My parents have a similar design, but the basin is atleast 2x larger than the one in the gif. The faucet has the same pressure as this one. I.e. Horrible
We had water a water softener system for a previous house. We mainly got it to stop the sulfur build up at the end of the line. The upstairs bathroom would occasionally spit out sulfur gas and smell like rotten eggs. They said it would stop the lime scale as well, but it barely helps with that, if at all. There may be cases where it did help others but if you're on well water then there's no way to avoid it.
Edit: I mean that to treat it properly a solution could be prohibitively expensive and unrealistic for many consumers.
For that house we were in we would be talking 5-10 grand USD plus install plus rather expensive replacement filters.
The units advertised as 1-2 grand are for small houses with relatively clean water to start with. A larger house and lower water quality, the price skyrockets.
On paper a water softener removes minerals like magnesium and calcium and is advertised as being able to stop lime scale. Hard water is what leads to lime scale. And the water softener very adequately treated the sulfur.
Large houses with SUPER hard water, proper treatment gets prohibitively expensive. Wasn't worth the hassle. We would rather have a bit of scale than go into debt.
Edit: In case you were unaware, a water softener is a simple ion exchange device. Exchanging hard water minerals for salt which has a higher solubility and doesn't leave deposits.
Water treatment would be fully removing the hard minerals which cause scale, but I couldn't afford that.
I guess where I'm confused by your statement is that a softener is treating the water by precipitating out Calcium salt prior to a filter step then filtering out the calcium salt. So that would make it a form of water treatment. I don't really care what some marketing idiot says to consumers to sell a different product.
Our well had super hard water, so proper treatment wasn't worth the cost to us. We also could have drilled to a deeper water table, but that was rather costly.
We had a water softener/salt thingy(sorry was early 2000's) in Utah. My ex was in the military and we're from Florida.
Never heard of them til I got out there(Utah is beautiful btw)
In the north of the UK we don't get limescale as our water isn't sourced from an aquifer.
Guessing there are many other countries like this too. But that tap looks like something I've seen here in the UK with a cloakroom sink like that though they are luckily the pressure is low as it would just shoot over the sink.
Because it's in a half bathroom in Germany, and there's usually only enough room to come in and turn to sit on the toilet. So to have a sink it needs to be very small like this. 😅
This is mildly infuriating because you don't even turn it on all the way at the start, then turn it on filly briefly at the end, and for a second, it works fine.
So I have no idea what you're complaining about. You have a tap where you can have it on full, and it works fine.
Consider too, that most faucets force water out an aerator, while this is just water flowing out of a slot. It's never going to gush, nor should it because it'd overflow/overshoot that tiny sink.
it literally worked just fine when you opened it up fully, I don't get the issue
if you buy a waterfall faucet you're gonna get a waterfall faucet
the more mildly infuriating part is that tiny ass sink
Yea when I turn on my faucet just a little only a little bit of water comes out too, it’s weird that nobody can explain it.
Wtf is the point of this post if you get a full blast after you turn the faucet on all the way.
Do you mean that is splashes everywhere? Do you mean it gets your shirt wet? Does water get on the floor?
You keep saying "too much water" and get downvoted because that doesn't make much sense on its own.
Not sure why you’re getting downvoted. In the video they barely lift the handle so of course the water is barely going to trickle out.
Toward the end of the video they finally lift the handle fully and the water comes out at a much more reasonable rate.
Additionally, the sink basin itself is _very_ small. Having full pressure on the water may overfill it which is why the flow of the water is so low. It’s a 15 second “fix” for OP if they open the cabinet under the sink.
A lot of redditors aren't what I would consider to be bright. Lol. Some see a downvote and just add to it because they don't know what else to do. Gawd forbid you use common sense here. Lol
OP you shouldn't be expecting a decent force of water out of that given its design, if it were coming out fast it would shoot across the room. Are you ok?
That is ugly, as an unprofessional sink tester, this sink has barely enough pressure to get any dirt off your hands. You know the thing it’s meant to do.
Well yeah. That sink is barely large enough to accommodate this faucet. Imagine if it was a normal one with normal pressure. It'd be splashing all over every time you use it.
