The best new appliances, cabinets, fittings, and fixtures for kitchen and bath.
Record Products 2016: Kitchen & Bath
Best in Category: LG Styler
Featuring a glass touch-screen door and aluminum handles, this clothing-care system for bedrooms, laundry rooms, and walk-in closets refreshes items without detergents to reduce wrinkles, odors, and allergens. A portable water container enables the appliance to supply hot steam at the touch of a button to treat up to four articles of clothing at a time.
“The LG Styler would be a wonderful amenity for a business traveler to find in his hotel room.” —Juror Barry Richards
Align Pre-Rinse Spring
Featuring Moen’s Power Clean technology, this single-handle, ADA-compliant kitchen faucet offers 50% more spray power than comparable models, as well as four times the reach of its competitors’ hoses. Align comes in a chrome finish and may be mounted on a sink or countertop.
Container C-BOX
These stainless-steel wall niches provide storage solutions for bathrooms and wet areas, sitting either flush with the wall or projecting from the surface. Depth-adjustable from 0.25" to 2", the containers come in three sizes and are suitable for both dry- and solid- wall construction.
44 dBA Dishwasher
This stainless-steel dishwasher with a tinted exterior window performs at an exceedingly quiet 44 decibels thanks to a built-in insulation system. The Energy Star–qualified appliance, which has six wash cycles, uses KitchenAid’s Clean Water microfiltration technology to flush out food particles as small as a pinhead, reducing active time.
WIDE Vanity
Inspired by Bauhaus design, the WIDE vanity base features two UL-approved electrical outlets and two USB ports in the uppermost of its three soft-close drawers. Available in heights of 28" and 54", the piece has a solid-wood frame and comes in two finishes.
Tay
Set on a rippling plinth, Tay is a double-ended roll-top bathtub made of solid cast iron. The tub’s exterior can be primed and painted; left raw and black with a rough-textured surface; polished to a shine; or clad with copper (shown) or brass. Made by hand, the tub measures 76" long, 34" wide, and 21½" high.
Talis Select S 100
This basin mixer’s water flow and temperature are controlled by a cartridge rather than by a conventional lever. This technology requires no electricity to function or additional devices to be situated in the base cabinet. The faucet, which has a conical spout, also offers a water-saving flow rate of 1.2 gpm.
TruFlush Flushometer
Designed for water accuracy and conservation, this flushometer for commercial restrooms in South American, Middle Eastern, and Asia Pacific markets works on wash-down and siphon-jet fixtures with water pressures ranging from 10 psi to 100 psi. It offers two flush volumes for closet flushometers (1.28 and 1.6 gpf) and three for urinal models (0.125, 0.25, and 0.5 gpf). Manual (pictured) and sensor-activated versions are available.
Eurocube
Mounted on a spring hose that offers 360° movement, this semipro faucet’s pullout spray head allows for seamless switching between regular water flow and spray. The single-lever mixer has a ceramic cartridge, adjustable flow-rate limiter, and a scratch- and tarnish-resistant surface.
Editor's Choice: Transpara
This frameless shower-door system eliminates all visible door hinges, wall clamps, and framing units that hold glass panels together or against supporting walls. A pivoting four-component fitting uses the door’s weight to close it from within, allowing for a floor-to-ceiling shower enclosure with a striking all-glass profile.
