Faucet: Professional/ Pull-out/ Pull-down???

dcb1_2008

18 years ago

Hello everyone. I'm having a real hard time deciding which faucet to buy. Here is what I'm thinking...can anyone give me some advice or tell me how they like their faucet?

-I like the pull-out faucet because there is no risk of the sprayer dangling and not retracting correctly. However, it is not as ergonomic as a pull-down sprayer

-I like the pull-down sprayers but am worried that they don't retract well and I'll always be bothered by the sprayer dangling in mid air.

-The commercial style ones seem good because the sprayer can be secured in place, but they don't pull down very far and might be harder to spray down a larger sink.

Any thoughts on this one? I've been looking at KWC and Franke among others but can't find a good showroom that has them installed correctly to really see how they would operate.

Thanks!

Dave

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vwhippiechick
18 years ago
This was the exact debate we had for the very same reasons. We ended up selected a prerinse faucet and it works really well. Someone here on GW responded to my post that already had one and gave me the confidence to purchase. It is attractive, very funtional, ergonomic, has two spray patterns, easy to use. I haven't really found any negatives yet. Ours is a Danze Parma Prerinse, stainless finish. We purchased from Ebay vendor Mayfield Plumbing. Researched it quite a bit and they had the best price. Shipping was reasonable and very very quick. HTH.
dcb1_2008
Original Author
18 years ago
Any trouble pulling the spray head down far enough to spray a pan at the bottom of a deep sink or at the far corners of a larger sink? (28.5" wide single bowl)

Thanks
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vwhippiechick
18 years ago
I have not had any problems with the reach of the faucet and we have a deep single bowl ticor sink. I believe our sink is aroung 30". It will even reach to the edge of the counter so I can use it as a pot filler without having to put the pot into the sink to fill it up.
divamum
18 years ago
Love, love, love my Ikea pulldown. No problems with retraction at all.

If you search this forum (using the bottom search box) you'll see this debate comes up in here all the time, with your reason being one of hte primary cited. HOWEVER (and this is important), that's almost always people who haven't used one and only seen them in showrooms where the counterweights haven't been installed!

A pulldown has a chunky weight attached to the hose under the sink, and that's what keeps it in place - totally adjustable, too.

Also, there are a few pulldowns with "docking" devices - ie the twistlock Delta Leland and Victorian, and the magnetic Delta Allora.

I'm a total convert to pulldowns after years of a sidesprayer. Even though it took a LOT of persuasion to get me to try one, I can't imagine having anything else now - I LOVE it. I have an Ikea Elverdam, btw - simple, but efficient and it didn't break the bank.

FWIW.
dcb1_2008
Original Author
18 years ago
The magnet design sounds really smart. I bet more faucets will have that eventually. Thanks for the info.
sarschlos_remodeler
18 years ago
Our old faucet sprung a leak before we were ready for our remodel so I ordered a Kohler Simplice from efaucets dot com to try it out. It has a pull down. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this faucet. Multiple spray options, pull down works great, really nice arc, no splashing, and I love the single handle. We also ordered a soap dispenser and a chrome cap to fill the extra hole from the old faucet. So now I have soap at the ready and the best faucet I've ever used. I heartily recommend a pull down.