★ SOSA for Modular Kitchen Showrooms and Experience Centres
A zone on a floor plan is a merchandising word; a zone of air needs a full-height boundary, a door that closes or its own AC circuit
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★★★★★
"The app scheduling is the best part - strong in the mornings, gentle in the evening. Clinic feels calm all day."
SOSA Vaayu · wellness studio
★★★★★
"Paired it with the SOSA hotel oils. The projection is genuinely lobby-strength - nothing like a plug-in."
SOSA Vaayu · workspace
★★★★★
"My reception now smells like a five-star lobby. Guests comment on it before they even reach the desk."
SOSA Vaayu · lobby scenting
★★★★★
"Zero dampness, which was my worry in monsoon. The mist is completely dry and the scent carries across the whole salon."
SOSA Vaayu · spa & salon
★★★★★
"Set the timer once and forgot about it. Runs only during store hours, refills last weeks. Exactly what I wanted."
SOSA Vaayu · showroom
★★★★★
"Our old water diffuser couldn't fill the living-dining. This one does the whole floor and you can't hear it running."
SOSA Vaayu · large home
★★★★★
"The app scheduling is the best part - strong in the mornings, gentle in the evening. Clinic feels calm all day."
SOSA Vaayu · wellness studio
★★★★★
"Paired it with the SOSA hotel oils. The projection is genuinely lobby-strength - nothing like a plug-in."
SOSA Vaayu · workspace
★★★★★
"My reception now smells like a five-star lobby. Guests comment on it before they even reach the desk."
SOSA Vaayu · lobby scenting
★★★★★
"Zero dampness, which was my worry in monsoon. The mist is completely dry and the scent carries across the whole salon."
SOSA Vaayu · spa & salon
★★★★★
"Set the timer once and forgot about it. Runs only during store hours, refills last weeks. Exactly what I wanted."
SOSA Vaayu · showroom
★★★★★
"Our old water diffuser couldn't fill the living-dining. This one does the whole floor and you can't hear it running."
SOSA Vaayu · large home
★ One machine per real volume - which is usually one machine
SOSA VaayuOne unit for the whole display floorView ₹11,999
SOSA VaayuA second only for a second volumeView ₹11,999
SOSA VaayuTimers and key-lock on bothView ₹11,999
✓ Rated to 1000m³, which covers a whole multi-zone display floor from a single upstream position ✓ Waterless, so the machine adds no moisture to the room and leaves no residue on surfaces ✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education
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When is a zone genuinely a zone? Three cases come up repeatedly and all three are real: a second floor, which is a second volume with a stairwell joining them; a consultation room that actually closes and has its own AC; and a demo kitchen behind a door with its own extraction, which stays unscented anyway. Anything else on the plan - the modern bay, the luxury wall, the accessories corner - shares air with everything around it and cannot hold a setting of its own.
So what do I buy? For a multi-zone display floor from about 1,500 sq ft, one SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999, placed upstream and run low. Total hardware spend: ₹11,999 for however many zones the plan shows. A second machine only where the walk found a second volume. Under about 750 sq ft, one SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899, and a Vaayu would be the wrong buy.
See the SOSA Vaayu Book a scenting plan
Facts verified 5 September 2026 against the live SOSA product pages: the SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) is a waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³, described by the manufacturer as approximately 2,000-3,000 sq ft, with adjustable intensity, a 400ml refillable tank lasting 90+ days a fill depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, operation under 38dB at 5W, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification, which are electrical and compliance marks and not medical approvals. Being waterless, it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on surfaces or equipment. The SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is an ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering roughly 270-320 sq ft and is supplied with three 15ml fragrances; the water-based Hotel Collection (₹299 / ₹999 / ₹1,799) is an ultrasonic fragrance and is not a refill for a waterless cold-air machine. SOSA reed diffusers are alcohol-free and phthalate-free, with 50ml lasting about 6-8 weeks and 130ml about 14-18 weeks. Cold-air refill oil for the Vaayu is not currently sold separately - the machine ships with 400ml included and further refills should be confirmed with SOSA. Warranty, annual maintenance, installation and bulk terms are not published and should be confirmed before ordering. Ambient scent is an interior and hospitality decision: it makes no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim, it works alongside proper ventilation, cleaning and infection control and is never a substitute for any of them, it is never used to mask another smell, and no claim is made that fragrance influences a patient's decision or any commercial outcome. Clinical areas including procedure, post-procedure and photography rooms are left unscented, and the treating clinician's judgement overrides any scenting plan in their own room. The hotel-inspired scents are SOSA's own original interpretations; SOSA is an independent brand and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any hotel named for reference. Coverage, fragrance usage and running cost depend on the space, settings and hours of use, and are confirmed on a consultation. Prices and availability are subject to change - see the live product pages.
