since it was launched, with five kinds of water, the appearance of the top spray and the hand-held shower is not much different from the conventional shower, the highlight is the faucet design, the use of cold water channel to wrap the hot water channel structure, to avoid the faucet surface temperature is too high to burn the human body. The faucet handle is flat and smooth, the lower outlet is hidden without exposure, water stains are not easy to accumulate, easy to clean, and the price is about 2700 yuan.
4. Kohler/USA
Founded in 1873, it is one of the largest sanitary ware companies in the United States. The product layout in the Chinese market is complete, and the sales volume ranks in the first echelon, and the audience is extremely high. The national standard requires that the sanitary equipment need to pass the 24-hour salt spray test and reach level 9 before it can be marketed, Kohler quality control is very strict, and all products have reached 10 levels of electroplating (the highest level), which can pass the 48-hour salt spray test, ahead of the national standard level.
Water conservation is another advantage of Kohler, which replaces the concept of "air injection" with "aerophilic water flow technology", with a 1:1 ratio of water to air, and the water saving capacity is increased to 50%, which is higher than the average of 30% for European brands, but unfortunately water-saving showers are mainly sold in the United States.
On the product line, Kohler did not pursue the whole series of constant temperature, and nearly half of the non-constant temperature products were separated by price segments, with non-constant temperature series about 1000 yuan, and constant temperature series were higher than 2000 yuan. In addition, most of Kohler's showers have only three conventional water discharge modes, which is not as abundant as European brands.
Qiyue series is the main product in recent years, including constant temperature and non-constant temperature, the top spray water is intensive, equipped with 127 water outlets, ordinary rain can also get the effect of strengthening the rain shower. The hand-held shower is shell-shaped, lotus-shaped panel, with a special shape, but the weight is large, and it is easy to get tired when holding it for a long time. Among them, K-99741T is a constant temperature shower, equipped with ultra-thin top spray, the internal waterway is evenly distributed, the water supply is stable, and the price is about 2500-3000 yuan.
There is also a high-end series with a layout, and the Water Movement shower series is the latest to be promoted and won the 2022 iF Design Award. All of them are in-wall design, and the top spray of the whole series is equipped with Kohler oxygen-friendly technology, so that the water-gas ratio is 1:1, which is not weaker than Hansgrohe in terms of experience, and the top spray size starts at 300mm, and the water outlet hole reaches 1.3mm, which is not easy to block. The hand-held showers equipped with three water outlet modes are included, but the price is extremely high, basically more than 10,000 yuan.
5. American Standard/United States
A leading brand in the U.S. bathroom industry, with a history of 100 years, it was once the world's largest bathtub manufacturer, and is now part of the Japanese LIXIL Group. Sanitary ware is a fist product, and the hardware bathroom also has a good performance, manufacturing the world's first single-handle hybrid valve ceramic spool. In the 80s, it entered the Chinese market, developed rapidly, and was selected as a cooperative brand of Beijing Olympic venues and Shanghai World Expo.
The American standard shower has good temperature control accuracy, the thermostatic valve core can adjust the proportion of hot and cold water according to the change of water temperature, keep the water temperature constant, and has anti-scald design and safe temperature button, the default is 38°C when there is no operation, and it needs to be rotated and controlled by the button when replacing it, so as to avoid misoperation by children and high safety.
The American standard shower series have two types of spray with and without top spray, and the difference between the two is 500-800 yuan. The modern series focuses on the mass market, the price of the overhead spray model is about 1000 yuan, using 60 copper substrate, chrome plating on the surface, and the coating grade reaches 10, with a soap tray, which is convenient for placing toiletries. It should be noted that this series does not support constant temperature, so it is recommended to use it with an electric water heater.
In the thermostatic series, Addico is quite representative. Addiq 4946+8 is equipped with an ultra-thin circular top spray with a thickness of only 1.2mm. Champagne Gold hand shower with five dispensing modes and air injection technology to provide a variety of shower effects. The mode switch button is set at the connection between the handle and the panel, just under the thumb, which fits the user's Xi habits, has strong convenience, and the price is less than 2,000 yuan, which is quite cost-effective.
