I am extremely disappointed with this faucet. The copper hot and cold water tubing that is factor...I am extremely disappointed with this faucet. The copper hot and cold water tubing that is factory connected to the faucet does not come down far enough to allow an easy installation. Because of this, I had to make the service line connections to the faucet tubing BEFORE the faucet was inserted into the hole in the sink. Once this is done, the threaded metal piece that holds the faucet tight against the sink (from the underside) cannot be slid onto all the hoses and tubing as there simply isn't enough room for the two copper tubes and the three hoses and there isn't enough room in the upper part of my sink cabinet to use two crescent wrenches and see what I'm doing. I've installed many kitchen faucets similar to this one and every one of them had either tubing or already factory attached braided hoses that came down far enough into the cabinet to allow me to have enough room to make the connections.
I suppose I could install this faucet but I'm not going to spend the amount of time necessary to make the connections and I'm not going to deal with the associated frustration and aggravation. I put it back in the box and I'll store it somewhere. If I decide to use it in the future I'll pay someone to install it because quite frankly, I'm not going to deal with it. There's nothing wrong with my current faucet so I'll continue to use it.
Another gripe I have is that the included rubber washer is designed to be used with the included sink plate, which cannot be used on my sink. There's no thick washer included that would go between the faucet and the sink when no plate (base) is used.
I honestly can't recommend this product to anyone. It's a very nice faucet but its not worth the time and effort to install it. Of course, not everyone has a large waste disposal and dishwasher connections in their sink cabinets so for them it would probably be an easy installation, provided they don't need instructions. Also, the instructions (which I don't need) are very poor.The instructions are nothing but pictures, which would make it very confusing for someone who has never installed one of these before.
by Sichuan