Crazy question abou the Showers on board? Brand?

[Mr. Baloo]

Just back from an ocean cruise on Viking.  It was great!  I was going to take a picture of the shower fixture, cause I thought it was awesome!..  But,  managed to forget to do so.

 

Would anyone possibly know, or remember the brand name?

 

I would love to have that when we redo our bathroom.

 

Thanks

 

Baloo

[Meander Ingwa]

Perhaps you can visit roll call and ask if someone on any ship currently under sail could kindly check for you .  

[OneSixtyToOne]

I doubt it’s an off the shelf fixture. Probably custom designed and made for their fleet.

[chengkp75]

6 hours ago, OneSixtyToOne said:

I doubt it’s an off the shelf fixture. Probably custom designed and made for their fleet.

And, you'd likely be wrong.  While it is unlikely to be a brand that a consumer could find and purchase, it is almost assuredly a standard marine or commercial brand and item.

[bookbabe]

On the Mars right now, brand name seems to be Bossini.  However, I'm in an ES2, so I don't know if they differ by cabin.

 

[Mr. Baloo]

That was it!  Thanks!!

[Clay Clayton]

5 hours ago, Mr. Baloo said:

That was it!  Thanks!!

Sorta off topic, but 20 years ago when we were renovating our house in Key West we looked into buying Hansgrohe fixtures for our bathrooms after loving them onboard a couple of different cruiselines. Their shower fixtures looked the same as those on Viking.  They were available in the US but we learned from our plumber that the European standard domestic plumbing supply pipe size was the metric version of 3/4" whereas our pipes were 1/2".  Since the big thing we liked about Hansgrohe was how much water flowed out of them and we didn't need or want to completely replace all the pipes, we elected to go with a more affordable faucet. 
 

I would have sworn that Hansgrohe was used on Viking ships but noticed last month on Saturn that they were the Bossini. Here is a link to Hansgrohe in case you find your can't get Bossini 

https://www.hansgrohe-usa.com

[Travel is Life]

We just did the Empires of the Mediterranean in July on the Viking Sea. The fixture pictured above is not the same as what we had in our PV1 stateroom. I am almost positive that was Hansgrohe. Variations from ship to ship perhaps?

[Clay Clayton]

2 hours ago, Travel is Life said:

We just did the Empires of the Mediterranean in July on the Viking Sea. The fixture pictured above is not the same as what we had in our PV1 stateroom. I am almost positive that was Hansgrohe. Variations from ship to ship perhaps?

Phew! Good to know I wasn't losing my mind.  I'm wondering if they changed manufacturers for the newer ships.  I was pretty sure they weee Hansgrohe on Sky. 

[The Other Tom]

Fixtures are one thing; water pressure is another.  Even if you have the same fixture that's on the ship, you might not have the same results.

[Azulann]

Love the water pressure in shower on Viking  ships 

Edited September 15, 2023 by Azulann

[Mike07]

On 9/14/2023 at 7:31 PM, The Other Tom said:

Fixtures are one thing; water pressure is another.  Even if you have the same fixture that's on the ship, you might not have the same results.

 

 

I mean, even if your water pressure is on the low end at 30-40 psi, a half inch pipe can still move a lot of water.

 

Another consideration with this thread is that some states cap the gpm flow rate on shower heads sold in state for water conversation reasons.

Edited September 18, 2023 by Mike07

[ladyengineer]

You can always change the flow rate on the low-flow shower heads. Just remove the flow restrictor. I’ve done that to all my 1.8 gpm California compliant shower heads.

 

Another brand to look at is Grohe. Founders of Hansgrohe and Grohe were related.  

[rpnenni]

We are on the Viking Orion right now. It is a Bozzini system and boy is it great! I would like to install it at home as well!