They also rely on an external hot water supply, so if your boiler is slow to heat up, your shower will be too. And if your boiler breaks, you’ll be left without a hot shower. The bathroom revolution of the future has begun with Triton Home digital showers . These stylish and functional showers from the leading manufacturer Triton blend exceptional performance with ultra-modern design, giving the user the best shower they’ve ever experienced, all controlled remotely for comfort and ease! There’s an option for every bathroom and every preference, with ceiling and wall mounted drencher heads allowing the option of having a shower handset, too. These Triton showers are also great for use on any type of water system, including combi boilers, and come with a brilliantly easy-to-read digital display. Adding features will bump up the price, so a top-of-the-range electric model with a built-in pump and thermostatic protection will cost more than an entry-level power shower. If you have a hot water tank but no cold water tank then you have a high-pressure unvented water system. Water is stored in the strengthened hot water tank, often situated in an airing cupboard, and is then heated by either immersion heaters or by a central heating boiler.

Discover how much Triton showers cost, what's unique about them, and what Which? members think of the brand in terms of quality, service and value for money. A mixer shower blends supplied hot and cold water to the desired temperature and delivers it through the shower head.Any water system will work with an electric shower, but mixer showers rely on readily available hot water supply, which means you’ll be more limited. When choosing an electric shower you need to consider its kilowatt (kW) rating. These range from around 7kW to 10.8kW. But their use isn’t limited to this sort of setup. Even if you have a high-pressure system that delivers plenty of hot water, an electric shower could still be of interest, especially if you’re creating a new bathroom. That’s because it’s often much easier – and cheaper – to connect a new shower to the existing cold water supply rather than rerouting hot water pipes. The following power and water pressure conditions must also be met when selecting a high pressure unit. Because they generate their own hot water they’re usually the shower of choice for households where hot water created by the boiler is in short supply.

This system is usually best suited to power or electric showers, although if you have good-enough water pressure then you could use a mixer shower. Cold mains supply Triton has been making showers for nearly 50 years. The brand tends to dominate the entry-level, budget segment of the market, but the company also produces a number of mid-level and premium showers. Not only have we tested the biggest-selling digital, mixer, power and electric showers from Triton, we asked hundreds of Which? members who have bought a shower from the brand how they rate it. Triton electric showers Maximum temperature – another safety feature that prevents the shower being manually turned too hot (useful for families with fairly young children). Although they can be used in high-pressure systems, you’ll usually get a higher flow rate from a mixer shower if you have this sort of setup at home. If you live in a hard water area then their heating elements can be affected by limescale (in the same way it can affect the element in your kettle).Electric showers differ from traditional mixer showers as they have their own heating element. They connect to your cold-water supply and heat the water as they run so you don’t have to wait ages for a water tank to heat up, and you can use them even if your boiler's on the blink.