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(More customer reviews)I got one of these about four years ago and replaced it today after the hose guide for the sprayer broke and and because it had been dripping for several months. I might also mention that the soap dispenser never worked from day one. I'm sure the dripping is repairable, but when I took the top off, it looked like it needed a special wrench to get down to the ceramic disk. I was not able to find the tool at the local Home Depot and Lowes, so, after the sprayer hose guide broke, I decided to replace it the whole thing.
I replaced it with exactly the same faucet because this is really an attractive design for the money. The finish seemed to hold up very well. After over four years, aside from the specific problems described in this review, it still looked like new. The new soap dispenser works fine as well. But...
While the faucet seems well constructed, the hose guide that fits in the sink for the sprayer is rather thin plastic. The guide is made to work even when mounted in a very thick counter top, so it projects below the hole in the sink by several inches. I suspect that when the sprayer is pulled out far enough, it will put torque on that thin plastic hose guide and, in my case, broke it off. On the new one, I cut about three inches off the guide so it that problem no longer exists.
Another problem with the sprayer on this faucet is the fact that the thin metal decorative collar that fits around the hose guide sits right against the sink which will leave scratches on the top surface of the sink (stainless steel in my case). The faucet has a plastic grommet under it that protects the sink, but not the sprayer.
I might also point out that, despite the words "All metal construction" on the box, the aforementioned hose guide as well as the sprayer itself, are both plastic. The sprayer held up ok, but the plastic hose guide had very noticeably chipped where the sprayer rests when you're not using it. You need to be careful you don't just let the sprayer drop back into the guide when you're done using it.
Another less serious issue with my first faucet was the fact that, unless you had the tap open pretty far, the lever would drop down under it's own weight shutting off the flow. The only time this would be a problem is if I wanted a weak flow and didn't have a free hand to hold the lever up. The new faucet doesn't seem to exhibit his problem.
Finally, the faucet seems to sputter a little. The flow is irregular and I think it has to do with the sprayer valve. It's not really anything more than a very minor annoyance, but I've never had that happen on faucets by Delta. It just makes the flow a bit irregular and clunky. That happens on both the old and new faucets and starts the first time you use the sprayer.
Anyway, I would give this faucet 5 stars for appearance, but two stars for durability and 2 stars because of the non-functional soap dispenser (which worked fine on the new faucet). If I had decided to repair it and found that Price Pfister was quick to replace the broken parts, I may have rated it higher, but I am still disappointed that it broke.
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