Kitchen pull-out tap opinions

[Adam]

Today's job is to find myself a new sink and tap for my kitchen. The sink is a fairly straight forward affair; a baco or Franke 1.5 undermount sink.

For the tap I have been looking out pull-out taps from Franke and I'm not convinced whether they are worthwhile over a normal tap. They range between £150-400+ and my kitchen fitter has recommended the following: http://www.screwfix.com/p/franke-wave-pull-out-mono-mixer-kitchen-tap-chrome/4386f

Anyone have any experience of these and if it's worth going for one over a conventional tap (that too would be from Franke at less than half the price).

 

[Adam]

We've recently had our kitchen done and went for a Franke A ria (gets filtered with no space!) pull out mixer tap. The wife wasn't convinced about a hose style one so we compromised and went for one that looks like a normal tap most of the time, but that you can pull out on a braided hose when you need to direct the water flow a certain way.

We both find it absolutely fantastic for rinsing plates and the sink itself. Looks like this:

That looks similar to the Franke Matrix, although the matrix is chrome rather than brushed (perhaps!). That could be a good option.

I like your worktops, that's the colour I had in mind but I think we are going a bit darker in the end to go with Cashmere units.