By Zach Wennstedt, owner of Aging Safely Baths. Installing walk in tubs and roll in showers since 2011. Updated October 2026. Pricing for other brands comes from quotes customers have shared with us and from the brands' own published ranges; it changes, and we are not affiliated with them.
Freedom Showers and Bestbath are the two names that come up most when someone is pricing a roll in shower for a wheelchair user. We install Bestbath and get asked about Freedom every week, so here is a straight comparison of the two systems, where each fits, and what an installed project costs.
Both make solid accessible showers. Bestbath builds a reinforced, wood-cored one-piece or multi-piece gelcoat system with a 30-year warranty, made in Idaho; Freedom Showers sells a wide catalog of ADA roll in and transfer units, many multi-piece, popular with online buyers. Bestbath is the one we install, because the reinforced floor and wall core survive the grab-bar loads a wheelchair user puts on them for decades.
| Freedom Showers (published) | Bestbath (what we install) | |
|---|---|---|
| Made in | Advertised as USA-made | Caldwell, Idaho, USA |
| Construction | Fiberglass and acrylic units, many multi-piece | Gelcoat fiberglass with wood-reinforced floor and wall core, one-piece and multi-piece |
| Warranty | Varies by product line | 30 years |
| Threshold | ADA 1/2" and low-threshold options | Beveled 3/4" to 1 1/2", or flush with recessed install |
| Sizes | Wide catalog incl. 60x30, 60x36, transfer | 40x38 transfer to 75x49 one-piece; 56 pan sizes |
| Grab bar backing | Reinforcement on select models | Full wall backing standard |
| Who installs | Supply-only, your contractor | Our factory-certified crews, or supply-only |
| Installed price (ours) | n/a | $15,250 to $16,750 after promo |
| Buy online | Yes | Yes, at Showers4Less |
Where Freedom Showers fits
- Online buyers who already have a contractor and want a large catalog to choose from.
- Projects where a multi-piece unit must go up a stair; Freedom has many.
- Commercial jobs specifying ADA compartments by number.
Where Bestbath fits
- Anyone who wants the shower installed, tested and warrantied by the same company.
- Wheelchair users: the wood-cored walls take grab-bar loads anywhere, not only where a plate was placed.
- Homes that need a true flush, curbless entry: the pan recesses into the subfloor.
- Long-horizon buyers: the 30-year warranty is the longest we know of on a residential accessible shower.
What an installed roll in shower costs
A 60 x 30 Bestbath roll in shower with seat, grab bars, wand, demolition, plumbing, labor and wall system runs about $15,250 installed after the current $2,000 promotion and $250 veteran discount; oversized one-piece systems about $16,750. The full line items are in the handicap shower installation cost article. Supply-only Bestbath pans and packages are sold with free freight at Showers4Less.
Kohler, Safe Step, American Standard, Freedom Showers and Bestbath are trademarks of their owners. Aging Safely Baths is an authorized dealer of Hydro Dimensions, Ella's Bubbles, Meditub and Bestbath and is not affiliated with Kohler, Safe Step, American Standard or Freedom Showers. Competitor figures are published ranges or customer-reported quotes and may not reflect current pricing.