Showers for a digital age

10 Aug

Showers in a digital age ideas blog from BATHLINE bathrooms.

Times have changed. With greater demand for indulgence and convenience, it’s no surprise that digital technology has found its way into our bathrooms, transforming the way we shower.  Digital Showers offer an innovative solution that is set to transform the way we wash. BATHLINE look at why you should consider a digital shower for your bathroom.

What is a Digital Shower?

A digital shower is in essence a SMART Shower that uses digital technology allowing components including the shower and mixer valve to communicate.  However, technically a digital shower is more than just a SMART Shower, as they come with more innovative features.

Aqualisa Q Digital Shower Control
Aqualisa Q Digital Shower Control available from BATHLINE

These include applications such as an app which allows you to turn the shower on and off, temperature adjustments, shower duration, flow level and the ability to listen to and play music from your phone.

How do Digital Showers Work?

A digital shower takes water from your hot and cold supplies, blends these together inside the digital receiver to achieve your desired temperature. Controlled by a thermostat, this means there will be no random spikes in temperature, and is far more accurate than standard showers.

Crosswater elite shower

A sleek wireless LCD screen controller replaces the traditional shower mixer bar, and you can use it to set an exact temperature, programme the water flow, and warm up the water at the touch of a button. This way, you can step into the perfect shower every time.

Can Anyone Have a Digital Shower?

Digital showers are compatible with all types of heating systems, providing you have a boiler or immersion heater in your home. They can be used with virtually any water pressure system since they come in both low and high pressure variations.  However, if you want a pumped digital shower, it will depend on the type of water system you have.

Mira Platinum Dual Digital Shower
Mira Digital Shower available from BATHLINE

A gravity-fed water supply, essentially a water tank in your loft, will require a different shower to those with a combi-boiler. If you have a gravity-fed system, pumped digital showers will work with this type of system as Gravity-fed showers build water pressure by flowing down from the tank to the shower and therefore only work with a pump to boost water flow.

If you have a pressurised system or combination boiler on the other hand, you will not require a pump to boost water flow. Instead, you will need to purchase a digital shower suitable for high pressure.

Crosswater Digital Kai Lever Control
Crosswater Digital Kai Lever Control available from BATHLINE

What are the benefits?

Digital showers give you ultimate control over your showering experience providing you with a variety of programmable functions to suit your lifestyle.  These include warm-up modes, clock displays, shower timers, bath-fill settings, eco-settings and multiple shower head options. Most digital showers incorporate wireless Bluetooth technology allowing you to install the unit from up to 10 metres away.

Aqualisa Q Smart Concealed Shower with Slide Rail Kit
Aqualisa Q Smart Concealed Shower with Slide Rail Kit available from BATHLINE

Digital showers offer great additional benefits both in terms of how they look and how they perform. They come complete with an app for your smartphone for greater control; so switching your shower on/off, setting your shower duration and temperature are made that bit easier.

Digital showers are a great way of adding both style and substance to your bathroom, providing a range of looks from contemporary to modern to suit your taste. They also provide the flexibility to suit the requirements of your bathroom, allowing you to position the digital interface wherever you desire to suit your needs.

How easy are they to install?

Installing a digital shower isn’t as difficult as you might expect. With a relatively simple set up and flexible installation the majority of digital showers can be installed in less than an hour. Perfect for gravity fed, mains and combi boiler systems, digital showers are incredibly flexible as to the space in which they are getting installed into.

Crosswater Ethos Premium Shower available from BATHLINE Bathrooms
Crosswater Ethos Premium Shower available from BATHLINE Bathrooms

 

Summary

Digital showers are the latest must-have item to make showering that little bit more special. With features including touchscreen displays or colour coded lighting systems there are a lot of benefits including convenience, innovative technology, elegant styling and energy saving.

Whilst digital showers are more expensive than traditional showers, if you have the budget, the benefits really do make it a worthwhile investment as it helps future proof your home.

BATHLINE offer three main ranges of Digital Showers  across our bathroom Showrooms throughout Northern Ireland. These are Aqualisa, Crosswater and Mira.  Visit our showrooms in Newry, Belfast, Bangor, Portadown, Lisburn and Coleraine for more information on what digital shower suits your needs.