Two thermostatic bath mixers
A specification, or a complete box?
Both are thermostatic bath mixers for wall connections. One publishes a centre distance with a tolerance and a fill rate with its pressure; the other publishes almost nothing and includes everything.
hansgrohe Ecostat surface-mounted bath thermostat, 150 mm centres
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Check price≈ £183 / 148 €
| Compared on | Ecostat surface-mounted bath thermostat, 150 mm centres | LONDON thermostatic bath mixer, 38 °C detent |
|---|---|---|
| Centre distance | 150 mm, with a stated ±12 mm tolerance | Not stated as a figure |
| Flow rate | Up to 20 l/min at 3 bar | Not stated by the maker |
| Connections | G1/2 at DN15, fits existing S-connections | Two S-connections and two rosettes supplied |
| Shower diverter | A marked rotary changeover | A pull diverter |
| Temperature detent | SafetyStop at 40 °C | 38 °C, described by the maker as scald protection |
| Hose connection | Not stated as a size | ½ in, taking any common hose without an adapter |
| Spout reach | Not stated by the maker | Not stated by the maker |
A tick marks the better answer on that line only. Counting ticks does not decide the page — the two verdicts below do, because these products answer different questions.
Take the hansgrohe if your existing wall connections may not be exactly 150 mm apart — the ±12 mm tolerance turns that into a tape-measure question. It is also the only tap in this catalogue whose flow figure carries the pressure it was measured at.
Take the Schütte if the box should contain everything: rosettes, S-connections, fixings, German instructions and a ½ in hose connection that needs no adapter. Read its 38 °C as a detent, which is what it is, and not as the scald protection the maker calls it.
Neither is. It is a mechanical detent — a stop your hand feels, released by a button — that prevents an absent-minded turn into hot water. Where genuine scald prevention is required, the device that provides it is a thermostatic mixing valve specified for the job.
Because existing wall connections are rarely exactly 150 mm apart. A tap that states how far out it can be and still fit lets you measure before ordering instead of finding out with the old one already off the wall.
Thermostatic bath mixer · 150 mm ±12 centres · up to 20 l/min at 3 bar · SafetyStop 40 °C · G1/2 DN15 · two outlets
The only tap in this whole catalogue that publishes a flow rate WITH the pressure it was measured at — 20 l/min at 3 bar — alongside a centre distance and a tolerance.
Best for: A bath that has to fill quickly, on existing wall connections that may not be exactly 150 mm apart.
≈ £183 / 148 €
Thermostatic bath mixer · 38 °C detent · pull diverter · ½ in hose connection · 2 rosettes and 2 S-connections supplied
A thermostatic bath mixer that arrives with everything needed to fit it, and whose 38 °C detent the maker calls scald protection — a description this page does not repeat.
Best for: Replacing a plain bath mixer with a thermostatic one on existing wall connections, in a household where a steady temperature matters.
≈ £78 / 85 €
