Kartell K-VIT Verve Bath Shower Mixer – Chrome (TAP263VE)

Kartell K-VIT Verve Bath Shower Mixer – Chrome (TAP263VE)

The Kartell K-VIT Verve range is slim, round and understated — a narrow cylindrical body with a single lever, in polished chrome. Kartell describe it as "modest yet stylish", which is fair: it is the range for a bathroom where you want the taps to sit quietly rather than draw the eye.

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 Verve 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 Verve basin mixer, which includes a clicker 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 is far less prone to dripping than a washer tap. A plain round chrome body has no corners for limescale to collect in — easier to keep looking sharp than a squared-off range.

Verve or Mirage?

Worth addressing, because these two ranges are very close. Both are slim round chrome single-lever designs and the weights are identical. The difference is the shape of the spout and the lever, which is a matter of taste rather than function — pick on looks, not on quality; there is nothing between them.

Specification

• Code: TAP263VE
• Polished chrome, gloss finish
• Solid brass construction
• Slim round body
• Ceramic disc cartridge, 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
• Weight 2.4kg
• Fixings supplied
• Waste sold separately
• Lifetime guarantee (1 year on moving parts)
• Barcode 5055681438272

Downloads

Download the technical data sheet