Bristan SM395 W 9.5 kW Smile 3 Electric Shower – White [Energy Class A]
As one of the fastest growing electric shower brands and the UK’s number one in taps and showers, you can be confident that our range of electric showers don’t just look great, but also perform flawlessly. They’ve been engineered to last and will give you hot water instantly, no matter how busy your bathroom is or even if your boiler breaks!
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Bristan Smile 3 Electric Shower
Available in 8.5kW and 9.5kW
The Bristan Bliss electric shower range has been designed to be eye catching, long lasting and suitable for all instalations.
- The footprint of the shower has been designed to cover many existing instalations – so if your current electric shower is from a UK brand your new Bristan electric shower should match the water and electric inlets, as well as cover any existing fixing holes.
- Requires main cold feed only with pressures between 0.7 and 10.0 bar.
- Separate on/off button and temperature dial allows you to leave shower at desired temperature.
- Adjustable riser rail brackets allow existing holes to be covered by new instalation.
- Easy clean high shine chrome shower kit included.
- Three power settings allow you to tailor your individual showering experience.
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| If you are replacing an existing electric shower then choosing one of ours should be an easy replacement thanks to multiple inlet options for the water and electricity supplies. The footprint of our electric showers has been designed to cover the majority of other UK electric showers across all manufacturers. See below to help further with this. | Our electric showers are rigorously endurance tested in house, through 50,000 cycles, to ensure you get the best possible performance and can have full confidence that our electric showers are built to last. Features such as phased shutdown, where cold water is drawn into the shower unit at the end of use to help prevent the build-up of limescale, have been built-in to extend the product life. | Today’s electric showers are more design-led than ever before, so don’t think that having an electric shower means you have to compromise on style. Our range has been designed to be eye catching and sleek, with high gloss finishes and quality chrome shower kits with large showerheads for an invigorating shower experience. | We are the UK’s number one in taps and showers and we pride ourselves on offering the best customer service so you have complete peace of mind. We support all of our customers through their purchase, installation and for the many years that follow. Everything you need to instal, maintain and enjoy your electric shower is included in the box. |
Easy Replacement
The footprint of Bristan’s electric showers has been designed to be compatible with the majority of other UK electric showers including: Triton Aspirante, T80z Slimline and T70z. Mira Vie and Go and Aqualisa Vitalise plus many others. Follow our easy to use dimension and inlet drawing to check suitability on an individual basis.
Anti – Limescale
Showers with this feature will continue to run for a short time after turning off in order to flush any hot water out of the shower. This will reduce any lime scale build up and prolong the life of the shower.
Family Safe Thermostatic
Ideal for family bathrooms – the shower will provide a consistent temperature even if a tap is turned on elsewhere in the house, preventing scalding.
Multiple Ratings
Higher rating showers (e.g. 10.5kW) will heat the water quicker resulting in a higher flow rate – we recommend 10mm cabling throughout the installation for showers of 9.5kw rating or higher and 6mm for 8.5kw or lower.
Digital Temperature Display
A digital temperature display means you can easily set your desired temperature.
Warm Up Mode
No more cold starts – turn on your shower and the display will flash until the desired temperature has been reached.
Performance Indicator
The shower will briefly show ‘CL’ to advise you when to clean the external filter and handset. This prolongs the life of the shower and maintains the exhilarating experience.
Adjustable Riser Rail Brackets
The brackets on the riser rail are adjustable which allows you to cover any existing drill holes in the tiles. Please see individual shower information for dimensions.
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| Easy Replacement | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Anti – Limescale | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Family Safe Thermostatic | ✓ | |||
| Digital Temperature Display | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Warm Up Mode | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Performance Indicator | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Multiple Ratings | 8.5 kW 9.5 kW | 8.5 kW 9.5 kW 10.5kW | 8.5 kW 9.5 kW | 8.5 kW 9.5 kW 10.5kW |
| Adjustable Riser Rail Brackets | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Energy Efficiency Rating | A | A | A | A |
| Weight: | 2.54 kg |
| Size: | 9.5kW |
| Dimensions: | 19.5 x 7 x 30.5 cm; 2.54 Kilograms |
| Model: | SM395 W |
| Part: | SM395 W |
| Colour: | White |
| Pack Quantity: | 1 |
| Batteries Required: | No |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | Bristan |
| Colour: | White |
| Quantity: | 1 |
| Size: | 9.5kW |
Best shower around for the price point. So much better than any Trito
Very easy to install shower with lots of flexibility for fittings. I’d never fitted a shower before, but this was actually very straightforward and quick. (Once I’d found the water off switch and double checked the electrics I’d even say it was stress free ). Easy to use controls with a fairly quick heat up time as well.
