Privacy pods and booths

Acoustic privacy and visual privacy are separate purchases

Acoustic privacy is the measured one. FocusPod is laboratory tested at 30.5–30.8 dB speech level reduction under ISO 23351-1, measured on the assembled pod with ventilation running, which in a normal office puts speech inside below the room's own noise floor. That is what stops the conversation being followed.

Visual privacy is a specification choice and it is the one that gets missed. A fully glazed pod in the middle of a floor is a fishbowl. For an HR conversation, a clinical call, a disciplinary, a performance review or anything a person might be upset in, being seen is the exposure that stops people using it.

Both are solvable on the same shell. Switchable privacy glass goes from clear to frosted at the touch of a button, on the front glass or on front and rear. Applied frosting or a printed wrap does the same job permanently and for less. Which is right depends on whether the pod has one use or many.

The conversations people actually need it for

Confidential is not one requirement. A return-to-work meeting, a payroll query, a safeguarding call, a lawyer taking instructions and a clinician running a telehealth appointment all have different thresholds, and the practical test is the same in each case: could someone outside follow the words, and can they see who is inside and what is on the screen.

The screen is the one that surprises people. A glass rear wall with a monitor facing it puts client data, patient records or candidate details in view of whoever walks past. Orientation of the furniture inside the pod solves this for free if it is considered before the pod is placed, and not at all if it is considered afterwards.

An occupancy indicator is the small thing that makes the rest work, because it stops the door being opened mid-sentence.

Where to put a privacy pod

Against a wall rather than in open floor, so there is one less side to be seen from. Away from the main circulation route, because a pod people have to be watched walking into will not be used for the conversations that most needed privacy. And out of the direct line of sight of the largest bank of desks.

This is the one category where the quiet corner beats the prominent position, which is the reverse of the advice for call booths.

Every model, priced

No enquiry needed. Furniture and installation are separate lines so you can see what each part adds.

Prices are for the pod in the configuration you choose. Finishes, furniture and compatible extras are listed separately as you build. Delivery and handling, selected installation and any applicable tax are confirmed on your written quotation, so the total you approve is the total you pay.

What is included as standard

Every FocusPod arrives with laminated glass front and rear, layered acoustic insulation, adjustable ventilation, dimmable LED lighting with adjustable colour temperature, power and an occupancy light. Speech level reduction is laboratory tested at 30.5–30.8 dB under ISO 23351-1, the international standard written specifically for pods. Every pod is covered by our five-year structural and electrical warranty.

There is no separate charge for the black or white exterior or for the standard interior palette. Other exterior colours use the displayed upgrade price, and a custom interior colour is priced per pod. All of it is listed separately as you build, so nothing arrives as a surprise on the quotation.

See it properly before you decide

Take a look inside. The film below walks through the Solo, the most compact model in the range, and the 3D configurator lets you turn any model around, change the finishes and try the furniture layouts. If you would rather be walked through it, we will do a live video walkthrough of the pod you are considering and answer questions as we go.

Common questions

Start with your room

Measure the space, count the people who will use it, and build the configuration. A few minutes, no payment needed, and a real number at the end of it.