Kingston Brass KB1971AX Heritage Widespread Lavatory Faucet, Polished Chrome,8-Inch Adjustable Center

It's beautiful and feels extremely high quality, but we bought and installed two of these in our bathroom and they are insanely loud with a higher pitched whine if you turn them up around 20-30% flow. It has been working fine to just not turn them up very much and you can still have enough pressure to get the job done, but this is a major defect if you ask me. Edit: There is a little plastic flow limiter in the tip of the faucet causing all this noise. Unscrew the metal piece, remove the plastic piece, and reassemble.

Wife is very happy with the faucet and the look in her new bath. Install was a bit of a pain for me as I've never done an 8in but I got it in without any problems. Realized the "T" needed to be tight b/f I tightened center to the counter but once that was taken care of everything else went in as you'd expect and nothing leaked which is always a plus for this accountant doing plumbing work :)

First the good. I wanted a vintage feel for our master bathroom redo in 2017. These were perfect and I truly loved them. I especially like the style, the quality brass fittings and that the handle swiveled. It is perfect for bathing babies in the sink! Soon after purchase I noticed pitting on the chrome faucet spouts on both faucets. Surprisingly there was zero pitting on the much used handle. I had never seen this type of pitting before even on cheap builder’s grade faucets. I used nothing unusual to clean them and again the base and handles were 100% fine. I did contact customer service which told me it wasn’t covered. I truly didn’t understand why but again I really liked them and everything else worked great. Fast forward to 2022. The pitting has become so bad that you can see the brass underneath. I actually ended up purchasing another using my CC points JUST to change out the faucet. I contacted a contractor friend asking if he knew of any way to rechrome the spouts. He said that it was a rare flaw in the plating and should definitely be covered under warranty. I did contact Jorge in customer service at Kingston Brass and they are replacing the faucets! Hurrah! The flow has been absolutely fine, I did need to recently replace a cartridge but that is normal wear and tear. As to the hot and cold discs, they can be secured with gorilla putty. Easy fix and zero damage seen to the handles. I am so happy that Kingston brass faucets are beautiful and will support their products.

Just beautiful. It looks much more expensive than it is and we have gotten so many compliments on it. It is chrome, so it does show water spots, but that's nothing a quick wipe down can't fix. I will probably buy this faucet for any bathroom I redo in the future. We love it!

Lovely faucet set and easy to use if you have arthritis like name:~) my only gripe would be that it is a little stiff and sounds like it is grinding when I turn on the hot tap, it may be a washer issues and I will investigate it! Watch this space for further developments.

It’s a great looking fixture and it works. The install is horrible. The slot washer (part #13) for the main spout is junk. It’s too thin to perform its function and deforms under hand tightening. I had to make a slot washer out of thicker material. The stem nuts are some kind of cast garbage metal. It is difficult to secure them to the valve stems because there is nothing to grip to on top of the vanity. The pop-up drain rod is likely meant to work with some other fixture because the small rubber gasket does not fit the orifice on the side of the faucet stem. Step #5 in the instruction manual for setting the handle position is incoherent. You just have to explore and fiddle with it. Eventually you’ll get the valves in proper height position. The ceramic insert for “Hot” has it’s lettering off center. The faucet stem rocks. I contacted customer support, sent them a short video of the faucet shaft rocking back and forth. They got back to me and asked if it leaked. It does not. Their reply is that they are supposed to rock (Really ?!) and that if it doesn’t leak it’s not a problem. This isn’t my 1st faucet install by a long shot, but it’s my last Kingston.

Looks good--we'll see how it holds up over time. Just one complaint that holds true not just for this particular faucet but apparently for most others: the nut that fits the shaft underneath the faucet is too thin. You can't get a purchase on it with channel lock pliers or even vise grips. To remove the cold water side on my old faucet I had to cut the top off with a reciprocating saw, damaging the sink in the process. I don't understand why the manufacturers don't make the nut a little thicker. The shaft is long enough to easily handle a nut half an inch thick. Obviously the people who design, manufacture and sell sink faucets have never actually removed or installed one. And perhaps the reason there aren't more complaints is that plumbers usually do this type of work and are used to it. Us do-it-yourselfers" would like a thicker nut so we can put a wrench to it when it needs to be removed.

Installed in a Historical property. No issues with installing in a 1920's pedestal sink. Very heavy and seems to be of good quality. Property owner was very happy.

Great quality and style.

Arrived quick...well packaged....easy to install....looks good

washers on three that i ordered were loose within the unit causing leakage.