Thursday, June 25, 2015

Plumbing Things Upgrade: Toto? Hansgrohe or Grohe?


Basically, it is completing what i started when i first moved it but as i ran out of money, i couldn't,

For toilets, i can tell you that after years of dealing with poor toilets, the absolute best one in my books is TOTO. Go for elongated, double piece and whirlpool flushing system. It is absolutely awesome.

As for fixtures, i have always used Grohe stuff except for the kitchen and other bathroom. Now that my stuff pretty much broken down, i upgraded the kitchen and bathroom fixtures to Hansgrohe and also the sink to TOTO.

A question that keeps coming up even 7 years ago when i started this was, Hansgrohe or Grohe? Generally they are both good but if you MUST choose one, here is the answer i found most compelling:

GROHE
Some time ago, one of the younger members of the family that then owned Hansgrohe decided to strike out on his own and started Grohe. He positioned it as a company with a more youthful take on the products. Grohe didn't last long and the son cashed out quickly, selling the company to a rich MNC.

HANSGROHE
This is the original company and it was recently purchased by the parent corporation of American Delta. Hansgrohe is operated as a semiautonomous division of Delta and is the premium line of the Delta group, much as KitchenAid is the premium line of Whirlpool, Gagganau is a premium line of Bosch, and Lexus is a premium line of Toyota.

CONCLUSION
There is no longer any relationship between the ownership groups of Grohe and Hansgrohe.

Between the 2, although they are both very good, you probably are safe in assuming that the Hansgrohe model will be of higher quality.