Bristan SOQ2 SHXAR C Sonqiue 2 Thermostatic Surface Mounted Shower Valve with Adjustable Riser - Chrome, Metallic

Easy to fit. Much cheaper than the same product I purchased elsewhere 2 months ago.

Good quality shower at a good price. The Allen key in the box to fit shower is no good, had to buy one which worked great.

The product was delivered on time, with a pair of spare parts to fit for different separations, to fit up to 155mm for my case. The installation was really easy, took about 1 hour to finish everything by myself. Temperature control is good. The only downside I observed is that there is a slight delay when changes the temperature. Overall good value.

I fit dozens of showers, usually Bar Mixers, which are cheap and easy to replace. I needed one to replace an old shower but the pipe centres were too narrow for a Bar Mixer. This was easy to adjust, fitted perfectly and the client happy with the look. Yes the temperature is factory set far too low but easily adjusted up. I will almost certainly buy again.

Ok

Small and simple, but does the job

Brought and fitted this for elderly mother who is finding it a little stiff to turn-off due to the arthritis in her wrists.The shower has a single control for temperature and flow control which you turn anti-clockwise tostart the flow and then further anti-clockwise to increase the temperature.I will probably have to change this shower again because the control lever is short and when turning the lever clockwise to stop the shower, requires some force to fully stop the flow.Shame really as it is a nice looking product at a good price for a thermostatic that was easy to fit. I will look for one with a better control lever.

Ok, here’s the skinny on what we did for a good installWe have mains water pressure of about 3bar, which is pretty good, and a Ariston microgenus 27 combi boiler, which lives on the same floor level as the bathroom.When fitted as shipped the flow rate was noticeably lower than the previous Sirius TS1625 shower valve, the stock temperature setting is very low (which is pretty common I understand) after some adjustment about +1 to +1.5 full turns ACW the temperature was better, but the flow rate was still pretty poor in comparison.The remedy to this, which was controversial, we removed the flow rate limiter from the hot water side. We confirmed the older Sirius valve also had this done so figured it was worth a shot having also read a similar remark on a Screwfix review.Whilst the install guide says for >1 bar mains you should leave it in, the product datasheet shows that without the limiter in you get a much, much higher flow rate (which appears slightly contradictory in terms of install guidance to my mind)This action pepped up the flow rate to much the same as the old setup. Some further adjustment of the temperature setting on the valve was required, this was done with the valve at 180degree setting allowing further scope for even hotter setting, and bingo the same style of operation as before was achieved (much to my relief).I paired it with a Triton Shower head (SFXSH600E5KKC) as to me this provided the best result.So if you find you’re less than impressed with the flow rate after install, try removing the hot side limiter first before giving up.Also worth noting is the OPAC range uses the same core valve type MT1200-2 (just with a different dial handle design) so worth knowing if you ever need spares. God bless eBay!