Omnigel
Our material — and our way of making
Omnigel is the proprietary built-up system behind everything we make — deep soaking tubs, seated tubs, ice baths, shower trays, bath panels and basins alike. It isn’t pressed from a sheet like steel, poured like stone, spun like copper, or vacuum-formed as a thin acrylic skin over a hollow frame. Every piece is built up entirely by hand in our Somerset workshop.
A built-up system, in three parts
Up to seven layers as standard — thirteen with our insulation upgrade for outdoor, commercial and cold-water use. Each piece is built up by hand, layer on layer, as one solid whole.
A flawless hand-laid surface
Laid by hand for a deep, glass-smooth finish — the same warm surface inside and out. Your colour runs right through it, so a knock never reveals another colour beneath, and it polishes back to new years from now.
A dense structural body
Built up layer upon layer into a rigid, sound body that gives an Omnitub its strength and its quiet, solid feel — no flex, no drumming, no hollow ring underfoot or under hand.
A solid core
A solid core ties the whole piece together and carries the load, so it stands firm, fitted or freestanding, and lasts a lifetime — backed by our 30-year warranty.
We’ve spent years perfecting that build, and we make every piece ourselves — so the exact recipe stays behind our workshop doors. What we’ll gladly tell you is everything it does for you.
What that construction does for you
- Warm — or cold — to the touchOmnigel insulates rather than conducts, so there’s never the cold-shock of cast iron, steel or stone. Warm under your hand for a hot soak; just as comfortable for cold-water use.
- Holds its temperatureThe same insulation holds your water’s temperature far longer — heat for a long, deep soak, or cold for an ice bath.
- Solid, never hollowNo flex, no creak, no hollow drum. Reassuringly solid — without the dead, brittle weight of cast iron.
- Colour all the way throughYour colour is part of the surface, never painted on top — matched to BS 4800, RAL, Pantone or a paint sample, and repairable for life.
- A fraction of the weightAll that solidity without the dead weight — a 1700 Omnitub is around 29 kg, roughly a quarter of a cast-iron or stone bath, and lighter even than copper or acrylic.
- Built to last a lifetimeImpervious, rigid and repairable, every piece is hand-built to outlast the room it sits in — and carries our 30-year warranty as standard.
How Omnigel compares
A typical 1700 mm bath, empty. Competitor weights are typical and vary by model; the Omnigel figure is our real 1700 × 750 tub.
| Omnigel | Cast iron | Stone | Copper | Acrylic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight (1700 bath) | ≈29 kg | 100–150 kg | 90–150 kg | 40–70 kg | 35–48 kg |
| Warm to the touch | Yes | No — cold | No — cold | No — cold | Yes |
| Holds temperature | Holds longest | Average | Average | Loses fast | Loses faster |
| Solid — no flex | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Flexes / hollow |
| Colour through & repairable | Yes | No — chips to rust | Partial | No | No — skin-deep |
Lightest of them all — and the only one that’s warm to the touch and holds your water’s temperature and stays solid and carries its colour right through.