Adagio Marketing ShowerTek WV2 The Original Fog Free Shower Mirror
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Product reviews of Adagio Marketing ShowerTek WV2 The Original Fog Free Shower Mirror
Review: Works as advertised
Beauty product: 4 Stars
This mirror installed easy and works as advertised on not fogging up. The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is that it doesn't look/feel very durable. I would gladly pay more for the same design using better quality materials. Review: Works good for a while.
Beauty product: 3 Stars
Mine worked well for a few months, then started leaking very badly, and then stopped working. I thought it was very shoddy workmanship and design, TBH. I tried a radio/fogless mirror combination and it was even worse, lasting only a few weeks before it was no long fogless, and wasn't usable. I might try another one of these that hook to the showerhead, hoping I can get one that "last years" like some of the other reviewers have maintained. Review: Yes, It works!!!! Update: No longer use it
Beauty product: 2 Stars
After reading the reviews, I decided to take a chance and buy this mirror, as I am tired of replacing other fog free mirrors once their coating wears off.
Yes, the build quality of this product is poor. Yes, it is easy to break apart the bending arm (it pops back together). Yes, the valves are useless - they are much too difficult to turn by hand, and feel that they could break off at any moment. Yes, the fixture could easily leak.
Knowing all of this, if you are careful, you can install the mirror fixture with no problems.
One tip: Because the threads on this mirror are made of plastic, you need to use plenty of teflon tape! In fact, throw away the little bit of tape that they give you and go buy some teflon pipe thread tape from a hardware store. Wrap it around the threads 7-8 times to ensure a good seal (in the clockwise direction)! Do this on both sets of threads (one on the shower head, and one on the mirror fixture). Carefully screw the fixture to the shower pipe, and then the shower head to the mirror fixture. Tighten them snuggly, but gently.
Next, turn on the waters and check for leaks. If there are leaks, tighten the fixtures a little more. If that doesn't solve it, remove the fixtures and thread tape, and try it again, this time with more layers of tape.
Once it is not leaking, adjust the valves so that a trickle of water goes through the mirror. Adjust it so the minimum amount of water is diverted, yet you still get a fog free mirror. Once you have this set, plan never to touch the valves again. I got my fixture put up in about 8 minutes, and it is working great.
Let's hope that the company will improve the next version, or lower the price on the metal fixture versions.
Update Jan 2011 - No longer use this product. The fog free-ness seemed to fade away after 9months. I just use normal fog free mirrors and plan to replace it every christmas.
Review: You have better options
Beauty product: 2 Stars
Shaving in the shower is something I've been doing for many years, and I think it's the only way to go. You can stand up straight and really get your face wet and soapy.
For many years, I have used a very cheap suction cup fog free mirror. I'm sure I've used mirrors costing less than $10, that have lasted for years.
I have always wanted one of these mirrors with the circulating water. Now, my current apartment has a shower stall where the surface is not compatible with a suction cup, so I bought this one.
The product works pretty much as advertised, however, I have two criticisms:
1) The plastic piping is very weak. It doesn't support the mirror in the exact position I want, but, it's workable. I wonder how long it will last before it leaks, comes apart, or becomes even weaker and I have to adjust to it, rather than it adjusting to me.
2) It needs a LOT of water to be fog-free. I really don't like wasting water, and this bothers me. The water that circulates through the mirror just spits out the bottom, and is wasted.
Review: finally, a fog-free mirror that works!
Beauty product: 5 Stars
I've been through a number of regular fog-free mirrors. While they all start out just fine, they usually 'wear out' in time, losing their special coating, and are hard to maintain and clean properly.
The ShowerTek is such a simple idea, using hot water behind the mirror surface to keep it from fogging - and it works exactly as planned: I don't think I could ask for anything more really!
** EDIT: 2 years later, and finally my ShowerTek has bitten the dust. It's not so much that the mirror stopped fogging up, but more that the durability of the plastic articulated arm and valves with all the hard water in our area has finally seen the valves leaking and the tubular arm getting very stiff and eventually breaking. Oh well, 2 years of solid use in a very harsh continual water climate isn't really too bad for less than $20. **