Electric shower recommendation

[pc1966]

A friend of mine has an electric shower that is playing up. She said it is 11kW but I know the largest MCB in her house is 40A so something is wrong either way. Replacing cable, etc, is not really on so I am wondering what sort of suggestions folk have for an electric shower in the 9.2kW region that works with low-ish water pressures and keeps a sensibly constant temperature.

TL;DR Best shower at 9.2kW

 

[radiohead]

Avoid Aqualisa quartz electric. A great shower but it'll pack up 5 minutes after the guarantee runs out.

 

[davesparks]

There's no such thing as a 'best' elwctruc shower in my opinion, just bad ones and OK ones.

Triton are cheap and disposable, expect maybe 2 years lifespan.

MIRA are much better and do some thermostatically controlled options rather than the usual 'guess my temperature today' approach.

Aqualisa make some of the best digital shower pumps so I assume their elwctruc showers will be better than most.

 

[buzzlightyear]

Triton shower made in UK, believe me service good.

 

[davesparks]

Triton shower made in UK, believe me service good.

Maybe good service, but bad quality.

 

[buzzlightyear]

Maybe good service, but bad quality.

Worst showers galaxy, mira. I have a garage full of showers like tomb stones standing up. and of course. Is the mx showers.

 

[pc1966]

There's no such thing as a 'best' elwctruc shower in my opinion, just bad ones and OK ones.

Sadly I suspected that

Triton are cheap and disposable, expect maybe 2 years lifespan.

MIRA are much better and do some thermostatically controlled options rather than the usual 'guess my temperature today' approach.

Aqualisa make some of the best digital shower pumps so I assume their elwctruc showers will be better than most.

I had an Aqualisa shower for many years, but simply gravity driven, so no idea of the electric options they offer.

Might look at MIRA, as some sort of thermostatic control would be the obvious (but not common) starting point here.

 

[pirate]

I had an Aqualisa with digital processor and it was excellent for the 15 years i used it. If you take out a service plan your worries are over, OK, it did need a couple of repairs in that time, but always carried out promptly, including a complete new processor box, free of charge, no quibble. That one was fed from a combo-bolier. The previous one was for a low-pressure feed, and incorporated a pump...it gave me absolutely no trouble for the 5 years I had it. That's just my experience, but i really do think their after-sales service is worth the money....they're not cheap, but the peace of mind is worth the dosh, imho.
The service chap, Chris, covered the whole of Scotland I think, certainly a huge area, and he was a real pleasure to deal with, which makes all the difference.

 

[radiohead]

Aqualisa make some of the best digital shower pumps so I assume their elwctruc showers will be better than most.

Unfortunately the Aqualisa quartz electric shower fails on reliability. It is a great shower in terms of use though.
I have had to replace or repair many that are just over a couple of years old with apparently normal use. A very common fault is the thing cuts out almost immediately, the culprit being the small printed circuit in the cover. Unfortunately Aqualisa only supply two parts, the complete cover or the 'engine'. Each part is predictably around half the cost of a new shower. My experience with them is after two-three years you'll likely have a big repair bill.

 

[suffolkspark]

I've actually never had a problem with Triton, and so often come across some that are very old

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

AKW do good showers, quite expensive but really good.
Mira are quality customer service, decent enough showers.
Triton are bobbins on all fronts, avoid.

 

[bill01803]

Mira sport for me, if it is 10mm go for the 10.8

 

[ferg]

Mira Sport for me every time.
I have the 10.8 areoboost jobbie at home and I love it.

The airboost is quite pleasant whether it's worth the money or not is subjective but I would pay the extra again.

 

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There's no such thing as a 'best' elwctruc shower in my opinion, just bad ones and OK ones.

Triton are cheap and disposable, expect maybe 2 years lifespan.

MIRA are much better and do some thermostatically controlled options rather than the usual 'guess my temperature today' approach.

Aqualisa make some of the best digital shower pumps so I assume their elwctruc showers will be better than most.

Would not have Aqualisa near me, and good luck getting spare parts for most of them, they often range from the cover to the engine, and nothing in between. Also know of numerous failures in their digital showers, a lot of time the processor box has gone faulty and it's anything but a cheap item to replace.
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Mira Sport for me every time.
I have the 10.8 areoboost jobbie at home and I love it.

The airboost is quite pleasant whether it's worth the money or not is subjective but I would pay the extra again.

If it had to be an electric shower, the Mira Sport Airboost 10.8kW is by far the best I have come across. The 9kW version is pretty poor though.

 

[pc1966]

If it had to be an electric shower, the Mira Sport Airboost 10.8kW is by far the best I have come across. The 9kW version is pretty poor though.

Is it poor due to limit flow?

It seems surprising that 20% difference would be great but I don't know hence the original question!