Swing arm shaving mirror that moves up and down as well as left and right?

March 2, 2010 9:35 AM

Swing arm shaving mirror that moves up and down as well as left and right?

My new bathroom has a wall mirror that extends far beyond both sides of the sink. If I'm going to install a shaving/make-up mirror it will need to be mounted low, basically at the same high as the sink itself.

Most swing arm mirrors only move left to right (i.e. XY plane). I'm looking for one with an arm that moves in the Z plane as well, but I'm not having much luck.

I'm open to all suggestions at this point. The only restriction is that I would like it to look somewhat reasonable in a bathroom -- I'm not going to mount a mirror on a monitor arm. :-)

posted by Tell Me No Lies to Home & Garden (6 answers total)

Can you mount an XY mirror rotated so that it moves up and down rather than side to side? And swivel... your face... on the XY plane?
posted by prefpara at 10:27 AM on March 2, 2010

Response by poster: I'd like to be able to bring the mirror out over the sink itself. I suppose I could mount it on a diagonal....
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 10:31 AM on March 2, 2010

Perhaps a free-standing mirror?
posted by amtho at 10:59 AM on March 2, 2010

Best answer: What about that one Battlestar Galactica shaving mirror, the Frack? I can't remember if it goes up and down, but it's here.

Also while searching I found this other one called the Vanna which appears to have one of those bendy adjustible arms, would that work?
posted by Jinkeez at 12:33 PM on March 2, 2010

We have a Frack; it's awesome for less than $10! But it does mount to the wall; the vertical play is about 4".

Looks like that VÄNNA clips to a shelf or table edge. Could work...
posted by amtho at 4:11 PM on March 2, 2010

Response by poster: Didn't even think of a bendy adjustible arm. Much better than a swing arm.

Thanks!
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 5:00 PM on March 2, 2010