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https://www.amazon.com/Single-Handle-Kitchen-Pull-Out-Stainless-4153-AR-DST/dp/B00A39FT2M
Plastic fantastic as far as the eye can see with this one. Delta 4153-AR-DST. This thing is the biggest cheaply made p.o.s. I've seen, but admittedly I haven't bought any plumbing fixtures in a while. Worst of all, it features permanent PEX tubing for it's supply piping. And as it turns out, the PEX piping on this thing is way too long to fit up to the copper supply lines under the sink, which rise about 10 inches above the interior deck in the cabinet. So in the instructions, Delta basically says you just might have to cut the PEX down to get a proper connection but if you do, then you risk leaks and it's your problem not ours blah blah blah.
My wife ordered this online, I think Amazon. My fault for not reading the description first, since it may have cited that the fixture (and I use that term loosely) features permanent PEX supply tubing.
It's getting sent back tomorrow. I'm not trying to cut the PEX and retro-fit the fittings back on, I don't have a tube cutter. I was expecting the normal kind of fixture that has copper supply pipes which you can use steel braided flex supply lines on. And, I was expecting more ... brass ... somewhere in the construction instead of such a prevalent use of Plastic Fantastic.
What a piece of junk. Not worth anywhere near $256. Not even $150. $89.95... maybe.
Plastic fantastic as far as the eye can see with this one. Delta 4153-AR-DST. This thing is the biggest cheaply made p.o.s. I've seen, but admittedly I haven't bought any plumbing fixtures in a while. Worst of all, it features permanent PEX tubing for it's supply piping. And as it turns out, the PEX piping on this thing is way too long to fit up to the copper supply lines under the sink, which rise about 10 inches above the interior deck in the cabinet. So in the instructions, Delta basically says you just might have to cut the PEX down to get a proper connection but if you do, then you risk leaks and it's your problem not ours blah blah blah.
My wife ordered this online, I think Amazon. My fault for not reading the description first, since it may have cited that the fixture (and I use that term loosely) features permanent PEX supply tubing.
It's getting sent back tomorrow. I'm not trying to cut the PEX and retro-fit the fittings back on, I don't have a tube cutter. I was expecting the normal kind of fixture that has copper supply pipes which you can use steel braided flex supply lines on. And, I was expecting more ... brass ... somewhere in the construction instead of such a prevalent use of Plastic Fantastic.
What a piece of junk. Not worth anywhere near $256. Not even $150. $89.95... maybe.