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Since a 2010 remodel we've been tolerating the features of a high-end Hansgrohe, Axor Citterio Prep Kitchen Faucet, Pull-Down - steel optik 39836801. Either the water flows according to the Hansgrohe 'beautiful' but very splashy (you can't fill a glass at this sink) laminar flow pattern and one gets a spray feature that can be turned on and left on, or one gets the 88658860 Faucet Side Spray which fits the same hose. It delivers aerated water that stays in a glass, but the spray needs to be held on by hand to be used.
From this experience I have two questions:
1) Do any of the other high-end manufacturers sell kitchen faucets that deliver an aerated, non-splashy flow and also incorporate a spray feature that stays on when turned on?
2) Does anyone make a more practical valve cartridge that dedicates most of the handle motion to careful adjustment of the water flow at the low flow end?
It seems to me that a class-act faucet does not need as much of the movement of the control handle to distinguish between 75% and 100% as it does in the range 5% to 50%. Clearly such a valve would require serious engineering skills, but once designed it should be as easily made as one that offers a linear response.
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From this experience I have two questions:
1) Do any of the other high-end manufacturers sell kitchen faucets that deliver an aerated, non-splashy flow and also incorporate a spray feature that stays on when turned on?
2) Does anyone make a more practical valve cartridge that dedicates most of the handle motion to careful adjustment of the water flow at the low flow end?
It seems to me that a class-act faucet does not need as much of the movement of the control handle to distinguish between 75% and 100% as it does in the range 5% to 50%. Clearly such a valve would require serious engineering skills, but once designed it should be as easily made as one that offers a linear response.
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