Pull-out vs. pull-down faucet
janran
15 years ago
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Kitchen faucet - pull-out/down vs. side spray
Comments (1)It should be the same either way....See MoreOkay-- Love -or hate- you low arc pull out faucet?
Comments (17)Both my main sink and my prep sink have high arcs. Not the super high commercial type with a spring, just the 12-15 inch high solid arch type. Neither splash, though the corner placement we went with on the prep sink (for use from 2 sides as well as a shallow cabinet depth) means that the water stream ia a little closer to the edges and you can get water running off your hands or something you are rinsing if you hold it up high. It was something to think about, but I wouldn't change it anyway -- water hits granite and wipes off. I wipe the counter anyway. Splattering all over might be different. The main faucet is a Whitehaus Metrohaus and is placed in the center of a larger sink. We don't have a splashing issue. Our neighbors put in a similarly sized Kohler Vinata and said they regretted the splashing. They have a shallow sink and I did't notice the drain placement. You can get splashing if the water stream hits the drain, especially off the folds of the rubber baffle -- ironically, also called a splash guard (but that is for splashes out of the disposal). The faucet we replaced was a straight pullout, I would never go back to one of those. We use large stockpots and do canning. I also have large baking sheets I need to wash without having water running all over the way it did with a divided sink and short faucet....See MoreOpinions on faucet pull down, pull out or side spray
Comments (16)I like a pulldown. Sidespray is too fiddly and pullouts aren't as massive, meaning I don't get the spout length my shortness requires. :) I have a Kohler Simplice right now as a temporary faucet. It's okay but the spray button doesn't work right. I shoulda exchanged it but I was lazy--Kohler makes a good faucet and I just got a dud. Previously I had a huuuuge Hansgrohe Allegro Pro, selected purely by size (I was having back issues with the faucet spout length in my unremodeled kitchen). It looked like an alien space craft from the original War of the Worlds movie. Great faucet BUT! Like others, I found that the HG spray button wasn't a simple on/off mechanism. You could turn it on, you could turn it off, but if you turned off the water, it would revert to stream. Not a big deal unless you are a Tapmaster user trying to conserve water while washing veggies with the sprayer. I'll probably get another one when I remodel anyway. :) So whatever you get, make sure the spray/stream mechanism works the way you want. What we think is an obvious function may not have occurred to the faucet designers. (The Simplice--if the button acts like it should--is the way it should be. On or off, until you change it.)...See MorePull out or pull down faucet/sink shape
Comments (8)Berdavids - your faucet's issue of water dripping down the hose is not a function of it being a pull-out style, but is a problem with your particular faucet or faucet model. I am linking below a thread about pull-downs vs. pull-outs that gives great points on the pros and cons of each type. It is a matter of personal preference which style you choose - though I prefer my pull-out faucet, I don't think there is a "correct" choice between the two styles. A 3rd style (besides pull-out or pull-down) is called the "professional" or "pre-rinse" style. It's more of a pull-down, but has a completely different appearance. They're usually very expensive. You can't have cabinets above the pre-rinse faucets cause they're tall. One beautiful example is the Franke FF-1700, but it is very tall and very expensive. Another "professional" model that is less expensive and not so tall is the Blanco Meridian Semi Professional. Here is a link that might be useful: Thread Called Pull-down vs. Pull-out...See Morejanran
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