Every showroom I am sent has zones marked on it, and they are real in every sense that matters to the business: the modern group, the classic group, the premium wall, the accessories bay. They are simply not real to air, which is the only party involved in this particular decision.
Quick answers — read this first
What is the best scenting setup for a showroom with multiple display zones? Almost always one profile and one machine, because the zones on your plan are merchandising zones rather than zones of air. A zone of air needs a genuine boundary - a full-height wall, a door that closes, or its own air-conditioning circuit. Aisles, tall units, changes of flooring and low partitions stop nothing. Walk your floor and apply that test, and a showroom described as having five zones usually turns out to hold exactly one.When is a zone genuinely a zone? Three cases come up repeatedly and all three are real: a second floor, which is a second volume with a stairwell joining them; a consultation room that actually closes and has its own AC; and a demo kitchen behind a door with its own extraction, which stays unscented anyway. Anything else on the plan - the modern bay, the luxury wall, the accessories corner - shares air with everything around it and cannot hold a setting of its own.
So what do I buy? For a multi-zone display floor from about 1,500 sq ft, one SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999, placed upstream and run low. Total hardware spend: ₹11,999 for however many zones the plan shows. A second machine only where the walk found a second volume. Under about 750 sq ft, one SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899, and a Vaayu would be the wrong buy.
The short answer
Short answer: one profile and, in most buildings, one machine - because zones on a floor plan are not zones of air. A real zone needs a full-height boundary, a door that closes or its own AC circuit, and a showroom with five named display zones usually has exactly one volume. Place a single Vaayu (₹11,999) upstream on the air path and add a second machine only where the walk finds a genuine second volume, such as another floor or a room that closes. Under about 750 sq ft, a Sukoon (₹1,899).
The pick: one SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) per genuine volume of air, placed upstream rather than per named zone, or one SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) where the whole showroom is a single small room.
Next step: send the floor plan with every full-height wall, closing door and separate AC circuit marked in a different colour from the display zones, and we will tell you how many volumes you actually have - Ask for a retail scenting plan.
In this guide
Mark your genuine boundaries in a different colour from your merchandising zones and the scenting plan draws itself. Most showrooms end up with one colour used once.
The machine for a multi-zone floor - tap for the specification
One machine per genuine volume
SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999
The distribution problem underneath
Even fragrance across display zones
Get the zoning confirmed
Free clinic scenting plan
Straight answer
What is the best scenting setup for a kitchen showroom with multiple display zones?
One profile, and one machine per genuine volume of air - which in most showrooms means one machine in total, however many zones the plan shows. The whole difficulty here is a word. Zone is a merchandising term you borrowed from your own floor plan, where it is completely legitimate: the modern group, the classic group, the premium wall, the accessories bay, the island display. Those zones are real to your customers, real to your designers, and real to the way you buy stock. They are simply not real to air, and air is the only thing that matters to this decision. So here is the test, and it has three parts. A zone of air needs a boundary that reaches the ceiling, or a door that is actually kept closed, or its own air-conditioning circuit. One of those three. Now walk your floor and apply it honestly. A change of flooring is not a boundary. A run of tall units at the end of a bay is not a boundary - air goes over it, around it and through the aisle beside it. A low partition is not a boundary. A ceiling bulkhead is not a boundary. A doorway with no door in it is not a boundary. A door that exists but is propped open all day is not a boundary either, and that one catches people out. What usually survives the test is short: a second floor, which is a genuine second volume joined by a stairwell; a consultation room that genuinely closes and has its own AC; and a cooking-demo kitchen behind a door with its own extraction, which stays unscented by design anyway and where the machine comes off during a demonstration and until the extraction has cleared the room. Everything else on the plan is one volume. Once you have that number - and it is nearly always one - the setup is simple and cheap. One profile, dry and material-led, nothing edible, at one level for the whole volume. One SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999, rated to 1000m³, placed upstream where air enters the floor, about a metre off the ground, away from the AC return, never at the door and never inside a display kitchen. Total hardware spend: ₹11,999 for a floor plan showing five zones. And the discipline that follows: a second machine belongs to a second volume, never to a second bay. Two units in one connected hall do not double the coverage; their outputs meet somewhere and that meeting line is a change a customer walks through, which is worse than a slightly uneven room. If one zone reads weak, the honest fix is to move the single machine further upstream or correct its height, and to look at the dial only after that. The honest concession: below about 750 sq ft the zoning question dissolves entirely, one SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899 is the right buy, and a Vaayu would be six times the price for a rating you cannot use. Two standing limits. Fragrance is never used to mask another smell, so a zone that smells of new laminate gets ventilation and curing time rather than a unit of its own. And plainly: no one can promise you that ambient scent moves footfall, enquiries or order value, and a supplier quoting you per zone is selling you a plan the building cannot deliver. Ask for a retail scenting plan and send the floor plan.
