Looking to get a new shower pump and am thinking of a Stuart Turner
Monsoon. The only thing is, deciding whether to get a 1 or 2 bar
version.

It will be used for the shower and also for filling a bath where the
tap recommends at least 0.5 bar, but I'm also wary of emptying the
(small) hot tank too quickly.

How do I choose?

The current pump, for only the shower, is an aqualisa, marked 2 bar,
but is very old and the shower is pretty weedy.

The pipes are all 22mm and the pump is sited next to the hot tank and
send the water up into the loft, across the loft floor and down into
the en-suite to an ordinary mixer that has 1/2" connections.

Ideas appreciated.

wrote:
Looking to get a new shower pump and am thinking of a Stuart Turner
Monsoon. The only thing is, deciding whether to get a 1 or 2 bar
version.

It will be used for the shower and also for filling a bath where the
tap recommends at least 0.5 bar, but I'm also wary of emptying the
(small) hot tank too quickly.

How do I choose?

The current pump, for only the shower, is an aqualisa, marked 2 bar,
but is very old and the shower is pretty weedy.

The pipes are all 22mm and the pump is sited next to the hot tank and
send the water up into the loft, across the loft floor and down into
the en-suite to an ordinary mixer that has 1/2" connections.

Ideas appreciated.

2 Bar is *a lot*. I've had a gravity fed one from a tank, upstairs, so
about 6ft head. It was rubbish.

On the other hand, my parents have a gravity fed one downstairs, so
about 20ft head - 2/3 of a bar roughly - and that's fine.

But tastes vary.

Andy