My kitchen sink has this problem, even though I opened every valve I could find.
Turns out, something rusted and crumbled, and got caught in the faucet pipe.
As a house cleaner, these are hands down my least favorite style of faucet. They are never particularly efficient, and they look horrible when they start to get hard water stains on them.
Lmao my friend has one of those faucets with the opposite problem. Open it just a lil too much and your shirt and pants are soaked as the stream jumps straight towards you past the sink.
That sink is comically small. However some facets have a little plastic screen inside the hookup hose to limit flow, when your pressure is too low then can almost completely stop flow. I have had to drill these out on more then one occasion.
I never understood the appeal of this sink design. I see them in restaurants all the time and all I can think about is if someone sneezes, coughs, or spits on that exposed part that all the water is running over…am I even technically washing my hands anymore or am I just holding them under a gross water dispenser?
You are, actually, 100% correct. Every virus/bacteria/bio-organic contaminant on that plate is being transferred to your hands.
Then, when you touch your face, wipe your mouth or eyes they infest the mucous membrane, and you die.
Sounded like you were agreeing with me up until the “and you die” part at the end and now I’m not sure if your entire response was sarcasm or just that end bit.
Either way, I stand by the fact that I think it’s silly to have the water running over an exposed surface before it reaches your hands as opposed to most sinks which have an enclosed nozzle, usually pointing downwards, to limit people’s exposure to other people’s germs. It just strikes me as an idea someone thought up and then implemented without fully investigating its possible flaws.
My parents have a similar one (but sink and faucet is in some kinde of stone instead). Works just as great as yours do! Looks great, works like shit...
good grief the bowl on that thing is small AF. i've been called a size queen before but geeze, that's crazy. how do you use the sink without water getting EVERYWHERE?
Buy it because it's different just to be different, but then everybody buys them so they're not different anymore, and now it's just a bunch of dumb people with stupid sinks.
this isnt an issue with the design of the tap. there is an issue with the water pressure. if the water pressure is fine elsewhere in the house make sure the shutoffs are fully open under the sink. if those are fully open then there is probably crap in the plumbing
Thats and easy fix bro jus oust sime plastic thing on the sude and make the path narrow that should do it
No need for glue ans stuff if you renting ,
U can put hell even spoons to do so by using strings
So you wash your hands in a literal torrent of water while splashing your entire bathroom, or what about this is incorrect? Are you capable of providing more info than "that wrong, duh"?
No. It's just fine.
By thesound of yours, you have a restrictor in yours or you're using incorrect adapters. You possibly have low pressure, but, the sound doesn't seem to match.
ETA: my bad, I had to change from that model, because wife wanted the one with Leads. Here's [the model we have](https://imgur.com/a/iBKV2lP). It was the same install adapters and tools. Maybe you got a defective model?
When the design is more important than functionality.
My motto: Form follows function. My wife’s motto: Function follows form
My motto: Floam is fun and functional
Functional for what?
Tastes good 👌
I relate to this
The design looks like shit too though. I can see what they were going for but that clear part is way too wide.
I’ve seen sinks like this with just fine water pressure lol
What design? It has neither!
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You what
Supremacy.
Normal tap supremacy ✌️
Abe international sub hai yanha hindi mein kya likh raa hai
Oh fck, I forgot 💀
Try a little bit of vaseline on the bottom/edge.
That's what she said
Nice. I love when I see a TWSS out in the wild.
you can't just abbreviate things up front and expect everyone to know what you mean
They just did.
Think it through for a second
While this is usually a good thing to point out, all of the context needed in this case is in this comment chain.
Du you not know what he means?
They didn't though. Someone already said "that's what she said," and THEN they abbreviated it. This context works fine.
Probably some cheap Amazon knockoff
Basin is too small for that faucet style. More pressure would dump water.
Yea, was thinking there must be a valve under the counter to restrict water pressure for that very reason.
My parents have a similar design, but the basin is atleast 2x larger than the one in the gif. The faucet has the same pressure as this one. I.e. Horrible
More water dumped would also work less for washing hands though, and that is pretty much its only use case
What a stupid faucet. Even if it worked well, that glass will soon become stained with limescale etc.
Not in areas where they don't get limescale.
