Kartell K-VIT Nero Round Bath Filler – Matt Black (TAP412NR)

Kartell K-VIT Nero Round Bath Filler – Matt Black (TAP412NR)

The Kartell K-VIT Nero Round range is slim, round and minimal in matt black — cylindrical bodies, thin stick levers and no ornamentation.

This is the bath filler: a deck-mounted tap that sits on the rim of the bath and fills it, with no shower function.

Bath filler or bath shower mixer?

A bath filler (this one) just fills the bath. Choose it where you have a separate shower, or no shower over the bath at all.

The Nero Round bath shower mixer adds a diverter and a handset on a hose so you can shower over the bath. It is a step up in price, and slightly heavier, but otherwise the same idea.

Before you order

Bath fillers use 3/4" BSP connections — larger than the 1/2" on basin taps — because a bath needs to fill in reasonable time. Check your existing tails, as swapping between sizes needs adaptors.

The waste is sold separately. A bath needs a waste and overflow set, which isn't included — unlike the Nero Round basin mixer, which comes with a click waste. Kartell make a matching matt black bath waste and overflow, so the finish can be carried through.

Water pressure

Kartell rate this tap suitable for low water pressure systems — it will run from as little as 0.2 bar. That means it works on a gravity-fed tank and cylinder as well as on mains, combi or unvented pressure.

On gravity-fed plumbing any bath tap fills slowly. That's the system, not the tap.

Living with it

The ceramic disc cartridge with quarter-turn operation gives full flow from a small movement of the lever, and is far less prone to dripping than a washer tap.

Matt black is a powder-coated finish rather than plating. It looks superb against a white basin, but it is less forgiving than chrome: limescale and toothpaste splashes show as pale marks on a dark surface, so it wants wiping down more often. Never use an abrasive cream or a limescale remover on it — those strip the coating rather than the deposit.

The same tap in other finishes

Nero Round is the matt black version of a design Kartell also make in polished chrome as Kore and in brushed brass as Ottone. Same shapes, same mechanism — the finish is the only difference.

The chrome equivalent is the Kore bath filler and the brushed brass one is the Ottone bath filler.

Specification

• Code: TAP412NR
• Matt black finish
• Solid brass construction
• Ceramic disc cartridges, quarter turn operation
• Deck mounted, two tap holes
• 3/4" BSP connections
• Suitable for low water pressure systems
• Projection 151mm, weight 1.51kg
• Fixings supplied
• Waste sold separately
• Lifetime guarantee (1 year on moving parts)
• Barcode 5055681470432

Downloads

Download the technical data sheet