Collins 62478 Cielo Triple-Basin Bench Review 2024

There aren’t many bench-style pedicure chairs today because this niche is extraordinarily narrow. Only a tiny percentage of spas and salons in business today have the space to accommodate a bench-style seating arrangement like this.

If you want to build a large business based on volume, the Collins 62478 Cielo Triple-Basin bench can help. However, better options are available for pedicure chairs for just about everybody in the market.

There’s a lot this design can’t do, but it’s got the basics well covered, and we’ll go into all that in detail in the sections below. With this design, it’s important to know exactly what you’re getting because if it doesn’t mesh with your business plan, it will wind up setting you back a ton of money.

Let’s dive in and take a closer look.

Key Features of the Collins 62478 Cielo Triple-Basin Bench

Footprint and Aesthetic

These bench-style seats emphasize basic functionality more than form. That’s not to say they’re unattractive; it’s just that we’re talking about bench-style seating, and there’s only so much you can do with it.

Given the inherent limitations of the core design, the company goes to great lengths to provide a wide range of finishing options. You can choose from over a hundred fabric colors and styles and a generous selection of laminate colors for the base.

This gives you enormous flexibility in shaping the look and feel of the product delivered to your door. The triple bench can blend seamlessly with whatever aesthetic you have in mind for your place of business.

The main strength of using bench-style seating like this is that it makes use of space more efficiently. The overall dimensions of this product are huge, measuring 117.25”  x 49.5” x 44”. But remember, this is a seating for three, which means that when you look at it on a per person basis, each seat is only 39” wide, with no gap between client seats like you’d get if each pedicure chair had its dedicated bases. As a result, they wind up saving you a tremendous amount of space.

Client-Centered Features

There aren’t many client-side features on offer here. The bench is moderately comfortable. It’s not something your clients would want to spend hours sitting on, but this seating style is designed with volume in mind. The idea is to get clients in and out as quickly as possible, so putting too much emphasis on comfort would be counterproductive.

Each of the three seats has a foot bath with jets for a decent foot massage. However, note that there’s no footrest, the center seat has no armrests, and the two positions on either end only have one (unpadded) armrest. Again, volume is the big consideration here, not comfort.

Technician-Centered Features

In a similar vein, your technicians have little to offer. There is no footrest, so there is nothing to adjust, making giving a pedicure a bit challenging.

The chair is a pipeless design, which keeps long-term maintenance simple, and the bench can be ordered with a pump for the foot bowl, or you can use liners, at your preference.

Again, though, the design philosophy is about volume, so creature comforts for clients and technicians take a backseat.

Pros and Cons of Collins 62478 Cielo Triple-Basin Pipeless Pedicure Bench

The major drawback of the Collins 62478 Cielo Triple-Basin Bench is that this design offers little beyond basic functionality to either clients or technicians.

On the other hand, given the bench’s overarching design philosophy, it could be argued that this is a feature, not a bug. The designers intentionally avoided building too many rich features into their product, focusing instead on covering the basics and ensuring that the product would allow business owners to serve the highest number of clients with the smallest possible footprint.

In other words, it’s an extremely narrowly focused design. It’s very good at what it was designed for and about average at everything else.

Conclusion on the Collins 62478 Cielo Triple-Basin Bench Review

So where does that leave us?

If you plan on running a pure volume operation, you’ll love the Collins 62478 Cielo Triple-Basin Bench. Suppose you plan to open a shop that provides extras, creature comforts, and a more personalized experience to fewer clients. In that case, this is exactly the wrong product for you.

If you fall into the former category, we recommend it highly. It will serve you very well.

If you fall into the latter category, skip this one. You have better options available.

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Official Manufacturer Support

References & Resources

• Collins Triple-Basin Bench, Official Brand Website.
• Pedicure Chair Specs, Biz Fluent.
• How to Install a Pedicure Chair, Career Trend.
• What’s REALLY Lurking In Those Pedicure Tubs?, HuffPost.