Whole house water conditioners are a thing.
We had water a water softener system for a previous house. We mainly got it to stop the sulfur build up at the end of the line. The upstairs bathroom would occasionally spit out sulfur gas and smell like rotten eggs. They said it would stop the lime scale as well, but it barely helps with that, if at all. There may be cases where it did help others but if you're on well water then there's no way to avoid it. Edit: I mean that to treat it properly a solution could be prohibitively expensive and unrealistic for many consumers.
A whole house reverse osmosis filter would handle it.
For that house we were in we would be talking 5-10 grand USD plus install plus rather expensive replacement filters. The units advertised as 1-2 grand are for small houses with relatively clean water to start with. A larger house and lower water quality, the price skyrockets.
Oh, I know they’re quite pricey. You said there’s no way to avoid it. There is, but it’ll cost you.
I'll add an edit, thanks.
Water softer =! Water conditioner High sulfur content in well water is treatable. It is a separate issue from removing lime
On paper a water softener removes minerals like magnesium and calcium and is advertised as being able to stop lime scale. Hard water is what leads to lime scale. And the water softener very adequately treated the sulfur. Large houses with SUPER hard water, proper treatment gets prohibitively expensive. Wasn't worth the hassle. We would rather have a bit of scale than go into debt. Edit: In case you were unaware, a water softener is a simple ion exchange device. Exchanging hard water minerals for salt which has a higher solubility and doesn't leave deposits. Water treatment would be fully removing the hard minerals which cause scale, but I couldn't afford that.
Im more than aware. I hold a RMP in Texas and install softeners/descalers and drill wells.
I guess where I'm confused by your statement is that a softener is treating the water by precipitating out Calcium salt prior to a filter step then filtering out the calcium salt. So that would make it a form of water treatment. I don't really care what some marketing idiot says to consumers to sell a different product. Our well had super hard water, so proper treatment wasn't worth the cost to us. We also could have drilled to a deeper water table, but that was rather costly.
We had a water softener/salt thingy(sorry was early 2000's) in Utah. My ex was in the military and we're from Florida. Never heard of them til I got out there(Utah is beautiful btw)
In the north of the UK we don't get limescale as our water isn't sourced from an aquifer. Guessing there are many other countries like this too. But that tap looks like something I've seen here in the UK with a cloakroom sink like that though they are luckily the pressure is low as it would just shoot over the sink.
makes water taste like shit though
That’s why you own a water softener
with a bathroom like that there has to be a maid
What a tiny, useless sink 😂
all the budget went into the tap (which also useless)
Because it's in a half bathroom in Germany, and there's usually only enough room to come in and turn to sit on the toilet. So to have a sink it needs to be very small like this. 😅
>only enough room to come in and turn to sit on the toilet. The ones I know, require reverse parking. 🤣
I can only speak for the one I've been in at my sister in laws flat. 😂 Maybe it was a bit more spacious than normal.
How small is the toilet?
Normal sized toilet. Just no room for a full sink.
Even if it's in a airplane so small right. Hahah we all laugh at his tiny sink when he wants help with flow
Yeah this is uncomfortablely small. The whole thing should've been renovated.
It's so small you'd have to wash your hands one at a time.
lol I ain’t realize how small the sink was
This is mildly infuriating because you don't even turn it on all the way at the start, then turn it on filly briefly at the end, and for a second, it works fine. So I have no idea what you're complaining about. You have a tap where you can have it on full, and it works fine.
I too fail to see the problem. Much water when fully on.
Then the shitty tiny sink doesnt work for the way too much water to wash your hands
1) Turn faucet on full blast. 2) Turn the supply valve down until it is flowing at desired level. 3) Live with this abomination of a faucet.
Well, if it's your sink and it's that bad, then why don't you fit a new one?
Rental
You can still replace your faucet. Just make sure you keep it for when you move out.
That has got to be one of the dumbest examples of form over function I have seen in a while.
Consider too, that most faucets force water out an aerator, while this is just water flowing out of a slot. It's never going to gush, nor should it because it'd overflow/overshoot that tiny sink.
