Average Reviews:
(More customer reviews)1 YEAR UPDATE:
After a year of ownership I'm upgrading this product to 4 stars. It still looks fabulous in our kitchen and gets a lot of positive comments. Most of the negatives are things I've gotten used to and don't mind as much any more. My wife and I are considering changing over to an oil-rubbed bronze color and I have to confess that my first thought was to find this exact same fixture in that color. I think that is a decent testament to the quality and style of this product.
ORIGINAL REVIEW:
I bought this faucet because it looked stylish and came with the well respected Grohe name.
The stainless steel finish on the product is quite nice and the plastic pull-handle matches perfectly (almost no faucets I know of have metal pull-handles).
Installation was surprisingly easy. It required only a wrench or two to tighten water couplings and the included tool to tighten the base to the counter top.
The faucet has an impressive look and it definitely "upgraded" the appearance of our kitchen sink.
There are negatives. And given the number of other stylish faucets out there, the negatives cause me to give this faucet a 2 star rating.
First for the negatives, the spring-loaded pull handle hose is very difficult to pull out of the faucet base and actually use. Likewise, it does not feed smoothly back into the handle. I ended up removing the confounded spring and installing a large metal clamp weight onto the hose. This helped a great deal.
Second, the pull handle doesn't easily slide the last inch back into the base but instead has to be pushed into the base.
Third, the "spray" function on the pull handle is not a locking spray function. So long as you hold down the plastic button, the water will come out in a spray pattern. But as soon as you let go of the button, it goes back to a normal aerated stream. I much prefer pull handles with a locking spray such as the one on my old Hamat.
Fourth, because the sink head sprays water at a direct perpendicular to the sink base, water splatters up very high and all over the counter and faucet base itself. My old Hamat had about a 15 degree angle and thus the water splatter was able to stay contained within the sink. This means the base of my faucet is always covered with water spots unless I wipe it down after every use.
Fifth, the location of the faucet lever on the right side of the product is not nearly as convenient as the less stylish placement on top of a faucet. You can only easily reach it with your right hand and if the faucet is pointed to the right, it impedes your access to the handle.
In this case, style wins over function and we're keeping this faucet. But I think there are better choices in this price range.
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