Mira Event XS Manual Power

Have had three of these showers in the past 12 years. The first one was in the house when we bought it and lasted 6 years before failing - the motor made a high-pitched sound and flow was greatly reduced and cold. It turned out that the brushes were burned out. The next one lasted 6 years and failed with the same symptoms. We replaced it and the current one has been in 3 months and has failed with the same symptoms. We have contacted mira with a view to getting it repaired or replaced under the guarantee, but their questions seem to expect one to be a plumber to answer them, otherwise there could be a £75 callout charge.

I cannot recommend this shower to anyone, and I suggest a different company, given mira's cavalier approach to guarantee work.

I recently updated my bathroom and added this item to my shower. Makes a big difference when trying to clean all of your body.

Excellent flow and better control that the old model (which I had for 10years with never a problem) Maybe a little noisy but that's because it backs on to the airing cupboard.

Overall an excellent shower.

Altogether disappointed; the shower-experience is no longer exhilarating just OK. Wish we'd kept the 10-year old model which was working fine.

Mira Event XS Manual Power - I chose this type of shower because being a home DIY enthusiast, I wanted to install it myself. The all-in-one type of power shower such as this is much easier to install than a separate pump system - in my opinion if you want one of those then you'd better get the plumber in. I was impressed with the build quality of the unit and accessories when opening the box and the instructions supplied were relatively clear. However, I would have expected this of a shower that costs over £200. In terms of connections to the unit, I used speedfit pushfit plumbing (the manual seemed to even recommend this approach and the plumbing connectors to the unit were of the push-fit design). This was much easier for me than copper plumbing which I try to avoid where possible. Considering this is a low-pressure system running off the tanks then I think this is an ideal solution. In terms of the electrical connection, due to the fact that this unit operates at 150 watts on a 3 amp fuse, I took a switched RCD spur off the lighting circuit - perfectly acceptable for this sort of current. Once I installed it (took me the best part of a weekend) I couldn't wait to try it and I was not disappointed. The flow rate was brilliant and the different showerhead settings were great to play around with. The only slight (very slight) disappointment I had was that it was a touch louder than I had expected. Even though the unit came with rubber mountings to limit vibration noise, etc., it still sounded like I was in the shower with a food mixer (please don't try that at home!). Still a small price to pay for a great shower every morning. I don't really notice the noise anymore.