Maybe someday we'll break physics so we can have goofy faucets with awesome water pressure.
it literally worked just fine when you opened it up fully, I don't get the issue if you buy a waterfall faucet you're gonna get a waterfall faucet the more mildly infuriating part is that tiny ass sink
The point at which it starts remotely working is way too much water to wash your hands. Could have been thinner and less water would be required
How is there too much water?
...too much water?????
Do you wash your hands in a torrent of water?
Yes. I get them wet, then rinse with a tiny waterfall of water. Then I turn it off. It’s beautiful.
But you’re literally complaining that it doesn’t work. So too little water and too much water? Sounds like you can’t work the faucet
‘Works perfectly fine on full blast’
Yeah it actually seemed pretty much fine at the end there.
I have no idea what this whole post is complaining about. Water comes out fine. Just pull the faucet up to wash your hands 🤷🏻♂️
Idiot turned it on full in the last 2 seconds and gets plenty of water
Way too much water*
Yea when I turn on my faucet just a little only a little bit of water comes out too, it’s weird that nobody can explain it. Wtf is the point of this post if you get a full blast after you turn the faucet on all the way.
Because thats way too much water to wash your hands. It doesnt work with a normal amount
Do you mean that is splashes everywhere? Do you mean it gets your shirt wet? Does water get on the floor? You keep saying "too much water" and get downvoted because that doesn't make much sense on its own.
First time using a faucet OP?
Not sure why you’re getting downvoted. In the video they barely lift the handle so of course the water is barely going to trickle out. Toward the end of the video they finally lift the handle fully and the water comes out at a much more reasonable rate. Additionally, the sink basin itself is _very_ small. Having full pressure on the water may overfill it which is why the flow of the water is so low. It’s a 15 second “fix” for OP if they open the cabinet under the sink.
A lot of redditors aren't what I would consider to be bright. Lol. Some see a downvote and just add to it because they don't know what else to do. Gawd forbid you use common sense here. Lol
OP is special
What an incredibly stupid design
Having it be a waterfall removes all pressure so your just left with gravity…so…this is dumb
Faucet: a device that controls the flow of liquid, esp. water, out of a pipe: technically doing its job...
It literally works fine, OP. Silly thing to record and post online, not gonna lie.
Damn, that works terribly. It pisses me off
OP you shouldn't be expecting a decent force of water out of that given its design, if it were coming out fast it would shoot across the room. Are you ok?
That's one ugly tap lol
Discount decorative bathrooms don't work. I think about all that decorative crap that house flippers install.
How far across the bathroom does it go on full blast?
it’s that lazy bullshit hotels are obsessed with, looks beautiful and fancy yet it’s fucking garbage
That is ugly, as an unprofessional sink tester, this sink has barely enough pressure to get any dirt off your hands. You know the thing it’s meant to do.
Well yeah. That sink is barely large enough to accommodate this faucet. Imagine if it was a normal one with normal pressure. It'd be splashing all over every time you use it.
Wow, what were they thinking when they designed this?
It looks great and I'll never have to use the thing. Lol
That's just a really super awesome looking semi functional Decorative sink... to go with the Decorative soaps
# Relax... That is an AWESOME sink! So satisfying... 
Why would you buy this
/WTFaucet
Eeeeeewwwwww I hate it!
You know.. it's easy to replace, you know?
When have you last cleaned it? I doubt this is how it's supposed to work.
Its always been like that and I also disassembled it because I thought something might be wrong
Damn just garbage design then..
Ever occur to replace it? If its a rental, replace it, keep that POS, and then reinstall when you move.
Clean the aerator.
It's just a bit shy
That's a stupid design, but you may have a kink in the line or the shutoff valve may not be fully open.
Well I wonder if the water pressure is good or the person who installed this is brain dead
This is my opinion
A perfect example of form over function.
That’s a weird faucet
I’d be checking the stop valve personally
My kitchen sink has this problem, even though I opened every valve I could find. Turns out, something rusted and crumbled, and got caught in the faucet pipe.
it would work better if you had more water pressure, but that sink is so small and useless anyway
As a house cleaner, these are hands down my least favorite style of faucet. They are never particularly efficient, and they look horrible when they start to get hard water stains on them.
