[aigel]

I am curious to hear what the consensus is for a good kitchen faucet. I can only tell you what sucks.

I have never had anything last more than about 5 years. When I bought the house it came with a Moen. All white hardware, so I replaced that twice.

Then I had enough and 2 years ago I bought a "Kraus" - which has a fake German name - it is an American company that produces in Asia. Nice design. The valve is great but the shower head has given out TWICE in 2 years. Their customer service is outstanding, they have lifetime warranty, so I have gotten new heads sent out every time. But who has time for that? I'd rather have something that's solid. At any rate, I plan on new shower heads from Kraus until they are NLA but then I'll need to do something about it.

It will be time to switch to all bright hardware, since white is not easy to come by these days and limits my choices. The worst thing about all this is that changing a kitchen faucet is such a PITA (or neck / back) having to crawl in there and work in a very tight space.

G