Zones on a plan are not zones of air. Apply the three-part test - full-height boundary, closing door, own AC circuit - and most showrooms have one volume, one profile and one machine. ₹11,999 from about 1,500 sq ft, ₹1,899 below 750.
One SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999 per genuine volume of air - rated to 1000m³, so one unit covers a multi-zone display floor from a single upstream position. Waterless, under 38dB, with 1h/4h/8h/24h timers and a key-lock, which matters when several zone managers have views on the setting. Under 750 sq ft, buy the Sukoon at ₹1,899.
See the SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 Ask for a retail scenting plan
The three-part test
Full-height boundary, a door that closes, its own AC circuit
The machine, per volume rather than per zone
Once the walk has told you how many volumes of air you own, the hardware follows immediately. The images link to the product pages so you can check the specifications yourself.
One genuine volume, from about 1,500 sq ft
SOSA Vaayu
Waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³, about 2,000-3,000 sq ft, which is why one unit serves a whole multi-zone floor rather than one bay of it. 400ml tank running 90+ days a fill, app timers, adjustable intensity, under 38dB, 5W, auto-stop and key-lock. Freestanding or wall and HVAC mountable.
From ₹11,999
A showroom under about 750 sq ft, whatever the plan calls its zones
SOSA Sukoon
Ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering roughly 270-320 sq ft, supplied with three 15ml fragrances. At this size there is one small volume of air and no zoning decision to make, so ₹1,899 is the honest spend rather than six times that for capacity you own no air for.
From ₹1,899
The three-part test for a real zone
Print the floor plan, take a pen of a different colour from the one your zones are drawn in, and walk the building applying these three questions at every boundary.
1
Does the boundary reach the ceiling?
Air goes over anything that stops short
This is the first and it eliminates most candidates immediately. A run of tall units, a display back panel, a half-height partition, a bulkhead, a change of flooring or ceiling treatment - none of these stop air, they only stop sightlines, which is exactly what they were designed to do. A wall that runs floor to structural ceiling does stop air, and it is worth checking above a suspended ceiling because a partition that appears full height sometimes stops at the grid with an open plenum above it. If air can get over it, round it or through it, the two sides are one volume and no amount of careful positioning will hold two settings apart across it.
Tip: The aisle is the giveaway. If you can walk between two zones without opening anything, they share air.
2
Is there a door, and is it shut?
A door that is propped open all day is a doorway
The second test is about behaviour rather than architecture, which is why owners get it wrong on paper and right on foot. A consultation room with a proper door that closes between appointments is a genuine second volume. The same room with the door wedged open, as it usually is on a busy Saturday, is an alcove off the display floor. So ask the people who work there how the door actually behaves rather than how it was drawn. The same applies to a cooking-demo kitchen: behind a closed door with its own extraction it is a real zone, and one that stays unscented by design, with the machine switched off during a demonstration and until the extraction has cleared the room.
Tip: Watch the door for an hour at your busiest time. That is the honest answer, not the architect's intention.
3
Does it have its own air-conditioning circuit?
Separate AC is the most reliable boundary of the three
Where a part of the building is served by its own indoor unit or its own branch of the ducting, it usually has its own air path - it draws, conditions and returns its own air rather than exchanging freely with the display floor. That is a genuine zone even where the opening between them is wide, and it is the one case where a second machine can be justified without a wall. Get this from whoever maintains the system rather than from the drawings, because showrooms are frequently extended and re-ducted without the plan being updated. Second floors are the clearest case of all: two floors are usually two volumes, with the stairwell as the place they meet and the thing to check.
