Don’t you hate it when you have something on your to-do list and then all of a sudden you are forced to deal with it?!?
Yes, I HATE that.
And that’s exactly what happened with my kitchen faucet.
We had been having some issues with it and so I knew that when I found the perfect replacement, I would pull the trigger… no rush, no wild, crazy goose hunts. Nope, the kitchen fairies had other plans for me. The faucet literally died. It started spewing water everywhere, leaking from the top and the bottom, just your general kitchen nightmare. Ha!
What I had was a Kraus with stellar reviews.
One should not believe all stellar reviews. Lesson learned. This faucet gave us grief after about a month… it is pretty grand looking, but is that worth the drama?!
The answer my divas, is no. No, it’s not. No matter how cool it may seem to be, it’s not worth it. Later your prized faucet will spew water, get yellow and just make you mad.
Okay, enough of that. I pulled up my big girl pants and set out to drop some dough on a new faucet.
Here were the top contenders….
The Moen from Pacific Sales
That’s it in the showroom and cause I obsess, a photo of it in an actual kitchen
Brizo with Touch, from Fergusons
And this more modern Brizo with Touch, also from Ferguson’s
Which looked an awful lot like the Delta Touch, Pacific Sales…
All of these were clocking in at about $380-475, which was in-line with what I was looking to spend. Most of them had touch, except the Moen and I was racking my brain as to whether the touch option really made sense.
Did you know that you have to leave the handle open to even use the touch feature?????? Doesn’t that soooo change the coolness level??
In the end, while buying enormous volumes of food (for one week) at Costco, I came across this Hansgrohe.
Normally these faucets are in the $700-800 range, so finding one with such a great price tag was a score. No touch, but again did we really need/want that??
Two things I didn’t love; the unique handle and the button for the spray being in the front of the faucet (like why didn’t they put it in the back?!?!).
What I did love; Girl is sturdy! Clean lines, quality maker, and it was the look I was going for.
Sold!
After about 2 weeks, I’m happy to report that I’m very pleased with my new faucet!! And I’m even more thrilled that I got for 1/2 of what I was planning on spending. Like when does that happen?!?
Phew! Crisis averted.
Happy Creating! Jessica
Love the final selection. I was not aware (until I looked into it further) that the touch feature comes about because it’s BATTERY OPERATED!!! I don’t know what plumbing magic I thought caused the faucet to come on with just a touch, but there you have it . . . another strike against the coolness factor!