About shower hose: corrugated and plastic products

Many users are interested in the question of how to choose the size of the shower hose, but we want to warn you that this concerns personal preferences, and we can only tell you what they can be justified on. You will not have a very wide range of materials or length, and often the problem may be completely different - in the mixer or standpipe for the watering can, and the size and material used for the manufacture of products, is absolutely nothing. Let's try together to understand these factors, and to help show you the video in this article.

Corrugated and plastic hoses

Short review of different products

Note. To create an overall picture, we want to bring to your attention the types of shower hoses from the company from international brands Hansgrohe, Grohe, Zegor, whose products are distinguished not only by high technical parameters, but also by excellent design.

• Silverflex shower accessories (production Grohe Germany) is made of plastic with a smooth surface and it has increased flexibility, which is very convenient for washing with a shower head in your hands - you can bring it to any place of your body. Its edges are protected from wrinkles, it has a rotating Anti-Twist cone, and the surface of the Grohe StarLight is chrome-plated. A real shower hose 1: 2-1: 2 has a length of 1500 mm, which is quite enough for a person of average height, but this is only with the correct location of the mixer;

• Silverflex hardware (made by Grohe Germany) is made of plastic with a smooth surface and it has increased flexibility, which is very convenient for washing with a shower head in your hands - and it can be twisted. Twisting is allowed due to the fact that its edges are protected from wrinkles, it has a rotating Anti-Twist cone, the surface of the Grohe StarLight is chrome-plated. This hose has end fittings according to? inch and length of 1250 mm, which is quite enough for a person of average height, but this is only with the correct location of the mixer;

• Hansgrohe Isiflex Shower Accessories (production Hansgrohe Germany) is made of plastic with a smooth surface and it has increased flexibility, which is very convenient for bathing in the shower or box - you can turn the watering can around its axis. Fitting joints are protected from wrinkles due to the rotating Anti-Twist cone, and the surface of Hansgrohe Isiflex is made under the metal. This hose has end fittings according to? inches and a length of 2000 mm, which is quite enough for a person of very tall, but again, this is only with the correct location of the mixer;

• Hansgrohe Isiflex Shower Accessories (production Hansgrohe Germany) is made of plastic with a smooth surface and it has increased flexibility, which always distinguishes products of this type of German production. At the joints, the fittings have anti-twist protection, this is the Anti-Twist cone, and the surface of the Hansgrohe Isiflex is made under the metal. This hose has a standard thread on the end fittings on? inches and a length of 1250 mm, which is more suitable for a person of low and maybe of medium height, but this is only when the mixer is located at the proper height;

• Model Zegor WKR 007 (manufactured by Zegor Shanghai) is made of plastic with a smooth surface in a chrome-plated metal corrugation and has increased flexibility, this advantage is convenient for shower corners where the watering can can be twisted. The probability of creases at the joints with fittings is extremely low, since there is an Anti-Twist cone, and the surface of Zegor WKR 007 is made under the metal. Does the hose have fittings at the ends? inches with internal thread, the size of the shower hose 1500, 1750 and 2000 mm, which allows you to purchase such products for people of any height.

Selection

Note. Nowadays it’s even hard to imagine how we could live without a shower - after all, it’s not just a wash, but a kind of massage that we enjoy. The most common cause of failure of such a system is a flexible hose for the shower.

A rubber long or short metal-braided shower hose is usually made in Russia or Hungary, in any case, such items can be seen on our shelves. The problem with such products is that after a certain time the braid spins up and such a place remains unprotected, which is why the rubber is blown out and eventually breaks. However, the retail price of such accessories is such that you can afford to change it quite often, especially since it is very easy to do it yourself.

But this does not mean that it should break very quickly - some instances serve for 2-3 years without any complaints, or even a longer period, if they are used very carefully. Just here you can say that if you have already decided to buy rubber in a braid, then try to choose products not less than 2m in length - this will significantly reduce the load at the joints when moving with a watering can and increase the operating life.

Plastic or silicone shower hose can be uniform or reinforced with steel wire, which naturally strengthens its strength characteristics and significantly increases the service life. The plastic may be colored or transparent and this will not affect the technical characteristics, but the transparent version will eventually turn yellow due to impurities that must be found in the water and will not look quite neat. In cases where the plastic serves as a winding for rubber, such fittings can withstand water temperatures up to 80? C.

It should be noted that the technical characteristics of the shower hose are largely dependent on its winding, so if there are several layers of nylon over rubber, then it is much better than a metal braid, because nylon, unlike wire, does not break, which significantly extends the life of the product .

The metal corrugated pipe is also very durable - it almost never breaks, except at the joints, and even then, if there is no Anti-Twist system, which allows the hose to remain not twisted, even with repeated twisting of the shower head. In addition, the instruction categorically does not recommend winding the hose around the mixer, since this leads to cracking it in places of tension.

If you have a shower hose of 3 8 inches, then this, as a rule, in the direction of the mixer - does the American suit anyway? an inch and here you need to pay attention to whether he has an Anti-Twist system, that is, protection against twisting. As a rule, all German products are provided with this system, and we can only see this in rare cases. Pay attention to the coating - if it is plastic, then the Anti-Twist system is not there and the probability of a break at the junction with the fitting is very high, which reduces the service life by several orders of magnitude.

Note. Even if you have a 1 meter shower hose and there is protection against twisting, then you may have to use it in tension, anyway, the probability of a crease will be extremely low.

Conclusion

More should be said about the faucets and shower racks, which directly affect the method of operation of the hose with a shower head. If you install the crane with your own hands, then its optimum height from the floor should be 80 cm, and the stand should be positioned so as not to create tension. Such parameters are most convenient when using a watering can for a person with any height.