Moen Essie Matte Black Single Handle Pull-Down Sprayer Kitchen Faucet with Soap Dispenser, Reflex and Power Clean Technology, 87014BL

OMG this faucet is awesome. This is one of my favorite kitchen features. It’s really spotless. No water marks whatsoever. For some reason the hot water feels much hotter than with my old faucet. It’s so comfortable and beautiful. It was easy to install. The touchless feature is so convenient and works perfectly. I can’t recommend this faucet enough.

LOVE IT! The faucet is very good. Strong high pressure on both the spray and one stream settings. The toggle button to switch between those two options seems much more durable than my last faucet and if you push and hold the top button down it stops the stream immediately and completely. No dripping or tiny stream still running. I like the on/off, hot/cold control lever. Seems very sturdy. I guess only time will tell. The soap dispenser is a nice addition although I never use it. Old faucet had one too. So much easier to just use a bottle sitting on the edge of the sink. Also I prefer the foaming soaps and I don’t believe they’d work in these dispensers. Just liquid soaps. I like the brushed look and love the hose nozzle option. My primary requirement in my kitchen sink. The downside to this design is that the hose doesn’t always cooperate when putting it back into the “neck” fixed position. So sometimes if you pull it out several inches, when you push it back into place, the head doesn’t want to stay put. I’ve messed around with it and gotten it to stay but I’d love it if there was a snap/lock into feature that when pushed back into the neck if the faucet, it just clicked and held into place. This is not an issue with just this exact faucet but with all of the “hose” designs like this. At least that’s been my experience with the last 3 I’ve had. Otherwise I think it works great and I love the “brushed” finish. Matches my stainless steel sinks, oven and dishwasher well.

Ordered Monday (38% off); arrived Wednesday; installed by a local handyman today. Replaced an 11 year old Hansgrohe and this one weighs about half of what it replaced. (The Hansgrohe was part of a kitchen remodel and cost about 4 times what this Moen did.) However, it is the function which counts.- Got black to replace brushed stainless. Looks good but it quite a change.- Installation went well and was easy for the handyman (younger and more agile than I so he was able to get under the the sink much easier than I could). Only issue & not huge is that the special tool (essentially a very long deep well socket) for tightening the nut under the sink - holds the faucet to the counter - could have been longer to facilitate the installation with a deep farmhouse sink. (Hint #1: Go to the hardware store and buy a bolt and nut to fit the non-business end of the tool, then use a socket, extension, and breaker bar (or ratchet) on that bolt/nut combination to tighten. Using the screwdriver in the holes per the instructions is not the greatest. Hint #2 (from the handyman) save that special tool for the next person. I attached mine to one of the 2x4s which support the sink with a wood screw.)- The reflex system discussed for retracting the hose is nothing more than the weight attached to the hose under the sink much like any other sprayer installation. However, the hose does have a smooth fabric outer layer so the hose does run in & out smoothly. (Make sure to screw on the plastic end cover for the threaded shaft to keep the hose from fraying.)- The sprayer head is not magnetic as some are, nor does it have any sort of notch to locate it in a particular position when docked.- The hose does seem a bit short but is adequate to spray down all corners of the big farmhouse sink.Bottom line, looks good works well (so far, only hours after install).

I purchased this stainless Moen Essie standard to replace my 6 year old leaky Kohler Capilano and am very happy with it. It has a simple clean design and installation took less than an hour with no leaks (unlike my prior install which took forever because of a rusty 20yo fixture). At 15.4" high it is a shorter than my previous Kohler. The pulldown plastic sprayhead feels lighter, but works well. The oddly curved handle takes getting used to but is sturdier than it looks. On balance, I think the Moen is better quality and a great value, but I wished I had gone for a more upscale model.

I waited to write reveiw until I had used a couple weeks. This is my favorite faucet ever. Removing old faucet was the hardest part. Instillation went easy. And I am not handy with tools. Instructions were clear to understand. Matching soap dispenser a bonus. I love touchless feature. No more cross contamination fears. And when filling my dishpan, it cuts off at just the right amount of water. The pull head weight is much cheaper feeling than expected. But it stays up in docking area well. (Would have liked a magnetic dock) Swivel neck has smooth movement to access all corners of the double sink. I do recommend keeping a small cloth under the sensor so that when waving "off" drips from hand do not get on the deck plate. It does get water marks occasionally. But these wipe away easily. (Brushed bronze is beautiful.) There is a nice pause feature on the nozzle, as well as stream and spray. This was; I feel, an amazing deal on Amazon on sale. ($185.00) I had been looking for months for that perfect faucet. And found it!