Good morning, Charlikin.

I have the KWC "Edge". Previously I'd always had a "regular" faucet with side spray. We also have a lake cabin with just a regular faucet and no spray at all!

Like most people, I guess, I use the side spray to spray down the sink bowl after washing dishes or just to tidy up. I also like to use the spray feature when filling the bowl to make the dish soap sudsier (If that's a word). A spray, whether it's a pull out or a side spray is just so handy to have at your control.

I didn't even realize my KWC would automatically turn off the spray feature when I turned the faucet off but it does. It just takes a tap on the spray head to go between stream and spray.

The nice thing is that I didn't pay a fortune for mine. I got it from a very reputable e-bay seller. This e-bay seller is a very nice woman in Kansas, not a warehouse. Time was of the essence for me when I ordered it and she gauranteed that if I used paypal she would ship it the next day, which she did. My plumber laughed when he saw the instructions came in six languages and none of them was English. But he really had no problem at all putting it together and said it was a great faucet.

Here is a link that might be useful: where I bought my KWC at a savings

Good morning to you, neesie!

Wow, I looked at your ebay seller - those are amazing prices!! I wonder how she manages to sell them so much cheaper than everyone else??? She's got great feedback, though, and obviously you had a good experience with her.

I have the Danze Melrose and love it (it is, however, pretty 'tall').

Carolyn

The Moen doesn't have a ceramic disc valve? That's surprising. I've had a few Moens and never had a problem. My mom loves hers also. Guess I just assumed they're ceramic and didn't even check that on the Moen I just ordered this morning. :) Oops. Oh, well. At least it's pretty.

When I had a spray faucet, I used spray mode more than non-spray. Almost exclusively, I'd say. It's been so long since I've had one, that's all the insight I can offer.

I have the Grohe Alira in stainless steel and paid way to much for the SS finish. I love the ease of use as the handle is so easy to turn. After mine was installed, I read that it has an adjustment for the force of water, and the factory setting is full force. I wish I would have known this before it was installed. The spray won't stay on unless the water is turned on high and it splashes when I rinse dishes. However, I have a small sink. I think I was foolish to spend so much. I have had good luck with Moen faucets and the price is MUCH better.

I have the Brizo Floriano, but it doesn't have the sleeker modern look of the others you mentioned. It does do every thing you said, though, and I got it and the soap dispenser in chrome for under 300.00 from faucetdirect.com via phone ordering. You get a better price than they list online if you call and ask for their best price and even more if you purchase other large items at the same time and mention that you are placing a large order. :) I ordered my Franke sink and all grids and accessories at the same time and got great discounts on everything. Anyway, the Brizo is all metal on the outside, but it does have some plastic inside the head. I called manufacturers to find out and most said it would be too heavy and could break dishes if dropped if it was all metal. I didn't care, wanted metal anyway but just decided a major appliance was a better a purchase for the same amt of money.

By the way, the spray creats greater force, sends the water over a wider area and is good for removing more food when rinsing, cleaning the sink to remove more stuck on stuff, etc. Makes remaining cleanup a little easier.

Sue

Update on neesie's ebay seller: I emailed shermshop asking why the faucets were so cheap. Got a very quick and friendly response - she said she'd gotten a great closeout deal on a lot of KWC stuff from a distributor. Sounded reasonable. I was about to pull the trigger on purchasing the Divo-Arco when I decided to check the warranty on KWC's site. It seems they don't honor the warranty if you buy the faucet from anyone but an authorized dealer. No internet sites, definitely no auctions. (If you said the faucet was a gift and you don't know where it was purchased, I wonder if they wouldn't honor the warranty? Possibly - they said they check the receipt for warranty service!)

They do list Home and Stone as an authorized dealer, and their prices are pretty good (though nowhere near shermshop). I wonder if you buy from Home and Stone via their web site, if that's good enough for the warranty? What if you buy from them through ebay?

Anyway, neesie, shermshop said to thank you for the referral! If anyone wants to buy a KWC faucet cheap and not worry about the warranty, this is a really good deal. :-)

Moving on... smilingjudy, good luck with the Moen! I'm sure it'll be really reliable - Moen has a great reputation.

Sue_ct - the Brizo Floriano is *beautiful*!!! If I were doing a more traditional kitchen, that would be the faucet, no doubt.

After replacing my kitchen faucets 4 times in 13 years, I am now a member of the simpler-is-better school. Sprayers are just another thing to break and/or leak, and they don't do very much functionally either.

(for the record, the brands were ceramic disk Blancos and Kohlers)

Check out the Brizo Venuto if you want more modern than the Floriano. Someone on the forum turned me on to that one (maybe it was Sue?). Almost bought it from an ebay seller for a very good deal. The auction ended with no sale. I had asked the seller a question late in the game so she emailed me that she would re-list. I don't see it out there yet.

Oh, and I checked the specs on my faucet. It does have ceramic disc valves so guess I got lucky. Whew!

Hey Judy, good news about the Moen! So which one did you get?

The Brizo Venuto is another great-looking faucet! I think it's probably too big though - I have cabinets running over my sink at the 18" level, so 15-1/2" for the faucet seems a little out of proportion to me. Sigh. I love those big arcing faucets!

Understand completely. I have a window, so clearance isn't an issue, but I don't want to feel like it's screaming "look at me. i'm in your way". I'll have to see how it looks installed. You might be better off with a pull-out instead of a pull-down. Less of a visual statement, but they still work great.

I bought the Moen Level which isn't any shorter. Found super-cheap at faucetdepot.com.