Bristan JOYT395 MS 9.5 kW Joy 3 Thermostatic Electric Shower - Metallic Silver/White [Energy Class A]

I bought this to replace an old Bristan Joy (MK II). I was considering the Bliss as the replacement which is supposed to be the top model. In the end I went for the Joy because it is the only one in the range which features the ‘Thermo safe’ feature. Whether that is good or just a gimmick I don’t yet know.Bristan showers are easy to install with many options for water and power inlets. In my case it was one off and one on as the template of the new one was the same as the MK II’s.The shower is as good as the old one in terms of supplying a good shower, that is to say the water temperature and pressure are the same but there are a couple of annoyances with the latest Joy. The first is that unlike the previous MK II Joy and unlike the rest of the current range the latest model does not display the temperature but a number from 1 to 12. I don’t understand the reasoning behind that. It’s not a show stopper agreed but why only on the new Joy. I would prefer if Bristan were to upgrade the models before I have to replace again that they reinstated the temperature as the display. The other annoyance (and anyone reading this and considering purchasing should be aware of) is that the display remains on constantly whilst power is supplied to the shower. This means that if your bathroom is an older build without a pull cord to isolate the mains you will find the LCD display will wear out a lot sooner.

I have had this product before and it has been reliable. The controls are easy to use.It has also has a nicer appearance, the switch on and off button is circled with a blue light as well as the temperature.I am pleased I have managed to purchase this.

My husband installed this no problem, however it was bought to replace a Bristan Bliss 8.5kw which is practically the same, so it should have been an easy swap. I bought this after the Bliss just 'popped' one morning. That one can't have been more than 5 years old. The plastic brackets that hold the water pipes in just shattered one morning, causing the water to spray up inside the system, soaking the electrics. It should be noted that this Joy, is exactly the same. The water pipes are not separated from the electrics (like they were in a previous Mira shower we had), so when the water leaked/sprayed, it went all over the circuit boards and electrics. I bought this Joy firstly for the price. At £100 delivered next day, you can't go wrong, especially as it was £190 in Argos at the same time! I also liked the thermostatic feature so that the water would maintain a constant temperature, which it does seem to for now. The Bliss did not have that and the water would get hot if the washer was on or a tap was used. The disappointing thing with the Joy is that the digital, lit up number is just a number, so it's quite useless. On the Bliss, it shows the water temperature, so I could set it to 37 degrees for my child to get in and know that it was the perfect temperature and whether it had gotten hotter etc, but on the joy it's just a number 7 or 8 for example. Bit of a useless feature seeing as you could just have a dial with that number on it. I also cannot see a difference between power setting I for eco and II, other than you need the heat turning up a little more to get the same temperature. Theres no flow difference that I can see, not sure it that's a good thing or not... is it really being more economical? Overall, it's a decent shower, a little less powered than the Bliss was at the same wattage. It will do for now but I was hoping for a better showering experience. Will replace it with a better shower when we can afford something better!

High Quality product, + can't beat Bristan's identical fixing layout across the range, you what I mean when you replace a Bristan with a Bristan.

I was genuinely surprised by this shower as my experience of electric showers is that they are all rubbish, the one it replaced, an 11 year old Bristan which had gone a yellowy colour and was making some concerning noises, certainly was, but this one is great.This isn't my main shower so I've only used it a handful of times, but it provides a decent flow of water on the high power setting and is nice and hot when set to approx. 2/3 heat. It managed to provide pretty much the same experience when the other half was simultaneously using the mixer shower (which he invariably has the flow turned up high on), and where the old Bristan would have flashed the "Low Pressure" warning, this one continued unaffected.I've tried flushing a toilet with it running and there was a slight dip in temperature but not to cold, and it regained the correct temperature pretty quickly. The only test it struggled with was turning the bath cold tap on quite high, in this case the temperature in the shower rose and stayed higher (which was quite hot as I already had it on quite high) for around 10 seconds before it over-compensated and went cooler, again though, not to cold, and it did return to desired temp relatively quickly after that. There was only a slight change in temp when I turned the tap off again.I considered only 4 stars for the temp fluctuations as it is advertised as "thermosafe", and I'm not sure if my opinion would be different if I was using it every day, but for occasional use and at the price I paid it seems like a bit of a bargain to me so I stuck with 5.