Shower power: Our guide to buys that could transform your bathroom

Kya deLongchamps has practical advice for the ultimate shower fit

A shower is one of life's relatively inexpensive pleasures. Picture: iStock

A SKIN-STROKING shower is one of life’s intimate, relatively inexpensive pleasures. Who can get tired of stepping into the stream and striking up a song? Still, we’re dealing with a tailored water sluice. Get it wrong and you could be grimacing in a puddle, enduring a feeble, fitful spit or cringing in a cramped tray under a thundering tsunami. I don’t want to rain on your bathroom parade, but let’s put aside app-operated thermostat tickled glamour and get down to the steamy need-to-know.