Good value for money easy to install fitted over old shower footprint and so easy to use ok for me
Didn’t like the old version the switch in the middle that controls the solenoid the new version has a seperate on /off switch.
Excellent shower….Easy to use as it’s manual and not digital…Very happy with i
Certainly does what it is supposed to do. Installation was easy using the existing writing and plumbing connections. It took about half an hour to install. If you like really hot showers then this is not for you. It gets very hot and is suitable for our family, but we don’t like boiling showers, but I know some people do.
Easy to fit replacing old shower, has a nice look with the chrome bits and head doesn’t clog with limescale.
Easy to fit replacing old shower, has a nice look with the chrome bits and head doesn’t clog with limescale.
I have used only Briston shower, my last shower worked 5 years …best !
I have used only Briston shower, my last shower worked 5 years …best !
I bought this shower to replace an identical one we had been using for 5years that had failed due to our hard water.
I bought this shower to replace an identical one we had been using for 5years that had failed due to our hard water.
Works well and after waiting for almost 6 months of not having a shower due to Covid 19 lock down a shower is bliss!
Brilliant replacement for my broken shower! Fairly priced, delivery faultless and fast and an easy to read connection leaflet. Very impressed.
This was ordered for the campsite shower block. No complaints and working well
Replaced on older version of the same – simple to install, up and working in 20 minutes.
In use for a year or so no probs great family showe
Good shower, easy to fit. Pressure isnt amazing, and the on/off button isnt the best but overall good.
Good shower, easy to fit. Pressure isnt amazing, and the on/off button isnt the best but overall good.
pleased with it. This has improved, the shower head is improved. I am very
pleased it is very good value.
pleased with it. This has improved, the shower head is improved. I am very
pleased it is very good value.
I had no idea that this is the entry level model because it looks so sleek and works well. Good pressure and very straightforward to use. It has replaced an older Mira electric shower that was past its best (odd noises, the occasional hot/cold shock…). I would much rather have an electric shower like this because it’s cheaper to replace them that have to remove tiles with a plumbed-in ‘power shower’. Been there, done that!
The Bristan Smile shower is the entry level shower from the new Bristan range in 8.5kW, A-class energy efficient, selling at a good value for money price. Another good feature about the shower, apart from the low energy consumption, is the build in anti-scale.
We have the smile version and we have the smarter (in looks and function) joy model shower and the price difference at the time of writing is about 50 and I have to say that this model is perfectly functional, but that the value of the additional features (particularly the safe showering feature) of the joy model make it well worth investing in the superior model.
If you are buying a basic model just for an occasional use, then by all means the smile model does the job – but if you are buying a shower unit as your main shower, then spend a little more – it’s worth it to have the thermostatic control – particularly in a family home, so that you don’t have sudden changes in temperature when someone turns on a tap in another part of the house! The 50 price difference might seem a lot at first, but it you think about how often you shower, it’s not something you want to skimp on for your daily use.
Nice, basic shower unit and better looking than some of the other basic models on the market – it gives a good spray of water and it’s easily fitted by an electrician.
Our electrician/plumber team commented that this was an easy fit to replace an existing electric shower, with no particular issues.
On to the shower unit itself, it is a basic model.
– At 8.5kW, it is not the most powerful electric shower, but it does the job.
– It is a clean-looking white and silver combo – no frills, just looks like a simple shower.
– The shower head gives a good spray – it has no options to change the type of water flow but most don’t want or need that anyway.
– It has no anti-limescale feature – worth considering a more advanced model if you live in a hard water area.
This shower certainly looks to be of very good quality. Unfortunately I have been unable to have it installed yet as my plumber/electrician is currently busy on a very big project. However, he assures me that the choice of shower is a good one, and considers it to be of excellent quality and very efficie
As others have pointed out you need to get in an electrician to wire the shower up.
I’m not going to bother too much with the styling and features as my opinion is probably different from yours. All I will say is the unit and its associated fittings seem perfectly well made and I have no doubt they will last as well as the other makes I’ve mentioned. You get a two year parts and one year labour guarantee and I believe you can extend the labour free of charge to two years too, so you can buy one with confidence.
I’ve always found Bristan very helpful to deal with so they are certainly a firm I trust.