The price of the American standard shower set is medium to high, the non-constant temperature basic model is between 1000-1500 yuan, the high-end design of the simple square series is 2500 yuan, and the constant temperature series Addic set is concentrated in 2000-3000 yuan, the water outlet mode is flexible and changeable, and the structure and color matching are richer than other series.
6. Moen/USA
One of the old bathroom giants in the United States, the founder is the inventor of the single-handle mixer, and the design of the single-handle hybrid has been used to this day. The leading business is the core business, which has won nearly 30% of the market share in the United States. In the Chinese market, Moen products are mostly used in commercial buildings, and it maintains cooperative relationships with real estate developers such as Vanke.
Compared with TOTO and Kohler, Moen bathroom products are more affordable, but the product line layout is not as rich as the former, most of them are non-thermostatic shower sets, and families who do not install thermostatic water heaters need to choose carefully. In addition, Moen adopts a one-year warranty policy, which is not as average as the average of domestic mainstream brands.
Moen has a lot of faucets in China, and there are relatively few shower sets. The non-constant temperature set is the first to recommend 12333EC+M22060, priced at about 1200 yuan, equipped with 2mm ultra-thin top spray, reducing internal space, narrowing the waterway, increasing water pressure, and suitable for high floors with less water pressure. Equipped with "Air-in" air injection technology, combined with a thin top spray, the water column is more clearly separated, and the water droplets become fuller, making the bathing experience better.
70232EC+M22060 is the main thermostatic shower set, priced at more than 2000 yuan. Made of fine copper, the plating grade is up to 10, the hand shower has five water discharge modes, and the end of the handle has a built-in throttle valve design to avoid backflow and improve the ability to save water. The switching valve between the top spray and the shower is set at the waist of the straight rod, the rod knob is controlled, the rotation is smooth and unimpeded, and the internal waterway is clearly divided, so there will be no mixed flow or dripping between the top spray and the shower.
7. Jiumu / Fujian, China
Founded in 1990, the initial development of the production of bathroom accessories, once for TOTO OEM. In 2009, he began to take the overall bathroom route, and participated in the drafting of the national standard "GB/T23447-2009 sanitary ware shower shower", and has now become a domestic first-line bathroom manufacturer. The selling point lies in the cost performance, the price of the non-thermostatic flower set is less than 1000 yuan, and most of the thermostatic suits are only slightly higher than 1000 yuan.
Most of the sets of JOMOO are made of copper faucet valve body, and the rest of the parts such as top spray and shower are made of ABS material, with various shapes and appearances, and a variety of panel shapes can be concave, and the product is lightweight, and there will be no tiredness when grabbing for a long time. However, the wear resistance and corrosion resistance of ABS bathroom are not as good as those of brass, and the stability is average, and the service life is not as good as copper.
Among the non-thermostatic shower sets, 36453 is a representative product, with extremely high online sales, and the top spray is equipped with air injection technology, which has excellent water-saving ability and strong bathing comfort. The hand-held shower is an easy-to-clean faucet, easy to clean, with three water outlet modes, and the valve body is made of brass poured in one piece, with a thickness of up to 2.8mm, and strong durability. The price is about 700 yuan, the price is close to the people, and the cost performance is high.
The representative of the constant temperature shower set is 26164, which is 40 ° constant temperature, the top spray and the shower adopt the thimble structure, the thimble rises by buoyancy when the top spray is water, and the thimble sinks after use, squeezes out the residual water flow, reduces the residual water stains, and achieves the effect of automatic cleaning. It also comes with a spray gun, which can assist in daily bathroom cleaning, and there is also a shelf table, which can be used to put some small shower supplies, and the price is 1200-1400 yuan, and the cost performance is also high.
8. Wrigley/Guangdong, China
Wrigley Home Group is the leader in China's local sanitary ware, listed on the main board of Shenzhen in 2022, with sales of more than 5 billion in the first three quarters of 2022. Wrigley is the earliest and most core bathroom sub-brand launched by the group, and has occupied the first place in the domestic bathroom market share for 8 consecutive years.
