The
manufacturer's list price is a good indication of the esteem in which an
enterprise of its own products, but not necessarily the market value. The
prices of many high-end fittings are heavily discounted from retailers and
suppliers. Prices shown are actual prices "on the street", where the
line tap can be purchased.
How much should cost a good cock?
It is quite possible for a tap to pay more than $ 20,000 but to also buy a good, well-made, stylish faucet for less than $ 200.00. Street price for taps those days are gone. Alternative retailers on the Internet has created tremendous pressure on the prices of established local retailers. For value received, faucet prices have probably never been lower.
For over a century, American Standard is an American company.
More. Today, the American Standard brand in America by LIXIL Group, the Japanese giant construction is heard. But American Standard aims to hide the fact that foreign-owned, and it provides almost all of its products outside the US
Thus, American Standard has issued this circular in a press kit. (Click here to enlarge the image, so that you can read it). This item has displayed a still taken from six American Standard plumbing products in the US, out of the thousands that are sold here. More than 99.99% of its production abroad is - especially in Mexico and China.
US companies to quality of rooms exported nearly 30,000 American manufacturing jobs.
If American Standard really wants to make a contribution to the "prosperity" American as described in this press release that he should be put 30,000 jobs at home.
And we must do our part, such as American Standard proposed the purchase of a company that still makes its products here - the United States - as Brizo, Delta, Moen, Symmons and Chicago Faucets. See the list below.
Buy American, not American Standard.
The brand awareness survey shows no surprises. The three main valve manufacturer Moen - Delta and Kohler - are always in the order in which they appear in the results of the survey in 2011, and are still the major brands in the minds of more than 75% of potential customers. The hundreds of other brands share the remaining 25%.
Grohe has always placed in the top ten, but for the first time since the survey was the first time in 2007, a second European Faucet, Hansgrohe, also in the top 10 So also placed a brand faucet Store Glacier Bay, for the first time , Glacier Bay is sold by Home Depot. Elkay leave the top ten, while Pfister held his position at No. 5, although its overall score fell slightly.
Overall, little changed from the 2011 survey, suggesting that consumer awareness of brand is quite stable and changes very slowly over time.
Thank you for your help
T hanks and a big tip of the hat-drive to the many readers who suggested improvements to this page. Most of the proposed amendments have been introduced.
Our thanks also wrote to all who propose to branch lines that we must consider. We regret that we did not study made each tap. We restrict ourselves to lines with which we open up a certain amount of experience. There are literally hundreds of faucet business suppliers and some of the major manufacturers that we know nothing, because we never bought one of their faucets. We do not know that so that a tap on the notes on the tap is a bad product. It just means that we are not enough to be considered on tap, know. We welcome your feedback, but it keep coming.
If you are a manufacturer of valves and the feeling that we factual errors in your company or products, or do not have your business or products processed enough to let us know your specific objections and we will reconsider our contribution. Everything you write, but more than likely taken from us on this website to the public.
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Less than $ 100
As a rule of thumb taps price under $ 100.00 are suspicious. You are likely to contain critical plastic parts. But, if you are careful, you can find all the brass valves and / or stainless steel for less than $ 100.00. You just have to know what you are looking for. We usually take the faucet to see what he was doing. If all brass or stainless steel, burn a little incense to the gods fickled bargain. If it is plastic, we'll take it back.
$ 100-300
Most prices valves between $ 100.00 and $ 300.00 will give good service for many years. The key is good materials - brass and stainless steel - and a well-known brand name. The pins on the lower end of this range more traditional styles, work benches, while those who are often deliberately a little more at the upper end. In general, the viscera are very similar, so that the quality on this level is rarely a problem. Get items could. If the valve is not, you should know that the company that makes it likely still be in business, and the necessary spare parts are still available.
Over $ 300
Over $ 300,00 to pay a premium for style, status, processing, a renowned brand, so that charm and / or small series. The quality of the mechanical valve is probably not much better than a cock that you can buy for less than $ 300.00. And at this level through the prices of the arc. Just for fun, we taste a kitchen faucet KWC Domo we know to be of excellent quality. The price ranges from $ 300.00 $ 805.00 from reputable dealers online. High style taps produced in limited editions tend to cost more, so made a mass of Chicago Faucet Tap usually cost much less than a rooster Water handwork, although the quality of the two branch lines generally excellent.
Our street prices
All prices in our evaluations for sink faucets listed. Bath and shower faucets loads (technically fittings) are not considered. Our prices are for chromium, or, if standard is not available chrome manufacturer. Tap Finish acting valve price. Cost unusual or difficult surfaces more. Exotic surfaces: - sometimes up to 100% higher nickel, bronze, stainless steel and so on, are almost always higher.
