The Best Bathroom Mirror Cabinets For Storage And Style

Neue Design makes a wide range of LED mirror cabinets, and this mid-range model is the one we'd pick for features against price. It has three mirrors, one on the front of the door, one on the back and one inside the cabinet, so you can check the back of your head without a hand mirror. A concealed demister keeps the glass clear, an infrared sensor switches the lights on with a wave, and there's a socket inside for charging a toothbrush or shaver.

The brushed aluminium frame and cushioned door stoppers give it a solid, quality feel, and the frosted shelves adjust to fit taller bottles. It comes in 60 x 65, 65 x 80 and 70 x 50 cm, all 16 cm deep, and it's CE and RoHS certified with a 5 year guarantee. Neue Design's dearer models add Bluetooth speakers and extra lighting.

The Hollis is a British-designed LED cabinet from Pebble Grey, which also sells the Hadley, Pyrus and Rowan. Of the four, the Hollis has the most storage and the most features, so it's the one we'd choose.

Most of what makes the Neue Design good is here too. A demister pad stops the glass fogging, a smart sensor turns the lights on, and there's a shaver socket and two glass shelves inside. The double-sided mirrored door closes softly, and the IP44 rating means splashes from the basin won't harm it. It's CE and RoHS certified. The price sits below the Neue Design but above the Elegant and Quavikey cabinets.

Elegant sells a wide range of bathroom products, and this LED cabinet swaps the usual hinged door for a sliding mirrored one that opens onto two adjustable glass shelves. Sliding doors don't swing out, which helps when the cabinet sits over a tall tap or close to a window.

The catch is that the door needs room to slide, so the cabinet can't go tight into a corner or it won't open fully. An infrared sensor switches on the lights and demister together, and the stainless steel frame and IP44 rating suit a steamy room. Elegant also lists slow-closing hinges.

The Quavikey is another affordable illuminated cabinet, and unlike the Elegant, it comes with shaver sockets, two of them in fact. Its large hidden demister pad warms the glass slowly so it doesn't mist over, and the aluminium alloy body feels sturdy. We particularly liked both of those when we fitted it.

It measures 500 x 700 mm with two adjustable sliding shelves inside, and Quavikey sells other sizes if you need something bigger. The cushioned hinges stop the door banging shut. Getting the door to sit perfectly took a lot of hinge adjustment in our testing, so allow some time for that once it's on the wall. The one year warranty is short against the Neue Design's five.

For a mirrored cabinet without lights, the Bath Vida Priano is the one we'd go for. It comes with a single or double door, and the body is sturdy MDF in a smooth white finish that wipes clean. Inside there are two shelves, and the hardware and handles feel better than you'd expect at this level.

Because it's MDF, you can paint it to match the room. We did exactly that for a rental bathroom, using a cupboard paint to tie it in with the rest of the décor, and our pick of the best paints for cupboards and cabinets covers the ones that work well on MDF. It arrives flat-packed and needs assembling.

The House and Homestyle cabinet is all about storage. It's a single-door mirrored cabinet without lights, and behind the door are four shelves, twice as many as the Hollis, Elegant, Quavikey or Priano, which leaves room for the bottles and tubes that pile up in a family bathroom.

The grey finish makes a change from plain white, and a magnetic catch keeps the door shut. It needed assembling out of the box, but it went together and onto the wall fairly easily when we fitted it. With no lighting or wiring involved, it's a straightforward job for anyone with a drill and a spirit level.