Kartell K-VIT Ottone Bath Shower Mixer – Brushed Brass (TAP420OT)

Kartell K-VIT Ottone Bath Shower Mixer – Brushed Brass (TAP420OT)

The Kartell K-VIT Ottone range is slim, round and minimal in brushed brass — cylindrical bodies, thin stick levers and no ornamentation. Kartell describe brushed brass as "the latest luxe style to take the interior design spotlight", and it is the warmest of the finishes they offer: a soft matt gold rather than a bright polished one.

This is the bath shower mixer: a deck-mounted bath tap with a diverter and a shower handset on a flexible hose.

What it does

It fills the bath like a normal bath filler, and the diverter sends water to the handset instead — so you can shower over the bath, rinse hair, or clean the bath itself without a separate shower installation.

If you already have a separate shower and only need to fill the bath, the Ottone bath filler costs less and looks tidier without the hose.

Before you order

Bath taps use 3/4" BSP connections, larger than the 1/2" on basin taps, so check your existing tails.

The waste is sold separately — unlike the Ottone basin mixer, which includes a click waste.

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.

Being straight about what that means here: on gravity-fed plumbing the handset will be a gentle spray rather than a powerful shower. That is your water pressure, not the tap. If you want a proper shower over the bath on low pressure, you need a pump.

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.

Brushed brass is a coated finish, not solid metal, and the brushed texture is more forgiving of water spots than polished chrome — marks tend to disappear into the grain rather than sit on the surface. What it will not tolerate is abrasives: never use a cream cleaner, a scouring pad or a limescale remover on it, because those cut through the coating and the brass tone underneath cannot be restored. A wipe with a soft damp cloth is all it needs.

The rest of the Ottone range

The range also includes a mono basin mixer, a hi-rise version for countertop bowls, a wall mounted basin mixer, a bath filler, a wall mounted bath spout and a freestanding bath shower mixer.

The same tap in other finishes

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

The chrome equivalent is the Kore bath shower mixer and the matt black one is the Nero Round bath shower mixer.

Specification

• Code: TAP420OT
• Brushed brass finish
• Solid brass construction
• Ceramic disc cartridges, quarter turn operation
• Integrated diverter, shower handset and hose included
• Deck mounted, two tap holes
• 3/4" BSP connections
• Suitable for low water pressure systems
• Projection 151mm, weight 1.37kg
• Fixings supplied
• Waste sold separately
• 5 year guarantee (1 year on moving parts)
• Barcode 5055681470487

Downloads

Download the technical data sheet