The SOSA principle
Zone is a word that means one thing to a merchandiser and another thing entirely to air. A showroom can have five display zones and one zone of air, and it is the second number that every scenting decision is made from.
Draw the two in different colours on the same plan and the argument settles itself in ten minutes.
The zoning plan, zone by zone
The zones showrooms actually mark on their plans, and what each of them counts as once you apply the test.
The SOSA plan
Which display zones are genuinely separate volumes of air
| The zone on the plan | What to do |
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Modern, classic and luxury display bays
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One volume. Aisles and tall units stop sightlines, not air. One profile at one level, from one machine placed upstream. |
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The accessories or hardware corner
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One volume, and part of the same air. Nothing of its own, at any budget. |
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An open consultation alcove
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One volume. It inherits the floor at the quiet end of the gradient, and it is where the level for everything is judged, seated, at minute ninety. |
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A consultation room with a door that is kept shut
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A genuine second volume - and usually one that needs nothing, because a closed room with its own source is how a ninety-minute meeting becomes uncomfortable. |
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A cooking-demo kitchen behind a door
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A genuine second volume, and unscented by design. The machine comes off during a demonstration and stays off until the extraction has cleared the room. |
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A second floor
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A genuine second volume and the clearest case for a second machine in the cluster, with the stairwell as the join to check. |
If one of your zones is a whole other storey, that is the clearest second-machine case there is and it is worked through in how to fragrance a two-floor experience centre. And if what is really behind the question is whether each display could carry its own character, that is taken apart in whether every kitchen display should be scented or the whole showroom should share one fragrance. SOSA is independent and not affiliated with any hotel.
One machine per volume, not per zone
SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 is rated to 1000m³ - enough for a display floor with five zones drawn on it and one volume of air in it.
Show me a plan with five zones on it and I will show you a building with one. The colour I care about is the one you use to mark the doors that actually close.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
Why one unit covers several zones
Rated by volume, placed upstream, locked at one level
The SOSA kitchen-showroom specification
Two machines cover almost every zoned showroom, with the Aangan taking over where a building is large enough that its air handling should be doing the distribution. Cold-air refill oil is not currently sold separately, so the 400ml supplied runs 90+ days a fill and further supply should be confirmed with SOSA before you plan around it. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA kitchen-showroom specification
One machine per volume of air, whatever the plan calls its zones
| Machine | Best for | Why it works | Price |
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SOSA Sukoon
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A showroom under about 750 sq ft with any number of named zones | 270-320 sq ft coverage, three 15ml fragrances included, one small volume and no zoning decision to make | ₹1,899 View → |
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SOSA Vaayu
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One genuine volume of roughly 1,500 sq ft and up, however many bays it holds | 1000m³ (about 2,000-3,000 sq ft), waterless, adjustable intensity, app timers, key-lock, under 38dB | ₹11,999 View → |
 SOSA Aangan
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Experience centres past roughly 5,000 sq ft with central air handling | HVAC nebuliser rated to approximately 8,000-10,000 sq ft, where the ductwork rather than the floor plan defines the zones | ₹25,999 View → |
Test every boundary for a full-height wall, a door that is genuinely kept shut, or a separate AC circuit, and buy one machine per volume that passes. Ambient scent here is a presentation decision like lighting or display styling; it is never used to mask another smell - not laminate, not adhesive, not cooking - and a demo zone is unscented by design rather than lightly handled. And plainly: no one can promise you that ambient scent moves footfall, enquiries or order value, and a supplier quoting you per zone is selling. Ask for a retail scenting plan before you spend anything.
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A note from Sonal
The word zone does a lot of quiet damage in this conversation, and it is nobody's fault. It is the right word everywhere else in the business. Your buyers think in zones, your visual merchandising is planned in zones, your designers walk customers through them in a deliberate order. So when the subject turns to fragrance it comes along with everything else, and a supplier arrives with a quotation that has one line per zone on it. That quotation describes something the building cannot do.
The fix is a walk with a pen. Mark, in a colour you have not used for anything else, every place where air genuinely stops: a wall that goes to the structural ceiling, a door that is actually shut on a busy Saturday, a part of the building with its own air conditioning. Then look at what you have drawn. Most showrooms, including large and beautifully planned ones, end up with a single mark - and the ones that have more usually find them in obvious places: an upper floor, a consultation room that closes, a demo kitchen behind a door. That drawing is your scenting plan, and it costs nothing to make.
