Faucets these days cost an insane amount of money. Especially if they're made in USA. My budget didn't include a 4-figure faucet to get one made in USA so I resigned myself to the fact that I had to pay about $300 to get an all metal one made in China/Taiwan. So I bought this Kingston faucet to go with my Victorian farm house decor. The faucet itself is lovely to look at. The style is perfect and just what I was looking for. The brushed finish is not as pronounced as you may find on other brushed stainless hardware, which doesn't bother me at all. It's shinier than most brushed finishes but not quite polished chrome. My plumber even commented that this was rather shiny for a brushed finish, so this is something to note if you are trying to perfectly match all of the hardware in your kitchen. My faucet is located far enough away from other fixtures that you don't notice it's not an exact match. Price wise, it's a decent value when it's on sale. You will be hard pressed to find a metal faucet made anywhere but China or Taiwan for under $800 these days. Believe me, I looked. Even Moens are made in China, except the ones that cost 4-figures. That means, for a metal faucet with any style, you're going to pay $2-400 for something made in China. I must admit, I don't know why the same faucet in different finishes can vary in price by up to $200. That's a bit ridiculous in my book. Here is one of the quality control issues: When you go to install it, as noted by others, you will need to tighten every single joint in the faucet. (Why??) And go back and retighten again. Also, VERY IMPORTANT!! If you are doing an under mount sink where the faucet has to go through both the sink and the counter top, the shanks will be very short and difficult to connect to the water lines. Your plumber may have to fabricate an extender to get the water lines to attach to the faucet through the holes. If you are ONLY going through the counter top and not the sink, you should be fine. But with the trend towards under mount sinks these days, this is something the manufacture should address. The faucet comes with an Allen Wrench to secure the set screws that hold the handle. The set screws are an odd size so make sure you don't lose this wrench. Upon the completion of the installation, I can say that for a new faucet, the water pressure is decent. It hasn't annoyed me to the point where I take out the aerator to improve water flow, which I have done with almost every water saving faucet in my house. The sprayer has a nice heavy feel, too, and retracts nicely because the hose is not just a cheap tube of plastic. The second quality control issue was the faucet arrived with the "HOT" water handle scratched and the splines on the "COLD" water handle would not allow the handle to line up evenly with the rest of the faucet. See photo. That being said, when I emailed Kingston Brass about the problem, they sent out 2 new handles promptly, no questions asked. Which is a plus. But you would think they would test fit the handles first to make sure you didn't have to do this at all. The quality control issue and the short shafts initially left me feeling they deserved 3 stars, but the promptness of sending replacement parts (Customer Service) bumped them up to 4 stars overall. Update July 20, 2019: I had to take away a star. The faucet has been installed for a month and the spout now wobbles whenever you turn the water on or off. It wobbles at the joint where the spout rotates. No way to tighten it either. Have sent in a request for a replacement spout, but this should never have been an issue so no matter how well this issue is handled, the quality control issues I'm experiencing with this faucet will never allow it to earn above 3 stars again.
