It appears to me that the last door has only vertical framing, while the others have some horizontal framing (where the goop accumulates). I'd go with that one. Actually, if you are not having fancy tile IN the shower, I'd go with waterglass rather than clear, especially if you have hard water.

thanks for the vote.

The first one is distracting because the metal flange goes from top to bottom on one side, but on the other there appears to be about a one foot space where the metal is missing. I like the second one for the symmetry. I also vote for clear glass. If the shower is a 3' unit, I think you'd gain a feeling of space with the clear glass.

Dixie - I'd have to disagree about the clear glass. The thought of somebody walking in the bathroom and seeing me while I'm washing my ,uh, "hoo ha" would worry me too much. LOL Ok, maybe that was way TMI!

ROFL Charliedawg....who's walking into your bathroom while you're showering your "hoo ha"?

My vote is for the second one and I also like clear glass! Guess I'm an exhibitionist! ;c)

Lindy

y'all are funny! i'm definitely going with clear glass because it opens up the space. we had clear in our last shower and it's no biggie because it's just my husband or children that would walk in. the steam fogs up the glass when you shower so that you can't see through it. once the children are older, i'll have to lock the door. no biggie.

I'm surprised that everyone prefers the second door over the first. I find the first door much more attractive, but it's 300 dollars more, so I guess i should go with the second door.

Still, i'm hoping for more votes. Surely someone else likes the first door???

Here's very first vote for the first door - much nicer than the others!

I had a semi-frameless in a bath, last house. It didn't have the metal on top of the fixed section, next to the door. It was MUCH easier to clean/keep clean than a framed door. Well worth the difference. The glass did not have a rubber strip on the bottom and no water got on the floor.

#1

Another vote for #1 looking easier to clean. Oh, and you probably won't need to lock the door when the kids get older... Believe me, they won't want to take the chance of 'seeing anything!' ;-) (In case you can't tell, I have some that have outgrown the need to pull the shower curtain back and talk to me if I'm away from them for 2 minutes...)

I vote for #1. I bet you'll be thankful you spent that extra $300 everytime you clean that frameless shower door.

I like the second one purely for looks, even though there is more metal to clean, it has a simpler look, which works with the other contemporary fixtures in your bath. The first one feels like pieces are missing.

thanks everyone. keep em' coming. I'm leaning toward number one now. maybe this is one decision DH will have an opinion on. he's had very little to say about anything during this build besides the fact that I've been unbearable most of the time!

I agree with luckymom23, I think I'd like #1 better if there didn't seem to be piece "missing" right below the upper hinge. Also, to my eyes at least, the vertical chrome is much less noticeable than the horizontal chrome.

#2 is my vote!

Here's another vote for #1! I like the look of it and cleaning it will be easier...

Amy

I like #1 better. the handle matches your faucets better than the second.

I like the first one better as it appears to have more sophistication without the framing. Having said that though, I think that #2 is attractive as well, and at $300 cheaper, a definite contender. Picking things out is always difficult because you hate to feel like you're "settling" for anything but the best, but the truth of the matter is that, with most things, once they're in your home, the minute details fade away. If it's something that would bug the heck out of you though, then you need to go with your first choice. Ultimately, only you know what you can live with or without, but I don't think you could go wrong with either of these choices.

I think they all look nice and you should get the first one if that's the one you like best--in a year $300 will seem like nothing. I also vote for clear. We have fiberglass showers (don't like to clean tile showers) and have clear doors because of it opens up the space and, having been scared to death by Psycho as a kid, I like to see if someone else is in the bathroom!