Best Cheap Kitchen Faucets - What do I need to know?

There are many cheap kitchen faucets, the decision is hardly the one is clear the faucet in the kitchen is the most important in the house! Usually, no other faucets are used more often than the kit faucet.

Kitchen faucets, know-how to find the right one!

You will surely have heard of the big brands Kohler, Kraus, Grohe or Moen. If you stick to these brands, you are always on the safe side. They often still have spare parts for years to come. Because nothing is more annoying than a problem with an armature that is not really long.Clearly, the temptation is great.

Caution: How do you get a spare part if the cheaply purchased faucets have a defect? Seals or even cartridges are very difficult to get at all.

Here are my 3 recommendations, I have selected you to the best of your knowledge. There is one of the 3 main criteria one each.These 3 kitchen faucets are, in my opinion, the best in price-performance comparison. Of course, there are others but this is depending on your personal taste.

 See these 3 kitchen fittings as inspiration for your purchase.

Construction of kitchen faucets

The most important feature of kitchen faucets is the swivel arm. You need to reach all the places in the sink.All other features are additional aids to make your work easier.

There would be:

• faucets with dishwasher connection, if you have a dishwasher and here as soon as you leave the house turn off the water supply. This feature greatly facilitates this operation. So you do not have to turn under the sink again and then the tap.
• faucets to "fold". This function can be unavoidable if your sink is directly in front of the window. A so-called bayonet lock allows you to tilt the faucets slightly to the side.

Further standard features of cheap kitchen faucets 

I just assume that you are no longer a branch reef valve, these faucets used to be widespread, because of the single lever kitchen faucets still very expensive or they simply did not give it yet.

Both have your advantages. In the case of a branch valve, it is easy to drain off only hot or cold water, to mix the water to obtain the desired temperature is more difficult.

With one-hand faucets, the comfort is much higher. Once swiveled and you have the desired temperature. The disadvantage of the one-hand faucets - When a change of the cartridge is pending it is heavier and more costly than with branch-reel faucets.

Kitchen faucets with high spout?

In general, cheap kitchen faucets have a high spout, which has the advantage you get large pots and the faucet, or something the plaster.

However, the trend is increasingly pointing to valves with high flow, inspired by the gastro-faucets, these water taps are increasingly coming into private kitchens.In my opinion, the only one design question, because no one will have such high plastering at home so that they do not fit under a "normal kitchen faucets.

In modern kitchens with freezers and cooking islands, kitchen faucets with high spouting are already much more than a standard faucet, but that is of course pure taste.

Handheld shower

Most find a hand shower extremely useful. It is also, but unfortunately, it is rarely used in my experience. Which is a pity at the higher cost. Another crack point is the wear, not often used is the wear usually still higher than with intensive use. If the handbrake is broken then the replacement is very expensive depending on the brand. On top of that, you have to be careful to get the right one.

Make sure you purchase on this port, through this you get universal hand showers for almost all faucets. I write for almost everyone because it can lead to complications, depending on the style. The intake is important, as you see in the image below. Mostly this is the same thread like a shower head, 1/2 inch.

What connection do you need?

High-pressure kitchen mixer

The default port. This is readily apparent to you: If your faucet directly to two corner valves from the wall is connected? Then you have a high-pressure water connection.

There are two connection types

1. Connection via two flexible hoses
2. Connection via two chrome-plated copper tubes

Tip: The connection with two flexible hoses is much more comfortable.

Please ask the seller before buying! This will save you a lot of trouble!

Low-pressure kitchen mixer 
If you have a hot water tank below the sink, then you have a low-pressure connection and therefore you need a special fitting for it. Easy to recognize the flash in the description and the 3 connecting tubes.

Why three tubes?

One hose comes to the angle valve, the other two hoses (cold and warm) into the water heater.

Fixing to the sink

In contrast to a wash table, a stainless steel sink is very thin-walled. This can lead to a problem with a subsequent fastening.

The problem is the strength of the armature through the thin sheet, the armature does not have the support as with a washing table made of ceramic.

She swings. Many complaints from non-fixing kitchen faucets lead to this problem.

Solution?

Sink stabilization - is usually already with brands in the packaging, but is easily forgotten to incorporate.The fitting keeps your faucets tight.

No hole in the sink?

This is the case with almost all new sinks. But here, too, there is a simple solution. 
For this, you need a hole cutter for the sink, usually, costs between 10 and 20 €. But pay attention to the diameter of your faucets!

What color?

Chrome is the standard color in the sanitary area, in former times there were more colors than today. Especially for the kitchen faucets, there were the most beautiful colors, as would be white, chrome Edel matt, brown, red or yellow.

There are still these colors still, just cost them a bit more. What is logical because they are manufactured in smaller numbers than the faucets in chrome.

Spare Parts

A very important point.

You buy faucets for about 100 € and want to use this as long as possible.

This is also possible with high-quality water taps. They often receive almost every spare part for years.

There are two types of spare parts which are indispensable for almost all valves.

On the one hand, this would be the cartridge, the heart of any modern cheap faucets. Furthermore, especially for kitchen faucets, the sealing kit for the swivel range.

Both are wearing parts. While you can almost wait for the cartridges since they are usually locked. If the seals in the swivel range can be delayed. To do this, the seals are greased at certain intervals with faucet grease. This food fat ensures that the seals last longer.

Previously, there were only two types of aerators (predators). One with the external thread (M24), the other with an internal thread (M22).

In the meantime, there is much more. You can find more about the Predators 

How do I know which spare parts is the right one?

I strongly recommend you to remove the description of the valve, here is an explosion drawing with spare part numbers. Enter this number at google or amazon and you already have your desired spare part.

If you need additional help, there are shops on the Internet which have a lot of spare parts in stock, and these have synonymous still neatly sorted by manufacturer and series.

Where buy?

Where should I buy my kitchen mixer? I prefer the specialist trade, there I get a good advice and in the case of a complaint I can contact directly to the specialist salesmen.

Tip:  These also help you to find the right spare part.

But there is also the possibility to buy high-quality faucets online. Here you get a wide selection and this at reasonable prices. The only disadvantage, you have to take care of the necessary spare parts. But here I think my site has given you some helpful tips.

If you still have questions or suggestions, do not hesitate and write me a message. I will be happy to help you.

Top tip: Do not forget to pay attention to the possibility of ordering new crimped cheap kitchen faucets! This will save you a lot of time and trouble.