Kitchen tap recommendation

[miniman]

Any recommendations for a good quality kitchen mixer tap with flexible spray head thingy, like this, which at £80 seems too good to be true and is a bit bulky:

[CorradoTDI]

Yep, go for the Astracast Professional 700

Had one for over 10 years now and still looks like new!

http://www.blackheathproducts.co.uk/astracast-prof...

[Mojooo]

I splashed out on one of these

http://www.screwfix.com/p/franke-wave-pull-out-mon...

It is good.

Once thing i do find annoying is that it does not have red/blue marks signifying water heat and people tend to use the hot side (left) by default.

[anonymous-user]

CorradoTDI said:

Yep, go for the Astracast Professional 700

Had one for over 10 years now and still looks like new!

http://www.blackheathproducts.co.uk/astracast-prof...

Agrre, that's the one that's been abused in my utility room for nearly 10 years

[jas xjr]

after many years of refurbs i have learned that there is one area you should not economise on is taps. they can be awkward to fit once everything is in place. buy the best you can afford.
i had some gold coloured mixer taps in my bathroom which were past their best. they had been in the house before i bought it 20 years previously. i bought some to replace them, firstly they were half the weight and secondly they failed within 18 months. they were cheap though bloody awkward to fit as i am getting too old to lie on my back to replace bath taps

[Eddie Strohacker]

jas xjr said:

after many years of refurbs i have learned that there is one area you should not economise on is taps. they can be awkward to fit once everything is in place. buy the best you can afford.
i had some gold coloured mixer taps in my bathroom which were past their best. they had been in the house before i bought it 20 years previously. i bought some to replace them, firstly they were half the weight and secondly they failed within 18 months. they were cheap though bloody awkward to fit as i am getting too old to lie on my back to replace bath taps

Anything you use with your hands is worth spending on (ooh err) I've just finished a kitchen build & out of all of it, units, plastering, decorating, electrics, nothing beat fitting the tap for the sheer pain in the arse quotient. Horrible, horrible job fitting taps.

[hyphen]

Depends on how expensive and large the kitchen is as to whether OTT, but £450 ish for large version of this grohe one. Also comes in a smaller size.

Edited by hyphen on Monday 31st July 12:21

[hyphen]

Though of this thread, as Aldi has them in at £40 over the weekend.
https://www.aldi.co.uk/easy-home-spiral-kitchen-mi...

They will sell out fast though I imagine.

[C&C]

We went for this Grohe one - fitted about 18 months ago and it's been fine up to now. Although it doesn't get a huge amount of hard use, I've no reason to think that it wont last for many years.