Shower System

This is a lovely, well made dual shower. The rain shower head is perfect and the water is directed perfectly out of each silicone nozzle. It is easy to operate and the polished chrome looks pristine. The only let down was the hand held shower head. 2 of the setting were good, but the power setting was poorly directed and weak, a bit like water coming out of a hose pipe. That said, it is personal preferences, and it was easily fixed with another brand. Fitting was a no brained, with a few tweaks with seals. They need to be a little bigger, so be gentle tightening the valve up. I still gave it top marks, because I don't believe personal preference should tip the balance from it being a top quality product and if you can't fit it, maybe you shouldn't try to fit it in the first place.

Bought this for the en-suite shower cubicle, it took about 30mins to fit to an existing concealed thermostat mixer setup. For the money I wasn't expecting too much and of course it's made in China. I read some of the reviews where it said the wall brackets didn't hold the riser pipe, I had the same problem until I realised I was fitting it wrong, the chrome cap prises off the bracket which reveals a threaded black insert with a flat screwdriver fitting, tighten with said screwdriver onto the curved pipe holder insert and then pop the chrome cap back on, riser pipe is fixed solid. I bought a second Grifema unit for the bathroom to fit to a bath mixer tap, 30 mins and job done. Only time will tell on their reliability but two units installed for £110, it had to be worth a go. The rainfall and shower spray work individually or both together and with our pressurised hot water system running off an oil boiler, it's fabulous. Already had numerous compliments.

Its a nice sturdy shower and reasonable easy to install. I would have given it 5 stars if the instructions were actually useful. Like alot of things these days it come with picture instructions that can be a bit vague. Eg. how to tighten the brackets to hold the riser. Once you realise what the picture actually means its quite easy and the brackets hold the riser rigidly. It would also be handy if they had labled the inlet valve "in and out". If you fit it upside down it wont work (inlet has a blue tab ). The only other issue I had was the shorter hose did not attach to my Mira Mixer tap due to the nut not being deep enough with the washer to enable it to tighten. But the mira hose attached to the shower inlet. So problem easily solved by using the existing Mira hose. Installation start to finish was less than an hour

Great value for the money.

The hoses and diverter have an internal diameter of about 6mm. A high pressure (2-bar) shower pump usually has hoses and fittings with about 11mm internal diameter. The smaller internal diameter has 2 effects: 1 - the water flow and pressure out of the shower head is less that with system designed for high pressure 2 - the restricted hose and diverter internal diameters create a back pressure in the system, which means if you have certain types of thermostatic mixer (e.g., AquaLisa) the temperature control lever is very difficult to move and might even damage the thermostatic unit. So, avoid this shower system if you have a pumped system with a thermostatic temperature control valve. I would also echo previous reviews, that the plastic fixings to secure the rail to the wall are not very strong, and I think could easily break. And the design of the shower rail brackets seems to have changed since the review by Mr Juggles. Ther is no longer an adjuster inside the rail holder to tighten the rail in position, although the instructions still show this. The new design relies on the blanking discs to be screwed in to tighten the rail into position. Not easy, as there are no screwdriver slots, or any other way to tighten these, other than by hand.

Although it was quite easy to install, the rail is only attached to the wall by plastic brackets that don't grip the bar very well and impossible to tighten even with rubber gloves on! The showers are fine but will have to replace the riser bar with a more sturdy version.

Brill - I've been looking for a dual shower for a while but most were ridiculously expensive for me to buy in what is a rented property and most fitted into the mains supply. This fitted really well and easily to an electric shower (used the existing screw holes from the current shower riser pole). Pressure was good from the higher rainfall shower head. Only downside was the pressure from the small shower head. I ended up buying a separate shower head (the one with the beads and 3 way pressure switch). No leaks or drips from the connections. Looks good for the money. But if you have children and use the shower 10 times a day, be aware that it may not be as resilient and a solid metal hose and pole.

On the face of it, this looks OK. However, I have 0% faith in the ability of the cheap looking plastic parts being able to hold this riser on the wall - and handle use and cleaning.

Arrived missing one of the pieces used to attach it to the wall. So it was not possible to install.

All'apertura della confezione i pezzi sono ben ordinati, ognuno incastrato nella propria sede: impossibile che arrivi qualcosa di rotto o segnato! "Esplorando" il contenuto, per farsi un'idea di come comporre il tutto, i fissaggi a muro della colonna sembrano a prima vista poco resistenti: vi è infatti una parte in plastica che si fissa a muro con i 2 tasselli... ed il "ghierone" cromato che si avvita sulla suddetta parte. "Giocandoci" non convince, al montaggio invece tale sistema, una volta stretto, risulta pienamente efficiente e ben stabile... non credevo. Io ho sostituito un vecchio saliscendi, non ho però potuto "recuperare" tutti i 4 fori per i fissaggi già presenti sulle piastrelle: l'interasse dei fori non corrisponde (almeno nel mio caso), più largo per i fissaggi di questa nuova colonna! Ho quindi effettuato un nuovo foro per ognuno dei due fissaggi, ed i vecchi fori sono stati comunque coperti dalla parte fissa in plastica prima descritta. Tocca adesso al sistema di ritenzione del tubo cromato (quello che in pratica porta l'acqua al soffione)... è abbastanza efficace, ma sinceramente non mi ha convinto in tutto e per tutto, e mi ha dato l'impressione che il bloccaggio non fosse stabilissimo... che il tubo insomma potesse scivolare verso il basso, anche per via degli inevitabili piccoli colpi d'ariete dati dall'apri/chiudi dell'acqua. Ho quindi deciso di dare un tocco personale e "modificare" la colonna, vincolandola in altezza, con una tubazione rigida come visibile in foto. Nell'adattamento del tutto il soffione risultava troppo alto ed ho comprato, a parte, una prolunga di 4" (10 centimetri) per abbassarlo. Insomma questa colonna è stata per me un'ottima base di partenza da modificare un po'... ma sono pienamente soddisfatto anche per via del prezzo imbattibile! Riassumendo le mie impressioni: fissaggi a muro OK; sistema di bloccaggio del tubo non mi ha convinto del tutto; doccetta "economica" ma fa quel che deve; soffione bello esteticamente e di qualità medio/alta... bello! P.S.: Purtroppo nel mio personalissimo puzzle, in foto, un pezzo era disponibile solamente in ottone... mi adopererò il prima possibile per cromarlo.

Product has been leaking and I am unable to return it or receive a replacement

Good shower, without tools to mount it. Had to go to a hardware store to buy 2 additional tools to install. Extra cost and time, but result is really satisfying and my wife loves me for this new experience. The mounting has been tricky, but the result is an 100% improvement of our bathroom.

Era lo que me faltaba para acabar la reforma del baño, es sencilla, endeble por supuesto y cumple su funcion perfectamente, armada a mano sin necesidad de apretar con herramientas, no pierde nada, me esperaba mucho menos de lo que es en realidad. Iva a coger un soporte para un telefonillo pero al ver esto tan barato probe y estoy super contento de haberlo hecho.