Cabinet: This type of towel warmer is almost exclusively intended for small hand and face towels.Freestanding racks take up a little extra floor space, since they need a base to stand on, but they’re often the most affordable of all towel warmers. Hardwired units are the most space-efficient, though they tend to be on the expensive side, plus we recommend hiring a professional for installation. Racks can either be hardwired or plug-in. The flat, rectangular unit typically features six to eight racks that towels hang on. Rack: This is the more traditional type of towel warmer, the kind often seen in hotels and spas, as well as home bathrooms.But they tend to do the best job of warming up towels, plus the plug-and-play design makes for simple, installation-free set-up. That takes up a bit of floor space, so they’re not ideal in tight quarters and there’s a limit to how many towels they can hold. The freestanding units are designed to sit in a corner of the bathroom. Bucket: As you’ll guess from the name, these towel warmers are shaped like a bucket.

✔️ Type: There are three types to chose from. Here's your checklist for making sure you end up with a towel warmer that serves your wishes and needs.

“You’ll be able to get the placement just right, plus it’s just another fixture for your contractor to install, so you won’t be paying a huge mark-up on labor,” says Scherma. (Go as large as you can, our experts say, to accommodate more and bigger bath towels.) The warmer must be hard-wired, which probably means the added cost of an electrician, unless of course it’s part of a full-scale bathroom remodel, which is when a splurge likes this makes the most sense. Though we didn’t test the warmer in our Lab, our experts highly rate Pottery Barn based on years of evaluations across all product categories, from furniture to diaper bags the brand is also our top overall pick in our current round-up of best bath towels.īoasting high-grade, stainless-steel construction, the Classic Towel Bar is available in four sizes, ranging from 18” x 40” up to 24” x 60”. This high-end towel warmer from Pottery Barn is worth the splurge, thanks to its elegant design and choice of three handsome finishes (chrome, brushed nickel and matte black). If you’re looking to make more of statement with your towel warmer, the Zadro comes in seven color schemes, including a bolder bamboo/gray combination. Style-wise, the Zadro bucket has clean, simple lines for an unobtrusive presence in the bathroom (the bamboo handle and feet are understated flourishes). Its timer has more settings than many warmers (15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes) and we like the hot surface warning light, since the interior of the unit climbed above 170 ☏ in our tests, enough to leave a mark upon prolonged skin contact. The 20-liter tub can handle a pair of large bath towels. The only downside is that it will take up some floor space in the bathroom. “Buckets, in general, perform the best and this one heated up especially quickly in our tests and maintained steady temperatures for the duration of the set amount of warming time,” says Alec Scherma, test engineer at the Good Housekeeping Institute. We evaluated several Zadro products for this report and we like the size and versatility of its Large Towel Warmer most of all. Zadro came out with the first bucket-style towel warmer about five years ago and the brand is still tops with our testers for anyone in the market for this type of warmer.

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