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Kitchen Faucets

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highland145 said:
Reasons? I like mine. But I hadn't had one for 17 years, so....
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Greenman said:
The faucets with the separate sprayer are generally the lower end of the spectrum. The faucet itself is generally not very high above the sink rim either. The plastic sprayers also tend to drip a bit and the water runs down the outside of the hose into the cabinet below.
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I guess I have adapted to having two sources of water in my sink. I pull out the sprayer when I wash by hand to spot rinse soap off certain pieces and lay it in one side of the sink while I rinse other pieces with the faucet in the other sink. Got a split sink. To have to pull the end out of the faucet part would mean pulling it out and pushing it back over and over again. There is one kind with a big spring that you remove from a slot that looks to be better, but I found the spring to be extremely inflexible. Telling me that the cheap ones are the kind I like has made me even less happy about finding what I want. Maybe I will have to buy a high class faucet to get the look I wand and then add a cheap sprayer separately or not have one at all, but the pull out kind look to me like they are made to break and very annoying to use. I was going to put a faucet over my stove to fill pots on the stove in the house I am completely redoing,, but I decided for the use I'd get it was too extravagant for the expense. You still have to carry the pan of water to a sink to pour out the water you poured in at the stove. Maybe I'll invent a pasta pot that attaches to a drain.
 
I need to replace several of my faucets actually.

The plumbing in my house it the worse thing I haven't upgraded.

A few of the deltas in the bathrooms are probably 1969 era.

*ponders if they might be lifetime*
 
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Moonbeam said:
That doesn't look too bad. I will have to check it out. I like to put a swivel screw in thingi on the end of the faucet so I can make it shoot different places without having to move the whole thing.
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You know, I wanted the traditional spray nozzle separate as well. After using this a few times, I really like the integrated nozzle.
 
It's a really nice unit. The previous owners had good taste

I agree about not liking the faucets with the handle on the side. I never know which way is hot!
 
Moonbeam said:
I guess I have adapted to having two sources of water in my sink. I pull out the sprayer when I wash by hand to spot rinse soap off certain pieces and lay it in one side of the sink while I rinse other pieces with the faucet in the other sink. Got a split sink. To have to pull the end out of the faucet part would mean pulling it out and pushing it back over and over again. There is one kind with a big spring that you remove from a slot that looks to be better, but I found the spring to be extremely inflexible. Telling me that the cheap ones are the kind I like has made me even less happy about finding what I want. Maybe I will have to buy a high class faucet to get the look I wand and then add a cheap sprayer separately or not have one at all, but the pull out kind look to me like they are made to break and very annoying to use. I was going to put a faucet over my stove to fill pots on the stove in the house I am completely redoing,, but I decided for the use I'd get it was too extravagant for the expense. You still have to carry the pan of water to a sink to pour out the water you poured in at the stove. Maybe I'll invent a pasta pot that attaches to a drain.
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You'll adjust to the pull out models, after a brief period of frustration over the new faucet "not working right". We're creatures of habit, so changes are annoying.
 
NutBucket said:
Yeah, most faucets with a separate sprayer are low end.

My touchless turns on when you touch the handle. I think there are some that have motion sensors but I've not tried them.
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or older than 15 years. We have a nice delta faucet with sprayer that was not cheap.
 
Howard said:
I paid just over $200 CAD for mine. Those MSRPs are grossly inflated.
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I can't figure out why some of them are so expensive - it's easy to find a faucet that costs more than a smaller (cheaper brand) refrigerator. Difficult to believe that it costs more to manufacture a faucet than a refrigerator, regardless of the quality of the fridge. *sigh*, but you have to get the one the wife wants.
 
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