Piaa, I am not familiar with Grohe's Starlight Chrome finish, but perhaps you could contact a customer service rep online and ask them? I just finished ordering all my fixtures for our basement BR online- from four different sources and I was a wee bit nervous until they all arrived- and they look fabulous (IMHO)- all polished chrome and you'd never know they came from all over the world (literally) and several different manufacturers. I think chrome is one of the very few finishes that you can be that lucky with! I totally know what you were thinking- worrying about the chrome being dated, but I don't think it ever will be- the style you choose...now that can be an issue... :>)

I just grabbed the image into paint and the cropped and shrunk it (obviously not enough). Say, just a thought and you might not like it, buuuuttt, would it be possible to get a chunk of your counter made to the approx. length of your sink and mount it behind the sink? Then you'd have a 'deck' of sorts to mount your faucet through and the height of the handle wouldn't be an issue. I guess the depth might be a factor in attaching it, though. And maybe that would look clumsy anyway. Hmm. You could swivel the faucet to the front, as suggested. People on here seem to think that is a more functional placement for the handle anyway. There is a perfect faucet for you... do you like those restaurant kind with the curly hose? Those handles tend to be higher on the stem.

OK, I called a plumbing showroom that has Grohe and they went and checked, and ALL sprayheads are plastic. I called Delta Brizo and they checked and said the inside of the sprayhead is plastic but it is wrapped in metal, so the part you see and touch is metal, not plastic on their sprayhead. They said it is to keep the weight down. I then called Newport Brass Tech support who told me the sprayhead on the 94P is solid brass with a chrome finish or other finish depending on what you order, and the only plastic on the sprayhead is the face where the water comes out. Although I like the less "bulky" look of the Newport Brass and it is supposed to be a very good solid brass brand of faucets, it has the worst warantee it seems on its finishes, and excludes hard water damage, which I have. It is the only solid metal spray head. I guess between the Grohe and the Brizo, depends on where you want your plastic, inside or outside. I suspect, but don't know, that Grohe probably has the best warantee and customer support. I am also concerned about the reach so that it is easy to use, but also which might cause less splashing. I would think a longer reach would be better on the back, but with the drain at the back, a shorter reach would more likely place the spout directly over the drain and maybe decrease splashing. That is why I am interested in anyone who has any of these, but it would be especially helpful if anyone has this sink with one one these particular faucets. Sue

There is a lot to be said here but I will restrain myself. For only charcoal filtration, any faucet should work. Use a charcoal filter that is standard size (guessing without moving my keister to measure that standard means 3 inches in diameter by about 10 inches long.) Pressure drop should be modest until depleted so flow would be high. With R.O. water, one needs a pressure tank and at least 3/8 poly tubing to use with a standard faucet. One may also need other active components to keep the pressure up. My R.O. system feeds a Brizo Venuto, a Brizo pot filler, a plant wand, a refrigerator ice maker, and eventually a bar sink faucet. However, I have a peristaltic brine-driven pump from Spectrapure, and two pressure tanks. With R.O. filtration, it is possible in some cases for the resulting water to become soft and acidic, and this can leach lead where present. For such cases, a lead free faucet is needed. My R.O. input is municipal water that has been dosed at the source with alkali chemicals, and pH measurements show that it is still alkaline after R.O. filtration. kas