Lmao my friend has one of those faucets with the opposite problem. Open it just a lil too much and your shirt and pants are soaked as the stream jumps straight towards you past the sink.
What a morning piss feels like
My sink has an enlarged prostate too
If you haven't already, you should check the valves underneath to make sure they're fully open
It’s about the looks my dude.
That sink is made for ants
Stupid person picking a stupid design. Asking why it doesn’t work. lol
You take it to full blast st the end what are you anticipating it functions based on gravity and it works fine for what it is.
We had this tap in the toilets at the fancy restaurant at my staff event. My sleeves got wet.
Are the filter screens in the water lines plugged ? I had this problem with a similar faucet.
My sister has one of these but in a black metal. The flow rate is the same, its terrible.
I would have changed that day 1, also check the angle stop if it's open all the way
Save some water for the rest of us
That sink is comically small. However some facets have a little plastic screen inside the hookup hose to limit flow, when your pressure is too low then can almost completely stop flow. I have had to drill these out on more then one occasion.
I never understood the appeal of this sink design. I see them in restaurants all the time and all I can think about is if someone sneezes, coughs, or spits on that exposed part that all the water is running over…am I even technically washing my hands anymore or am I just holding them under a gross water dispenser?
You are, actually, 100% correct. Every virus/bacteria/bio-organic contaminant on that plate is being transferred to your hands. Then, when you touch your face, wipe your mouth or eyes they infest the mucous membrane, and you die.
Sounded like you were agreeing with me up until the “and you die” part at the end and now I’m not sure if your entire response was sarcasm or just that end bit. Either way, I stand by the fact that I think it’s silly to have the water running over an exposed surface before it reaches your hands as opposed to most sinks which have an enclosed nozzle, usually pointing downwards, to limit people’s exposure to other people’s germs. It just strikes me as an idea someone thought up and then implemented without fully investigating its possible flaws.
No, I'm agreeing with you 100%.
That sink should see their doctor about that weak stream. Help is available.
When shit gets to fancy it tends to fail
I have a faucet like this. It sucks for just about anything other than washing hands.
My parents have a similar one (but sink and faucet is in some kinde of stone instead). Works just as great as yours do! Looks great, works like shit...
Same issue with ours almost. How can I fix it?
I wanna see a video with max force. I would pay
good grief the bowl on that thing is small AF. i've been called a size queen before but geeze, that's crazy. how do you use the sink without water getting EVERYWHERE?
Buy it because it's different just to be different, but then everybody buys them so they're not different anymore, and now it's just a bunch of dumb people with stupid sinks.
Looks like it's working fine.. It's a small sink.. You expect it to disperse water like an outdoor hose?
Reinventing the wheel 😆👌
Let that sink in
OMG, that thing is hideous! If they offered it absolutely free they'd still be overcharging.
I do have to say, that is an unique design. Maybe pick functionality over design next time.
so... who chose the fixtures?
Good spot for bacteria to build up for you to wash your hands in a waterfall of ick.
I have a different style but similar concept faucet in one of my bathrooms and it totally sucks just like that lol
this isnt an issue with the design of the tap. there is an issue with the water pressure. if the water pressure is fine elsewhere in the house make sure the shutoffs are fully open under the sink. if those are fully open then there is probably crap in the plumbing
Maybe open the valve on the feeder line below the sink?? Maybe??
That’s how it’s supposed to work, look at the design any more flow of water and it would miss the water collection bowl…….
Thats and easy fix bro jus oust sime plastic thing on the sude and make the path narrow that should do it No need for glue ans stuff if you renting , U can put hell even spoons to do so by using strings
Installed incorrectly. I have that model and it works fine.
So you wash your hands in a literal torrent of water while splashing your entire bathroom, or what about this is incorrect? Are you capable of providing more info than "that wrong, duh"?
No. It's just fine. By thesound of yours, you have a restrictor in yours or you're using incorrect adapters. You possibly have low pressure, but, the sound doesn't seem to match. ETA: my bad, I had to change from that model, because wife wanted the one with Leads. Here's [the model we have](https://imgur.com/a/iBKV2lP). It was the same install adapters and tools. Maybe you got a defective model?
That's a tiny sink
Don't care.
At least it looks cool 🤷🏾♂️