Tägliche Haupterneuerung-Spitzen

Yesterday we reviewed the new Pilar kitchen faucet from Delta, the one with the one touch, or more precisely Touch2O, technology allowing you to simply touch the faucet to turn it on and off.

Today we continue our review.

Now, both Harvey and I were not in a position, for a variety of reasons, to install the Pilar faucet in his kitchen.

So, Harvey had Mike to do the installation.

According to Mike, the install took between 90 minutes and 2 hours, pretty typical (at least for me) for a faucet. Please note that this did not include the removal of the 20 year old existing faucet and sprayer; rather the estimate was just for the installation once the old faucet was removed.

The installation instructions which came with the packaging below were pretty clear according to Mike.

Additionally, in case you want to see more, you can access this series of short video clips made by Delta itself on the various installation aspects of the Pilar kitchen faucet.

What Mike and Harvey both thought could have easily been improved was the Velcro provided in the packaging to adhere small casing containing the 4 pack of batteries (also provided in the packaging)  to the back or side of the kitchen cabinet underneath the sink. The amount of Velcro was very small, insufficient to hold the battery pack. The batteries are used to provide the energy for the Touch2O technology which allows the faucet to be turned on my simply touching the faucet and not the lever / handle. Rather, the amount of Velcro should have been twice as large to hold the weight of the 4 batteries. A product improvement opportunity?

Lastly, Mike indicated that while the instructions were clear, it would have helped if the different parts which went together were pre-sorted in their own mini-packages. This would have allowed the installation instructions to have said ‘Now, remove the parts in Package #2 to do such and such installation task’. Then again, I haven’t ever seen this with any faucet parts; yet, a great idea none the less and another product packaging improvement opportunity.

We have lots of pictures of the materials and installation, so I’ve put them together in a slide show collection of photos immediately below:

If the slide show has finished, simply click on the above and it will start from the beginning.

Lastly, in case you want to see how it looks in Harvey’s kitchen and the features in action, here is a short video clip Harvey and I made while I was over this past weekend of the Delta Pilar faucet in action:

And, there you have it.

This Pilar kitchen pull-down faucet from Delta certainly is an eye turner and very functional at the same time, even if it did not have the Touch2O technology.