Lazy Daze Owners' Group

Duro

Nice choice of faucet... but can you wash your hair under it???  

A comment on bath faucet replacement: I replaced shower head and hose and the bath faucet in my 2003 TK a couple of years ago; choices of a suitable faucet with a shower diverter were very limited. I don't know if the later model/current TKs still require a faucet with a shower diverter, or what the set-up is in other models and years, but on my 2003 TK, it was find a faucet with a diverter or don't use the shower.

As ever, YMMV.

Like some others, I used a high-rise faucet - in our case a nicely finished Delta bar faucet:

Delta Foundations 2-Handle Bar Faucet in Chrome-B28910LF - The Home Depot

The quarter-turn valves give excellent and precise control, and you could also wash your hair beneath. You can also rotate the stem 90 degrees out of the way and have full access to the sink, which we do for quick wash-ups. It is also high enough to use a clip-on PUR faucet filter, and still fit a tall glass or coffeepot underneath. We unclip the filter for travel. No issues with water missing the sink.

Steve

Do you miss the pull-out faucet (if you had it)? Any matching/fitting problems with existing holes, etc?

My Airstream came with a pull-out Grohe kitchen faucet, but I didn't like it. Like most pull-out faucets I've seen, it seemed as if you needed three hands to use it: one for the valve, one for the faucet head, and one to hold the dish you're washing. The side valve was something I just couldn't get used to. And I found it difficult to aim the the faucet head, which pulled outward but sprayed downward.

I replaced it with this Moen "Arbor" pull-down faucet. I find the pull-down head extremely easy to aim just where I want, unlike the right-angled heads on most pull-out faucets.

Yes, it has a side handle, but I don't use that, because this model has a motion sensor that turns it on when I wave my hand over it. (It also has a sensor on the front, but I found that one triggered too many times when I didn't want it to, so I disabled it.) I have the water flow set to a trickle, so a wave of the hand gets me a minimal flow that is just right for most things I do.

Was it worth the high price ($330) to get this feature? I'd be hard pressed to say yes, but I like it. The same faucet is available without the electric-eye gadgetry for a little over half as much.

Of course other manufacturers make pull-down faucets, so there are lots of choices. I'm just suggesting that before you buy a faucet that pulls out and sprays down, you might want to consider (and if possible, try in a store) one that pulls down and sprays down. I've found the latter much easier to work with.