Aquor House Hydrant V2+ Frost Free Outdoor Faucet, Anti Siphon Valve with Quick Connect, Frost Proof Flush Wall Hose Bib, 2 inch Stem, 4-1/2 inch Install Depth, Slate Gray

We finally fitted this before winter and it works really well it's so easy to connect and easy to use, it took a bit of time drilling holes in wall, but once connected looks great

This is a fantastic product for a nice clean look. It does come with everything needed to set it up but i would recommend an experienced plumber to install it as it does have to go through the wall and will require an additional cutout for the extra vent below. Like any custom product, it does require you to use their proprietary click lock hose attachment, but it comes with the main one that you will require. So far, it has weathered the winter nicely.

We purchased three of these hydrants to use on our metal building. Since we have livestock on the property that likes to rub up against pointy things to scratch their skin, it was important to have a smooth surface to our water spigots so the animals wouldn't break any piping (they've already destroyed the tail light on our trailer, the stinkers). The Aquor is extremely well built and feels like a tank. definitely NOT your run-of-the-mill orange/blue box cheapie. Yes, it's expensive. It's also worth it. Looks great and feels like a million bucks. The welds are beautiful and the whole product feels like it will last forever. The only tiny niggle I have with it is that I could not use the cheaper wood/siding screws that came in the box. We have a metal building with 12 gauge steel sides and I had to get stainless bolts with heads that fit the holes on the mounting plate, as well as washers and nylock nuts for the inside. Not a huge deal but it added some time. The good news is that now the thing feels solid and doesn't rock in place in the wall. Only other thing I'll say is that whatever adhesive they use for the mounting plate is extremely sticky. I couldn't get some of the white sticker residue off of our black siding and now it looks messy and gross. Not sure how I'm going to manage that. If you have brick siding it probably won't be a problem. Overall, would definitely buy again. It cost a couple hundred per hose bib for my plumber to install each bib, so I figured getting a quality one that'll never have to be revisited is the thing to do. It's also nice that all of the seals are serviceable from the outside in case anything ever needs to be replaced. There's definitely a market on the "high end" of the price spectrum for products that spare no expense getting the job done right. Given the increasing complexity of our lives as well as the cost and hassle of replacing any of the (growing) number of cheap devices around us when they fail. I'd happily pay 2 or 3x (or more) for a "lifetime" product that is a pleasure to use and that I won't ever have to worry about again. The Aquor hose bibs seem to be built to that standard. I hope I'm right!

Extremely well made brilliant product

While we had some walls open for some renovation work I decided to also replace an older leaky brass hose bib while I had easy access to the pipe. After looking around a bit I came across the Aquor Wall Hydrant and was very excited to give it a go! This product is awesome in many ways.... 1) The hose bib on the front of the house is right next to the front door so having a MUCH more aesthetically pleasing faucet, one that is virtually invisible, was a very worth upgrade over an old brass faucet. 2) We live in Colorado so having to put a cover over the hose bib every winter just looks like crap on the front of the house and is annoying to have to take off and on when wanting to use a hose. Not having to winterize the hose bib every year will be a joy. 3) Being of a higher build quality I'm looking forward to not having to ever fix or replace the unit (hopefully). At least for a very very long time. Much longer then a standard brass hose bib. Installation was relatively easy. Even though we were doing a retrofit we did decide to go with the V2 versus the V1 in order to have the vacuum breaker built in. Since the facade of the house was brick we did have to do some chiselling out of the hole in order to get the unit to fit but it really wasn't too big of a deal. Because of needing to chisel the brick out more we did run into the screw holes on the unit being mighty close to the opening and being in brick it was risky to try and use anchors (too close to opening and risked making the hole too big and not being able to screw in at all). Since we were just doing screws right into the brick and the brick being a little crumbly we did find that once fastened that the unit wasn't as secure and tight as I would have liked it. After our initial install I did see that they sell plates (stainless steel or wood) that you can use as backers either for brick or stucco. I would strongly encourage using the backer if attaching it to brick or stucco. We went with the stainless steel backer plate and it both looks great and allowed us to use anchors and move the screw holes a little further away from the main hole opening for the unit. Overall a very worthy investment.