Right, a few fitting notes.
If you’re fitting one of these from scratch, it’s no more difficult than with any other make, with plenty of cable and pipe entry points. If you’re a DIY-er, you can’t do the electrics yourself, so don’t bother trying. You’ll need a Part P qualified electrician to sort them out for you.
From a plumbing point of view, the plastic push fit male/female elbow supplied will make life easier than having to tighten a compression fitting.
Note that if it’s fed from a pipe out of the tiled wall, you’ll need a sufficiently large hole to allow the elbow to go into as it sticks out proud of the back of the unit.
Otherwise, it’s all straightforward stuff.
As a replacement unit, (and the following paragraphs are the reasons I’ve docked it a star), the same push fit elbow is potentially going to be a pain. You’ll almost certainly be replacing a shower fitted with a compression elbow, so you’ll probably need to replace the plastic one supplied with a bit of copper pipe into the old compression joint. This may make fitting the pipe into the casing harder due to the increased space the compression fitting will now need.
Replacing most Miras with it, you should be okay as the Mira’s water inlet’s on the left, as are the electrics, and there’s room to fit everything in. If the old one has its water and cable on the right (common on Tritons), you’re likely to have a right game as there’s little space for a compression fitting and unless the old cable is either unusually long or you can pull some of it through, the new shower has a fixed cable connector on the left part way up, and you’ll have to work out how to get the cable over there. This is the main potential fault I can see with the Bristan unit.
It’s also worth noting that the riser rail uses a single screw through it to secure it to the wall, the other fitting being free to move up and down to cover pre-existing rail screw holes. This is a great idea unless one of the old screw holes is damaged (if it’s plasterboard behind the tiles, it may well be) and just having one screw holding the rail in place could lead to a wobbly final fit.
To sum up, I think this looks to be a good alternative to the usual Miras and Tritons for a new fit, but I am a little concerned that there could be some fun and games if it’s used to replace an existing shower.
If my brief review has been of help to you, I’d appreciate a click of the ‘Yes’ button, below. Thanks very much.
As with any electric shower, you’d be an idiot to fit it yourself. As this unit is basic, mine was installed by an electrician for 60, I didn’t need to hire a plumber as well.
The fixtures are chrome rather than plastic, which is nice. The shower head is very basic, and has only one setting. So I just unscrewed it and replaced it with my old shower head. The shower doesn’t have the ‘anti-lime’ feature the more expensive models have, but even though I live in a hard water area I’ve never had limescale problems with this shower.
There’s no argument this is a very basic shower. There are no comfort features, such as maintaining the water temperature when someone uses a tap, or pre-setting the starting temperature so showers don’t freeze you whilst they warm up, It’s not a high-pressure, power shower. It’s just a decent day-to-day home shower unit. I’ve used it for years, and I’m happy to carry on using it.
It is well engineered, robust and has a two year guarantee from the firm back that up with buying it from Amazon at an excellent price much better than the big DIY stores then you are quids in.
It actually does look a smart, good looking machine. The white finish and chrome rising bars and hose will match most colour schemes.
It is compact and yet effective.
In the box you get
1 x Electric Shower
1 x Riser Kit
1 x Hose
1 x Multi-mode Handset
1 x Warranty Card
1 x Instruction Booklet.
It is able to fitted by any experienced DIYer but a qualified engineer should be able to give you a good quote.
The shower it self is basic but when all you want is a simple turn on and go shower it is perfect for most needs.
It runs from a cold water feed and the water is heated from within the housing.
This together with the five different inlet positions means it can fit just about anywhere you can get a water supply in.
It is very forgiving and makes a good choice for a second shower area.
The name given is ‘Smile’ if you want a more singing, dancing bells and whistles model then you could look at the firms ‘glee’, ‘joy’ and ‘bliss’ models.
They will do more than this basic machine but then you will pay more and you need to ask yourself if you will use all those extra features?
This is a basic shower that delivers a good stream of water.
It is simple and very easy to keep clean.
We live in a hard water area and limescale builds up reducing the effectiveness of our showers.
This machine is easier to keep clear of limescale simply because there is less to go wrong.
This could be worth considering when you know where you will locate it and what it’s useage will be.
As it is British built you can be reassured that the shower is safe it passes all the trade kite marks and safety tests.
Fitting is fairly straight forward the booklet is clear and intelligible and in clear English to boot.
All in all a very good yet simple shower that works well.
Thanks for reading.