It's a common problem. Your hands are dirty and you need to operate the faucet to start the water in the sink to clean them up. While you are doing this, you get everything dirty. Isn't there a better way?
Actually there is. It's called the Pilar Touch-Activated Faucet from Delta. It's a simple idea that is just catching on. Sure, there is touch-activated or motion-activated technology pretty much everywhere in airports and train stations nowadays, but this is the first time that we are seeing something like this that can be used at home. Also, we think that touch-activated is the best way to go for a kitchen faucet. You lather up some soap, touch the facet, and bang, water is flowing. You come in with dirty hands, touch it, and dang, there you go. No more crud all over the place. It makes life easier.
The faucet will turn the water on when you touch any part of the spout or handle, even with the back of your hand. It's simple yet brilliant. Why has no one else thought about this before? Anyway, this sounds really interesting, however you'll pay a lot for this modern marvel. It's current list price is $547. A few simple searches yielded $500 for this faucet. That's already a bit more reasonable. The thing is that this faucet will save you money in the long run. How much? That hasn't been established, but if you've got kids and people living in your house who let the water run, well it could be significant.
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Comments (5)
How is that different than nudging the handle with your wrist? With the exact same part of your wrist that they show in the picture above?
Unless you have twist-on faucet handles, I don't see any difference at all.
Except that this would lighten by wallet by $500 .
...and it uses batteries or plugs into the power. Seems senselessly wasteful!
$500? No thanks. I use a clean part of my hand, wrist, or arm to nudge the handle up to get the water flowing.
another battery to replace? skip.
how do you control temperature?
also doesn't seem like you can reposition the spout unless you remove the extension part... with your hands. kind of defeats the 'touch-less' aspect, no?
An interesting idea. Although it would have to be much less expensive to be practical, and I'd rather see something other than batteries used to turn it on, this could lead to things like a self-watering unit for pets. Your cat or dog comes in, noses the dish, and some water flows into it. After a certain amount of time the water could even flow out, to ensure fresh water at all times.