I'm really happy with the Delta Leland pull down faucet. If you can go with Chrome, you can find some good options. I've put in three of those faucets so far in my own kitchen (2) and my mom's small "in law suite" kitchenette, and I just ordered 2 more for our two laundry sinks (again, one for me and one for Mom). They are very nice, and they come with a mounting plate to cover 3 holes or you can install them without it for a 1 hole sink. I've bought mine on Amazon and HomePerfect. First three were about $150 back in November, and I just paid about $180 for the last two on HomePerfect (no sales tax there, which is nice, and the Amazon price has come up to about that cost, too.

They are very nice faucets, in my opinion. My plumbers have told me that Delta is a good brand, and they have good lifetime warranties with support direct from Delta from what I've read.

The faucet I've bought it the Delta 9178-DST

http://www.homeperfect.com/delta-9178-dst-single-handle-pull-down-kitchen-faucet.html

HomePerfect has it in stainless for 202 at the moment.

http://www.homeperfect.com/delta-faucets-9178-ar-dst-leland-kitchen-faucets-arctic-stainless.html

I had this one for 3 years. Only replaced it because I got a new sink, and couldn't pry the old faucet off the old sink. It was a simple DIY install. No problems over the years we used it. (Note it says 2 holes, but one is for the included soap dispenser, which you could easily not use.)

My new faucet.has been fine too, but I've only used it for a month so far-- not ready to give a reliability rec yet.

Here is a link that might be useful: peerless pull-down faucet

I have a 7 yr old Delta pull down that works fine. I have recently noted that it occasionally drips just a little and I assume I will need to replace the seals just like I did with old Deltas or the washers with other faucets. One has to do that every once in awhile. BTW, the pull downs have the extra connection hose that can come loose from hose movement. Hand tightening will fix that. I have some 5 yr old Moens that are still fine too except that the young installer drilled the holes a little too close to the sink to make easy tightening of the large Moen anchor nuts. I would suspect the complaints are just unfortunate or misinformed users.

MushCreek: just a suggestion since you don't really care about a particular faucet: May I suggest my current favorite ebay website; it is karensbarn. She sells big merchant store returns, out of box, or damaged box, or unsold items. They are usually essentially new items. Sometimes they are complete, sometimes they are missing small installation parts (that one can usually get in the hardware store), and occasionally something is really broken. Karen only charges $9 shipping (and $3 each additional item within a week, all paid together) sometimes for very heavy items. She allows No Hassle returns via Your postage, but she returns your payment (including her $9 postage assuming you only bought one ebay sale.) I have noticed that she sells a lot of faucets including the occasional Delta but more often Home Depot's brand or others. She often sells pairs of faucets where you might really need one, suspecting that you may be able to replace a part with the second unit and still be happy from the often Very low price. She does sell Some lots that are listed as Broken with NO RETURN, so watch out for that.

delta trinsic has new ceramic cartridges that last for a long time. plus delta is awesome if any replacements are ever needed

" I keep reading about Kohlers, Moens, and Deltas that fall apart in
months, have proprietary supply lines that can't be replaced, etc."

Seriously? Delta and Moen jointly sell 60% of the faucets sold in the U.S. With that kind of volume, sometime, somehow, something is going to break, but if it breaks in just a few months it is almost always an installation issue, and not a problem with the faucet. In the 40 years we have been in the remodeling business, we have purchased and installed hundreds of Delta and Moen faucets. We;ve had exactly 4 call backs in all that time.

If style is not as issue, you can buy a classic low arch single handle Delta or Moren faucet with a ceramic cartridge value and nearly indestructible PVD finish for less than $100.00.

There are two things I'm sure of: my dog loves me, and a Delta or Moen faucet will probably outlast your grandchildren. But, buy it at a regular plumbing supply house, not a Big Box Lumber Store. The cheapie faucets with lots of plastic parts seem to end up in Home Depot, Lowes, etc. Here's a tip, if your cousin or sibling-in-law is a plumber, ask him or her if you can buy the faucet on his or her account. You'll save about 20%.

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I haven't seen anything I like at the big box stores, that's for sure. I really don't like the non-replaceable, built-in supply lines. For one, they are too short, so I'm going to have to cobble together fittings and additional lines.I I may just buy cheap faucets so I'm not so furious if they fail too soon. Most of the pull-down sprayers in the displays no longer work properly, which tells me that they aren't going to hold up in the long run. I see the store display as an accelerated use/abuse test.

mushcreek-we have a delta pull-down that has a magnet so it doesn't dangle like you described. We bought a cheaper one for the laundry and it does that exact thing-no magnet. It's a good thing I am not looking at it all day long it would drive me nuts!

We bought ours online at faucet direct. It was a good price. It's the same faucet we had put in our old house and I liked it so much we repeated it.Delta Addison is what we bought but I see the prices have went up! I know we paid in the upper $200 range for it and I know that Home Depot carries it as well. The Delta Leland that was mentioned above is also a nice faucet and it's more reasonable!. They both have side levers and I am fond of that.

Good Luck!

Has anyone had any experience with this one: Amazon entry

I'm looking for a nice looking, reliable, not too expensive faucet in the bronze or copper color range and found this, which gets good reviews on Amazon, but I'd love more helpful information!

Jan,

I have the Delta model similar to the one pictured to the Trinsic that I bought at Lowes. (called the Trask). It works great. I checked the Delta website and it looks the same as the Trinsic with a minor style change on the handle. (same specs) Delta also told me that was the only difference.

The only flaw and I am somewhat of a perfectionist is that the pull down sat ever so slightly crooked. I called them and they sent me a new one which was better, but not "perfect". I like it so well that I don't care enough to return it. Delta has great customer service and I've used their faucets a lot and they last a long time. Also, the finish is super easy to keep clean.

My sister just bought the Delta Izack and she loves it.

Thanks, Karensab, that's really good to hear. Maybe I'll go look at Lowe's.

I bought the stainless Delta Leland a couple years ago form Amazon. I haven't had any issues. Anything can fall apart and there is always going to be negative reviews so I wouldn't worry too much. Below is the amazon link. It's rated about 4.5 out of five stars - not bad for 635 reviews, but again, if you read all the bad ones then you probably wouldn't want it. I think the list price was $160 back when I bought it. I ended up only paying $100 though because I bought one that had damage to the shipping box only (?) which was $25 off and then I had points from my AMEX card.

http://www.amazon.com/Faucet-9178-AR-DST-Pull-Down-Kitchen-Stainless/dp/B00A39FSAK/ref=sr_1_1?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1423855472&sr=1-1&keywords=delta+Leland

I should add that I use mine daily because I'm always cooking from home.. No issues ..

I've been very happy with my Ruvati faucet that I got on Overstock.com for less than 200.00. Seems to be sold out now but they have a lot of faucets on there for a decent price.

deedless - that is lovely looking along with your sink!

I love overstock - I got my bathroom tile on there. No sales tax :)

I have the Delta Trinsic at my prep sink and I really like it.

Kitchen faucets are so well made over all it's rare to hear a complaint even on the least expensive models. But these days, I must say, I would definitely get a pull down faucet with a sprayer or a touch faucet. There are at least 3 past "What's Your Kitchen Faucet" threads with a minimum of 80 posts each and likely more. They show how trends have changed. In the first one, most had Grohe Ladylux faucets and the Kohler Vinnata was #1. There's a big fan base for the Kohler Karbon, which folds. Hansgrohe Talis and the Deltas, too.

If those threads can't be searched here, they should turn up on Google.

And style IS an issue. So is function.