So on hardware: one Vaayu at ₹11,999 per genuine volume, which for most readers is one machine no matter how many zones the plan shows. One Sukoon at ₹1,899 if the whole showroom is one small room, where a Vaayu would be the wrong buy. Past roughly 5,000 sq ft with central air handling, an Aangan at ₹25,999. Nothing edible in any of them, the demo zone unscented, and nothing bought while a new bay is still off-gassing. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best scenting setup for a showroom with multiple display zones?
One profile and one machine per genuine volume of air, which in most showrooms means one machine in total. Zones on a floor plan are merchandising zones; a zone of air needs a full-height boundary, a door that is actually kept closed, or its own air-conditioning circuit. Place a single Vaayu at Rs 11,999 upstream where air enters the floor and run it low on a trading-hours timer.
How do I tell whether a display zone is really a separate zone of air?
Apply three tests at every boundary. Does it reach the structural ceiling, or can air pass over and around it? Is there a door, and is it genuinely shut during trading rather than propped open? Does that part of the building have its own air-conditioning circuit? One of the three has to be true. Tall units, low partitions, bulkheads and changes of flooring stop sightlines rather than air.
Should I buy a machine for each zone on my floor plan?
No. Two machines in one connected volume do not add up to double coverage - their outputs meet somewhere and the meeting line reads as a change, which is worse than a slightly uneven room. A second machine earns its place only where the walk found a second volume: another floor, a consultation room that closes with its own AC, or a demo kitchen behind a door, which stays unscented anyway.
What about the cooking-demo zone - is that a separate zone?
Behind a closed door with its own extraction, yes, it is a genuine second volume. But it is unscented by design rather than scented differently: it is a working kitchen, and the smell there is supposed to be the food you are cooking. The machine on the display floor comes off during a demonstration and stays off until the extraction has cleared the room, which is a timer and door question rather than a fragrance one.
Would zone-by-zone scenting give a better customer experience?
No one can promise a business result from any of this, and I will not try. What I can say is that a customer walking a floor for ninety minutes and meeting several changes of air reads inconsistency rather than curation, and that in a shared volume the changes would not hold their positions anyway. One profile across a genuine volume is both the achievable answer and the coherent one.
Count volumes of air, not zones on a plan
SOSA — Clinic Scenting for modular kitchen showrooms and experience centres
The SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) covers up to 1000m³, about 2,000-3,000 sq ft, and serves one genuine volume of air however many display zones are drawn inside it; under about 750 sq ft the honest answer is a Sukoon at ₹1,899, and past roughly 5,000 sq ft the Aangan at ₹25,999. Waterless, under 38dB, key-locked, made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali. Send the plan with the closing doors marked.
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About this guide: Written by Sonal Sahani, ISIPCA Versailles-trained founder and perfumer at SOSA Home & Body. Product recommendations reflect the SOSA range; the planning advice applies to any brand.Facts verified 5 September 2026 against the live SOSA product pages: the SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) is a waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³, described by the manufacturer as approximately 2,000-3,000 sq ft, with adjustable intensity, a 400ml refillable tank lasting 90+ days a fill depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, operation under 38dB at 5W, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification, which are electrical and compliance marks and not medical approvals. Being waterless, it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on surfaces or equipment. The SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is an ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering roughly 270-320 sq ft and is supplied with three 15ml fragrances; the water-based Hotel Collection (₹299 / ₹999 / ₹1,799) is an ultrasonic fragrance and is not a refill for a waterless cold-air machine. SOSA reed diffusers are alcohol-free and phthalate-free, with 50ml lasting about 6-8 weeks and 130ml about 14-18 weeks. Cold-air refill oil for the Vaayu is not currently sold separately - the machine ships with 400ml included and further refills should be confirmed with SOSA. Warranty, annual maintenance, installation and bulk terms are not published and should be confirmed before ordering. Ambient scent is an interior and hospitality decision: it makes no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim, it works alongside proper ventilation, cleaning and infection control and is never a substitute for any of them, it is never used to mask another smell, and no claim is made that fragrance influences a patient's decision or any commercial outcome. Clinical areas including procedure, post-procedure and photography rooms are left unscented, and the treating clinician's judgement overrides any scenting plan in their own room. The hotel-inspired scents are SOSA's own original interpretations; SOSA is an independent brand and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any hotel named for reference. Coverage, fragrance usage and running cost depend on the space, settings and hours of use, and are confirmed on a consultation. Prices and availability are subject to change - see the live product pages.