Pull out kitchen tap

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We’ve never had a pull out or pull down mixer tap before, but wondering if it’s worth us getting one for our kitchen refit?

Worth it or a short lived novelty? Thanks

I have used these taps when cooking in the houses of family and friends. I love them and will be getting one when we remodel.

Love ours- makes cleaning the sink much easier. We have one that has two different settings on as well, so you can have a normal tap and kind of like a jet stream, so good.

Thanks both, that is helpful to hear. I’ve never used one and DH says ‘we haven’t needed one so far’ but I think the ability to swish around the sink as well would be good.
thanks for posting

By swish around, I mean to clean the sink.

We have had one for about 3 weeks. Really like it, v handy and like the shower option.

Hope it didn’t only last 3 weeks (that’s my concern - more to go wrong and break!)

We got one when we redid our kitchen two years ago. It's great for cleaning the sink, and the dual spray feature is an added bonus.

Well, me too. We have had one for the last 3 weeks.

I've always had one (in that my parents had one in their house and I've always had one in my own homes). I don't know how I'd do certain things without it now: filling a pot on the countertop, cleaning the sink, filling porridge pot to soak in the corner of the sink etc. I think it's like separate hot/cold taps: you manage fine with them, but why would you not have a mixer tap if you had the choice?

We recently replaced our tap with one. Previously we had had a conventional tap and had added a thingy that allowed you to switch from aerated to spray, and to swivel the thingy to direct the flow wherever you wanted.

The only pro of the new pull out tap is that there is more flexibility where you direct the flow. But, unlike the thingy fixed to the old tap, you now only have one hand free for whatever else you are doing, as you have to keep holding the hose. Unlike with the swivelling thingy, you cannot just point and go. Also, the nozzle points straight down when the pull out is not pulled out, and that is oddly inconvenient. I realise now that we always left the thingy slightly swivelled so it directed the flow away from the tap.

And it was a mistake to choose a tap with only one for setting. I miss the choice of flow, aerated and spray.

Thanks all, super helpful.
Im looking at Grohe taps. Seems there are either the pull out (where the pipe retracts back into the tap), or the tall semi circle ones where it is magnetically held when detached?
Any help on pros/cons of either?
Much appreciated as taps is something I’ve never considered! Thanks

We got one fitted in the utility and didn't realise you need clearance for the hose thing underneath, it's never worked well...that might have been because we didn't get a very good one ... or the plumber was distracted by his imploding marriage and didn't do a brilliant job.....

I have only used the retractable Grohe. That is what we will likely get

Really helpful thankyou.
So do you think having to hold the pull out hose so it doesn’t detract means you prefer the ones that don’t detract back? thanks

Brilliant, really miss ours now when I am using someone else’s kitchen on holiday!
Absolutely worth it. The big tall ones with the spiral are a bit much, ours is quite subtle and not obviously extendable when retracted. I use the spray all the time.

Holding it is no problem for me. It also swivels across the two sink sections though.

We've had the Frankie wave tap for about 10 years. Love it. Swishes wonderfully. Looks great. Swings right out of the way if you need to. https://www.franke.com/gb/en/home-solutions/products/kitchen-taps/product-detail-page.html/115.0277.035.html

It depends how you're using it. Do you often wash large, awkward items? If so, then the flexibility of a pullout tap is probably worthwhile - but choose one with a variety of flow settings. If you have a smaller sink then I don't think it's worthwhile.

We are going for a bigger sink in both kitchen and utility and wash up big baking trays etc in them (kitchen).

Im constantly using a cloth to swish the water around in the kitchen sink when cleaning and in utility, the same when washing cats litter trays!

That's exactly the one we've got. We have a double sink and I do like that I can swing the arm right over one sink, so it's out of the way when I'm washing up something big in the other sink.

I like that the Franke one is steel, but I’d prefer one handle for hot and cold, rather than two. Looks good.

So do you think having to hold the pull out hose so it doesn’t detract means you prefer the ones that don’t detract back?

It's more that the hose just sags down and hangs, when you let go of it. Might as well not detach it.

This Is the thingy we had before..* If we could have something like that on the hose end, it would be perfect. Maybe such a tap exists?

We have an attachment that screws onto the end of our tap. It was free from Thames Water as part of their water saving offers. I'm sure other water suppliers have something similar. It's basically the same as this https://www.amazon.co.uk/%C2%B0Swivel-Kitchen-Adapter-Rotatable-Bathroom/dp/B0C14H42F7/ref=asc_df_B0C14H42F7/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=658804111347&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1289423821465165024&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007141&hvtargid=pla-2195709640931&psc=1&mcid=5acc77db73e431559a54030798068bf8

Might be a cheaper option.