The soft bathtub market is still in the incubation period

The history of bathtubs is very long. As early as 4500 BC, there were terracotta bathtubs in the palaces of Mesopotamia.

In the Qin and Han dynasties, a wooden barrel was used for bathing in China. There was also a 'floor pot' that was washed and heated. Water temperature. Whether wooden barrels or 'floor pots

In 25 BC, the Romans used marble, gold and silver as decorations to build warm water bathrooms and marble bathtubs appeared.

In the 13th century, European royal nobles had higher requirements for personal hygiene. Baths began to appear in the elegant royal gardens. Until the 18th century, European upper-class society popularized bathing, and bathrooms became the nobles’ enjoyment. One of the spaces. At this time, metal bathtubs became popular. The most common material was red copper tinned. The most important feature of this material is that it does not rust. The bathtub can be tinned or even silver plated. Some bathtubs made with joinery are veritable antique furniture, with backrests or cushions, in the form of sofa chairs or long chairs, for single or double use. Since then, the copper bathtub has always been a symbol of European upper-class aristocratic bathroom products.

In the late 18th century, there was also a wooden shoe bathtub. It was composed of more than 20 metal parts. It was named after a shoe shaped like a person. It has a funnel for filling water and a drainer. Faucet.

Modern bathroom facilities began in England in the 19th century. A bathtub for wave baths appeared, and eventually turned into a closed shower room. The new material cast iron appeared, and the 'cast iron bathtub' was cast. But the cast iron bathtubs at that time were not only right-angled at the corners, but also not smooth and uneven in thickness. By the 1880s, craftsmen finally mastered the technique of turning uncomfortable right angles into rounded edges, and a few years later solved the problems of glazing and uneven thickness. In 1890, sanitary products began to spread throughout Europe. For the first time, cast iron glazed bathtubs appeared in private bathrooms of the middle class. Cast iron bathtubs truly became an irreproachable product to this day.

In the 1930s, steel enamel bathtubs appeared in people’s lives, and gradually spread in the market with their advantages of lightness and low cost. In the 1960s, seamless steel bathtubs instead of cast iron bathtubs became the new favorite of the market. .

The world’s first acrylic bathtub was born in 1948, and has since been widely used in the sanitary ware industry. In my country, acrylic materials were widely used in the sanitary ware field in the 1990s, especially bathtubs. Most of the bathtubs on the market are made of acrylic materials.

Every time a new material is applied to the bathtub, it seems to bring a revolution to the bathtub. Now, people make various combinations on the basis of these materials and increase the function of bathtubs. Surf bathtubs, massage bathtubs, and hot spring bathtubs have appeared in front of the world one after another, and bathtubs have also moved from the initial bathing function to the leisure and enjoyment function.

The emergence of soft bathtubs has been popular in Europe, Korea, Japan and other countries since the beginning of this century, and has flowed into China in recent years. Soft bathtubs have become famous. Its appearance has changed people's impression that the bathtub is hard and cold.

Korea soft soft bathtub

The soft bathtub exhibited by Emperor Sanitary Ware at the Shanghai Kitchen and Bathroom Exhibition

Put an egg one meter above the bathtub and fall naturally. The egg bounced twice at the bottom of the tank, and it was intact! This was done in the soft bathtub known as the fourth-generation bathtub.

In fact, it was 5 years ago that the soft bathtub appeared on the market in China. As soon as it appeared, it attracted the attention of the industry. Due to technology, price and time, although it has a small reputation, it has not been promoted. , Is rarely seen in the market, so that it seems even more mysterious.

At this year's Shanghai Kitchen and Bathroom Exhibition, bathroom brands such as Emperor, Apollo and others displayed their newly developed soft bathtubs, which attracted widespread attention from the audience, and everyone discussed the market value of soft bathtubs. Obviously, the soft bathtub has attracted the attention of some domestic sanitary ware companies.

According to the introduction by Peng Fang, Manager of the Marketing Department of Emperor Sanitary Ordinary acrylic bathtubs are also more durable, and the design is closer to the curve of the human body. The humanization and practicality of the bathtub are further improved. However, she also said that although there is no pricing yet, the price of soft bathtubs is definitely much more expensive than ordinary bathtubs.