Kartell K-VIT Pure Bath Filler Mixer Tap Chrome (TAP052PR)

The Kartell K-VIT Pure range is the properly square one — a flat rectangular spout and a square body, with none of the softening you get on Kolt. 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.

On a sharp-edged range like Pure the clean look matters more than usual — a coiled hose over the rim is visually at odds with the styling, so if you don't need to shower over the bath, this is the better-looking choice.

A bath shower mixer adds a diverter and handset if you do.

It's a heavy fitting

At 3.32kg this is solid brass rather than thin castings. Worth checking your bath rim can take it, particularly on a thin acrylic bath without a reinforcing plate.

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, and on this range a square-profile bath waste and overflow will look right where a round one won't.

Suitable for low pressure systems, though 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 is far less prone to dripping than a washer tap. Square profiles give limescale more corners to sit in, so a regular wipe keeps it sharp in a hard water area.

The rest of the Pure range

Match it with the mono basin mixer for a consistent square profile across basin and bath.

Specification

• Code: TAP052PR
• Polished chrome, gloss finish
• Solid brass construction
• Square body with flat blade spout
• Ceramic disc cartridge, quarter turn operation
• Deck mounted, two tap holes
• 3/4" BSP connections
• Suitable for low pressure systems
• Weight 3.32kg
• Fixings supplied
• Waste sold separately
• Lifetime guarantee (1 year on moving parts)
• Barcode 5060168228666

Downloads

Download the technical data sheet