Still looking for the right Christmas gift to brighten up your kitchen?

This might just be the ticket.

My friend Harvey needed a new faucet in his kitchen. As fortune would have it, DailyHomeRenoTips.com was asked if we would like to try the new Pilar kitchen faucet with the Touch-2-O technology which allows the faucet to be turned on and off by simply touching the faucet itself.

When I looked at the pictures and information from the Delta product web site, I immediately said ‘Yes, please.’

The faucet itself, product number 980T-SSSD-DST, is gorgeous as shown in the picture below once it was installed in Harvey’s kitchen.

It has all the bells and whistles one would want of a high end kitchen faucet, including Brilliance Stainless finish, lead free, new diamond-coated valve for protection against leaks and dripping which per the packaging lasts up to 10 times longer than the industry standard, one-piece construction eliminating joints and seals (a common source of leaks), and more.

There are three aspects I personally really like about this kitchen faucet.

First, it turns a full 180 degrees from one side to the other. I have used a lot of faucets in my prior homes which did not do this and caused frustration during its use.

Second, the sprayer is right from the faucet rather than from the back of the sink which makes it very convenient, as shown in the picture below where I pulled down just a little the sprayer part away from the faucet body:

Third, yes, the technology, which can be compared I guess to an iPhone where you simply touch the icon on the and an application starts, where you can optionally simply touch the faucet and the water turns on at what ever temperature setting you have placed the traditional lever residing to the right of the faucet. Here’s a video showing you the Pilar faucet’s Touch2O technology in action which is actually pretty cool:

Notice in that video that if your hands our dirty from preparing a meal you do not have to also get dirty the valve to turn the water on. Rather, you simply touch the faucet itself with a clean part of your hand or arm.

Now, we are getting a little ahead of ourselves, aren’t we? What about the installation?

Well, for a variety of circumstances, I was not able to personally install this faucet, not was Harvey. So, Harvey had Mike do the installation. 

Return tomorrow where we discuss the installation of this new faucet from Delta and how it is working for Harvey.