Hudson Reed Dream Showers, which model to go for?

myl

Looking at Hudson Reed Dream Showers, which model is better money for value? AS314 with 3 x square body jets or AS315 with 2 x square body jets? Cost difference as much as 100pounds.

Thanks for any input

myl

Any ideas?

HelenDaveKids

Put a similar thread about a month ago and i didnt get any responses in terms of what to go for as a shower tower although other really good advice. Did do some surfing and theres a massive price difference by looking round for hudson reed. I (listening to advice given) went a completely different route and have bought a gorgeous Aqualisa Aquatique (which came today - from ebay) after lots of searching.

HTH

myl

Thanks for this. I went to your thread and now I have this question.

My combi boiler is Worcester 25CDi, would it work with the shower tower that requires 'a minimum operating pressure of 2.0 bar'? :cool:

Many thanks.

myl

I was told this shower tower is too much for my combi boiler. How disappointing

T_T_2

Unfortunately power showers and combi's do not go together, there simply isn't enough pressure there. A decent quality thermostatic mixer shower would be your best best. I'd recommend Mira or Aqualisa.

Another alternative is an electric shower (again Mira or Aqualisa) which is different to a power shower in that it only uses a cold feed and is heated at source. Bear in mind though that whilst a higher KW rated shower will give you better pressure, it will also put pressure on your electricity bill

Canucklehead

T_T wrote: »

Unfortunately power showers and combi's do not go together, there simply isn't enough pressure there. A decent quality thermostatic mixer shower would be your best best. I'd recommend Mira or Aqualisa.

Another alternative is an electric shower (again Mira or Aqualisa) which is different to a power shower in that it only uses a cold feed and is heated at source. Bear in mind though that whilst a higher KW rated shower will give you better pressure, it will also put pressure on your electricity bill

Hi...power showers and combis don't mix but not for the reason suggested. Power showers can only accept a low pressure/gravity supply not mains pressure (more here).

OP: as a budget option see the Mira Element or Aqualisa Midas both suitable for high pressure (e.g. combi fed)

Canucklehead

HelenDaveKids

Thats how I ended up with the Aqualisa Aquatique (which is a thing of absolute beauty but not fitted yet as still no roof but not long now!!!), as combi boiler made my dream of a shower tower not a workable one. I looked a round, till I found 2 models I really liked (the aquatique plus the hudson reed traditional) then did lots of searching for prices, ended up getting mine on ebay from a "shop" (sinksulove or something like that) but loads of good sites like taps4less.

myl

HelenDaveKids wrote: »

Thats how I ended up with the Aqualisa Aquatique (which is a thing of absolute beauty but not fitted yet as still no roof but not long now!!!), as combi boiler made my dream of a shower tower not a workable one. I looked a round, till I found 2 models I really liked (the aquatique plus the hudson reed traditional) then did lots of searching for prices, ended up getting mine on ebay from a "shop" (sinksulove or something like that) but loads of good sites like taps4less.

They do look impressive! Unfortunately, I dont' have the height for a shower head like the 'hudson reed traditional', the shower head I'm going to have has to be as close to the ceiling as it can.