Mainly ceramic bathroom products, showers and other hardware products are a large part of the OEM production by the outsourcing factory, the production capacity of hardware products is slightly inferior to Jiumu. Wrigley showers also take the cost-effective route, non-constant temperature shower sets are mostly about 400-1000 yuan, and constant temperature sets are basically more than 1000 yuan. Among the first-line Chinese bathroom brands, Wrigley has a very good competitiveness.
The non-constant temperature shower set has a good market performance in the AE33104MS, the hidden back spray design has won the Red Dot Award, the spray gun is well hidden in the handheld shower, 3 levels of water mode, but also comes with a 360° rotating lower faucet, the price is 500-700 yuan.
Wrigley's thermostatic shower set is not many, but its suit is basically equipped with a spray gun, of which the representative model is AE3480SHA-1, the set is 38 ° constant temperature, 320mm large top spray is equipped with air injection technology, the water is soft, the main body uses cold touch technology to avoid scalding, and the price is close to 1300 yuan.
9. Hecheng Sanitary Ware / Taiwan, China
Founded in 1931, it has a history of more than 90 years and is the No. 1 bathroom brand in Taiwan, China. In 1992, Hecheng sanitary ware entered the mainland market, but from the current situation, Hecheng sanitary ware in the market popularity and market share, there is still a certain gap with Jiumu and Wrigley.
Hecheng bathroom faucets, showers and other hardware products are manufactured by Luda Group, and the product defect rate is less than 0.01%. The shower product line is mainly based on non-constant temperature suits, using ceramic spools, ABS material top sprays and hand-held showers, which have lower costs, but the antibacterial effect is not as good as copper. The water temperature of the shower is from 4-90 °C, and the surface plating reaches 10 grades, which is comparable to the international first-line brand.
The price of non-constant temperature showers is mostly between 700-1200 yuan, and the price is more affordable. BF16522 is more representative, online sales are good, its top spray inlet is equipped with an adjustable air switch, the use of air pressurization technology, improve the water pressure, recommended to choose areas with low water pressure. The hand shower has four ways to dispense water, which can be switched by flipping the slider.
There are not many styles of thermostatic showers, and the price is more than 1500 yuan. BF08076E is a representative product with good sales, the top spray and hand-held shower are used in a rare square design, the thickness of the top spray is thinner than the general top spray, the default 38 °C constant temperature and can be out of the water rotary faucet, but its hand-held shower does not support switching out of the water, the overall configuration is at a medium level, the price of 1800 yuan has a certain price advantage.
10. Hengjie / Guangdong, China
Founded in 1998, compared with other domestic bathroom brands, it entered the market late, but with stable product quality, it has gradually become a first-class bathroom brand in China. With more than 170 core technologies, it has been selected as one of the top ten bathroom brands in China by the China Ceramic Industry Association for many times.
Ceramic sanitary ware is the leading product of Hengjie, while the design and development of shower heads are slightly mediocre, and the components are mostly produced by foundries. Hengjie has a clear positioning of its own products, and its bathroom products are simple and practical, and they are quite cost-effective.
The abundant water outlet mode is one of the selling points of Hengjie handheld shower, most of the products have five water outlet modes, of which 622E is a representative product, supporting 38 °C constant temperature, when the water temperature exceeds 49 °C, the faucet water supply will automatically limit the flow to avoid high temperature scalding. At the same time, it is equipped with air injection technology, the water-to-air ratio is 7:3, and the shape of the water is changed from needle-like to water beads, which reduces the stinging sensation and improves the comfort of bathing, and the price is 1000-1600 yuan.
If there is no constant temperature demand, you can choose HMF916-333, the accessories include top spray, three water outlet modes of hand shower and lower faucet, hand shower and top spray are easy-to-clean water nozzles, light rubbing can remove dirt. The overall configuration is more general, but with the high cost performance of 500-750 yuan, there is a considerable sales volume online.
In addition, Hengjie's "automatic water pressure adjustment system" has been upgraded to air energy adjustment pressurization, the pressurization effect has been improved more than a generation of technology, which is generally used in more than 1,000 yuan style, such as low water pressure at home, you can consider Hengjie such a shower set.