Types of Walk-in Bathtubs

Walk-in tubs are gaining popularity all across the world and have emerged in different types. Each type has its features and advantages and provides bathing enjoyment differently.
How do you know which type of tub is best for your needs? This blog will help you understand each type of tub, its features and advantages, and which tub best aligns with your needs and requirements.

Standard Walk-in tubs

A standard walk-in bathtub is a simple type of tub incorporated with safety features, but no air or water jets are included. They are crafted to provide accessibility and convenience to older and disabled individuals to enjoy bathing in a comfort zone. Standard tubs are best for people of normal height and weight. Its average size is 60 inches long, 32 inches wide, and 38 inches high. Hydrotherapy and chromotherapy are not included in these types of tubs.

Beneficial Features of Standard Bathtub

• The Low-step entrance is 4-7 inches for safe and easy access.
• Watertight doors prevent the creation of a mess in the bathroom and protect you from falling on a wet bathroom floor.
• Built-in chairs are installed into a tub for a comfortable sitting and bathing environment.
• Non-slip floors prevent the hazard of falling accidents.
• Two Grab bars are integrated with the standard tub for safety that maintains body balance.

Heated Walk-in tubs

Heated walk-in tubs are luxurious tubs with a heated system for a warm water bathing experience. The heated jets are installed that warm up the water temperature. You can maintain a consistent water temperature according to your preference.

Benefits of heated walk-in tubs

• A better deep sleep
• Rejuvenate skin
• Release stress
• Relief from pain and swelling
• Reduce back pain, arthritis and fibromyalgia.

Things to consider when using a heated walk-in tub

• Check the temperature of the water before entering into a tub. The ultra-high temperature of water will harm your body.
• Do not spend too much time in a heated walk-in tub. It will harm you and overheat.
• Spend only 15-30 minutes in a heated walk-in tub.

Low Step-in Walk-in tubs

Low step-in walk-in tubs are designed for easy and safe entrance. Just walk and enter the tub without jumping or climbing. These bathtubs are designed for wheelchair users and older adults to experience a safe entry and exit.

Benefits

Low step-in tubs benefit seniors and disabled people by allowing them to walk easily into the tub. It is equipped with safety features like Grab bars on specific positions and a non-slip floor for seniors to prevent falling injuries.

Soaking Walk-in tubs

A soaking walk-in or soaker tub is deeper than a standard bathtub. A tub that allows deep immersion, a full body is immersed into the soaker tub. You can also customize your soaker tubs with therapeutic features such as hydrotherapy and chromotherapy to make them more accessible and beneficial for your loved ones.

Benefits:

• Release Stress and anxiety

Soaking your full body in a soaker tub relaxes your mind and releases all the stress and anxiety.

• Muscle relaxation

Soaking in the warm water of a soaker tub helps increase blood circulation, relieving muscle stiffness and contraction. It relaxes your body muscles, releasing pain and swelling.

• Promote better sleep

The therapy treatments of the Soaker walk-in tub relax the muscles, help heal injuries, and improve the flow of blood, eliminating all the tiredness of the body and encouraging deep sleep.

Bubble Massage Walk-in tubs

Bubble massage or Air jets walk-in tubs are a type of walk-in tub in which air jets are installed on the tub’s surface that produce tiny bubbles enriched with oxygen to offer a smooth and rejuvenating massage to each body part. These air jets provide a gentle and smooth body massage at home.

Benefits:

• Relaxation
  The warm water bubbles gently massage the body and stimulate an endorphin hormone( a happy hormone) that experiences you with calmness and relaxation.
• Pain relief
  The micro-bubble massage improves the blood circulation in each body part, helps eliminate muscle stiffness and joint pain, and reduces the symptoms of arthritis, rheumatism, etc.
• Rejuvenate skin
  The oxygen-enriched bubbles produced by jets refresh and rejuvenate your dead skin by providing oxygen to the skin cells, which helps moisturize and glow dry or rough skin and improves skin tone.