Doors that open where the room lets them
A mirror cabinet is bought for storage and judged on depth. Anything over 15 cm starts to intrude at head height above a basin, and the difference between 12 and 17 cm is the difference between a cabinet you forget about and one you walk into. The second decision is doors and their swing: a single door needs its whole width of clear wall to open, two doors need half that, and sliding doors need none — which is why they exist in narrow rooms. Then the part that turns a piece of furniture into an installation question: lighting. An integrated LED strip has to be fed, and how it is fed changes the job entirely — a mains-wired cabinet in a bathroom is subject to your country's rules on zones and protection, and that is an electrician's work. Battery and plug-in versions exist precisely to avoid it. We compare outside dimensions, depth, number of doors and their swing, shelf count, lighting and how it is supplied, and mounting method.
Mirror cabinet · 59 × 50 × 15 cm · plastic body · two mirror doors plus a fixed centre mirror · light fitting max 12 W, BULB NOT SUPPLIED · switched socket
A plastic-bodied mirror cabinet that publishes its full envelope and states, plainly, that the light bulb is not in the box.
Best for: A small bathroom where the cabinet has to be shallow and moisture is the enemy of chipboard.
≈ 34 €
Mirror cabinet · 80 × 60 cm · three doors, 3-way mirror to 360° · 6 compartments, middle shelf adjustable · LED in three colour temperatures · 2 sockets and 2 USB built in
A cabinet with a genuine three-way mirror and a charging station inside it — two sockets and two USB ports, out of the splash of the basin.
Best for: Cutting your own hair, shaving properly, or charging a toothbrush and a shaver without an extension lead across the basin.
≈ 92 €
Mirror cabinet · three mirror doors · light strip above · mains plug · hanging basket and hairdryer holder · open shelf below
A three-door cabinet with a hairdryer holder built into one side — the fitting that solves where the hairdryer actually lives.
Best for: A bathroom where storage for the hairdryer and the small things is the actual problem, and the wall has room to spare.
≈ 71 €
Mirror cabinet · 70 × 16 × 75 cm · three doors · SIX height-adjustable glass shelves · metal fittings · switch and socket · LED surface light · Made in Germany
The only mirror cabinet in this catalogue with six adjustable glass shelves and metal fittings — the two things that decide whether a cabinet is still square in ten years.
Best for: A family bathroom with a lot to store, where the cabinet is expected to still close properly in a decade.
≈ 149 €
