Probably a bad choice but I chose Form over Function.
The spout was 4.5" from center and I would have preferred 6-10" with a more solid base.
None of the single-hole faucets were designed with a very solid base...with 3-hole plate or single.
Still, this "open water feature" is very FLW/Nippon/Roman/Medieval/mountain stream feeling.
I'll try to live with it for now and see it's a problem later. Something new. Or very old in concept.
Go for parts. Again. Stupid me never checks.
It was $27 for two nice braided lines at the local hardware store. Yikes. Ho Lee transitory..
The down-pipes interfered with the top drawer closing.
Running hot water through it, and a slow push from the end, made the copper line bend without kinking or breaking.
Here is the failed Faucet that leaked but still seriously good quality.
All faucets are different...and given the huge amount of calcium build-up inside the spout...worn out o-ring for the spout...I was seriously impressed with the Grohe quality.
(I received it in a box with documentation, new cartridge, and it looked brand new to my eyes.)
I will contact the company and see if replacement hardware is still available.
My personal plumbing god is Loki The MF'er. It all seems to go so easy and then WHAM! After enough back/shoulder pain blood and tears has been shed, hardware dropped repeatedly, tools left where they shouldn't be, time wasted driving for small items needed for the job, he finally rewards me with something acceptable.