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Pull Out Faucet vs. Seperate Spray

11 years ago

I've heard that pull out kitchen faucets(not pull down) usually have better water flow/pressure and spray than a faucet with a separate side spray. I'm not finding any pull outs with more than 1.5 gpm, so how can it be stronger pressure/flow? Does anyone know if a pull out with 1.5 gpm comes out stronger than a faucet with side spray with 1.5 gpm?

Comments (16)

  • 11 years ago

    I cannot speak to your numbers, but my side spray trickles. I will definitely replace it with a faucet that sprays.

  • 11 years ago
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    My side sprayer could sideline as a pressure washer if the faucet is turned on most of the way open. It adjusts apart depending on how much water has been turned on. It can also trickle.

  • 11 years ago
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    funkycamper, Is your faucet one of the newer ones or have you had it for a long time? Do you know what gpm your faucet has(1.5, 2.2 etc)? I'm wondering about the newer faucets. Anyone have a newer pull out(not pull down) or newer with separate spray that has really good pressure? If so, what faucet do you have?

  • 11 years ago

    Anyone have a newer faucet that you really like, that is not a super tall faucet, that fits tall pots under spout easily and has really good water pressure, in a darker bronze(or at least comes in darker bronze) that has lifetime warranty on finish?

  • 11 years ago

    I love my Moen pull-down from 2011 (it's Arbor, but they are all similar in size). I didn't want to clean around a separate sprayer. The pressure is good. I think they come in bronze. They have a great warranty. When the hose started to leak after three and a half years (because I was pulling and bending it in strange ways to wash my dog in the sink) Moen sent me a replacement hose for free, no questions asked, and it was really easy to install. Moen customer service has been great. The Reflex technology makes it reseat reliably. The sprayer has a pause switch and a spray lock. It's tall but not too tall. HTH.

  • 11 years ago
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    We have the Brizo Tresa (bought last year) and the side sprayer has seriously good pressure. I just checked and the flow rate for the faucet is 1.8. It is quite tall though.

  • 11 years ago

    I have a price pfister that came with the house. It's a pull-out, white; I don't know if it comes in bronze. Tall pots fit under it, the pressure is fine. Something started to crack on it, so we called price pfister and true to their guarantee, they sent out a new one free. I loooove it.

  • 11 years ago

    Isn't there still the little thingy inside the faucet that lowers the pressure? I always have them taken out.

  • 11 years ago

    I have a Grohe faucet with side spray, and the pressure in the sprayer is excellent.

  • 11 years ago

    My Blanco Grace hi-flow is awesome, and the side spray could peel paint. But. Just 18 months in, the side spray began to leak. And the soap pump has NEVER worked, and no amount of replacement parts from Blanco has fixed it.

  • 11 years ago
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    Anyone have a newer Moen or Delta Pull out(not pull down) or with side spray that you like?

  • 11 years ago

    To answer your question to me: Well, can't answer. Sorry. The old faucet/sprayer in our kitchen failed but we aren't far enough along to install the new sink/faucet combo sitting in boxes so we bought the $29.95 special as an interim faucet. I have no idea of the brand or flow rate. I've always had side-sprayers and they have always had variable spray rates depending on how far the faucet is turned on. The one in our previous home was installed in 2004 and acted that way as well. I have no idea what the flow rate is. I figure low flow rate just uses more aeration. We replaced an old shower head with low-flow one and notice no difference in how the water feels, still good pressure, due to aeration.

  • 11 years ago

    FWIW, we insisted on the old 2.2 gpm for our latest faucet (instead of the newer 1.5gpm). We got a Hansgrohe pull-down with sprayer, and it's so strong we have to turn the water pressure down. I think the 1.5 would have been perfectly adequate.

  • 11 years ago

    ITA with sjhockeyfan123. The 1.5 would have suited me fine in the Blanco Grace. I bought the 2.2. Lesson learned.

  • 11 years ago
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    Anyone have experience with one of the newer Moen pull-outs(not pull-down), or a Moen with separate sprayer? BTW, do all newer faucets have such a narrow stream of water?