Essa Brushed Nickel Kitchen Faucet with Pull Down Sprayer, Modern Single Hole Kitchen Sink Faucet, Single Handle, Arctic Stainless 9113-AR-DST

We like the quality & style of this faucet. Simple mechanical valve to avoid the automation headaches of touch It has been in use for only about 16 days, so time will tell how well it will holdup. EDIT/ Update: After 1 year of use & we are still very happy with this faucet It replaces an over 15 year old Delta (several valve rebuilds along the way) that needed a new pullout faucet head, that is the sprayer & the parts were no longer available. This old faucet had the separate valve body that mounted to the counter top independent of the faucet, because of the asymmetrical sink design a typical faucet with a Escutcheon would not work. Faucet needed to be in the far right hole to reach the much larger side of the sink This seems to be a low flow/ water saver faucet. We find the flow adequate & are happy there is not so much flow that water splashes everywhere. However, it does take longer to fill the sink. This was not a surprise to me as other reviews had mentioned the low flow feature. While using the pullout sprayer, if your not careful, it is possible to "kink the water line" & interrupt the flow of water. This has only happened to me a couple of times, when raising the sprayer above the exit point of the pull-down faucet while trying to rinse a very tall item that was well above counter top height. All you need to do is extend the hose first, with your other hand if you want to hold the spraying head up above the faucet, exit point without kinking the water hose. Not that hard to install, if you are handy or experienced with replacing a faucet ---> Faucet was direct mounted to our 1 1/4 (1.25) inch thick, stone countertop ---> We decided to mount the faucet with the handle in the Center, closest to the sink. This way you can turn the water off with the back of your hand & keep the water dripping from your fingers over the sink. Instead of dripping water on to the counter top every time you touch the valve handle with wet hands. I Used - Westbrass 2" Kitchen Sink Hole Cover, Stainless Steel, D202-20 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00403BXWC to seal the extra hole in the stone countertop - (great product see my review) The directions ... they are not very good for non technical or those without experience changing faucets .... the directions are not custom to this faucet -- You will need to figure-out which part of the universal directions apply / is closest to your faucet. The hardest parts? 1) Removing the 15+ yr old faucet .... brass nut & brass threads of faucet were a bit crusty & the valve body above the counter started turning, As this was going to be scrap ... I used vice-grip pliers & a thick rag against the backsplash to keep it from turning. 2) Next was keeping that thin plastic base-plate centered, under the new faucet during the install as it kept moving. (poor design IMO) ---> Delta needs to rethink that design -- It Should snap into place & stay there Steps - to install 1a) Know where & how to turn off the water to the entire house & test that the valve works. If things go poorly you will want to know it works. The valves under the sink do not always work or stop all water flow. Stuff happens 1b) If you have a well, know how to turn it off & how to valve off or drain the pressure. 1c) Wear eye protection ... stuff is going to fall in your face while your on your back & working under the sink 2) Shut off water under sink & test that water does not come-out of the faucet. Always support the valve body while turning the valve handle, to keep stresses off of the pipe. 3) With bucket or rags handy remove the waterlines to the old faucet. Expect 1/4 to 1/2 cup of water to drain from the lines. Always support the valve body with a second wrench, while turning nut to water line to keep stresses off of the pipe. 4) Install the faucet into the counter. Confirm the location & orientation of the faucet before your final tightening. Having a second person handy to check the final location, before you complete tightening the nut, helps limit the up/down trips, under the cabinet. 5) Connect the water supply lines to the valve. Always support the valve body with a second wrench, while turning nut to water line to keep stresses off of the pipe. 6) Flush the valve set, let some water (1 gallon should do) run through the Hot & Cold sides - catch what comes out of the faucet feed line, in a container. If you have a second person they can operate the faucet valve from above the counter. Solo install ... Open the valve on faucet body, so hot & cold water will flow & then use the water supply valve under the sink to control the flow into your bucket. 7) Install the sliding counter weight --> then make the connection to the pullout faucet ---> Install the locking clip & test that it is locked 8) Open water valves under sink. Always support the valve body while turning the valve handle, to keep stresses off of the pipe. 9) Check for leaks, open valve on faucet & check flow & then look under counter & inspect for leaks again Things that Helped: ---> I used the floor mats from the kitchen to make laying on the cabinet edge much more comfortable. ---> I used the correct size of combination wrenches & a deep sock with extension & a ratchet drive, to speed up the install. ---> To remove the old faucet, I used a basin wrench & vice-grip pliers to hold the old valve (from spinning) to get the nut off when the threads got a little tight. Brass threads to old faucet getting a little crusty in 15+ years was expected

I bought this model because it was the most affordable Touch2O model I could find at the time, despite being quite stylish. The most difficult part of this upgrade was removing my old faucet. The install instructions were clear, everything worked exactly as intended right out of the box and seems to be of good quality. My sink has 3 holes, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that this model included a matching cover plate. I was initially worried that the touch feature might be unintuitive or gimmicky, but it's quite the opposite. Turning on/off a faucet is something most of us do many many times a day and this genuinely improves the task. The faucet and handle also remain cleaner since you rarely need to touch them with your hands. As for my fears of accidently turning it on or off, they seem to be mostly without merit. The touch/hold feature solves most of the potential issues and in the unlikely event you do accidentally switch it on/off it can easily be tapped again. I could imagine a curious cat activating it with their nose though (It auto-shuts off after a few minutes). My only cons are that the downward facing veggie sprayer in a rigid tube is definitely inferior to my old, stand alone sprayer in terms of ease of use and mobility, and that the mix handle is quite short which makes precise adjustments to pressure and temperature more difficult compared to the large controls on my old faucet - however these complaints are true for really any faucet of this style. The latter issue is mostly alleviated by the touch sensor, as I rarely need to adjust the knob anyway. Update: I've had this faucet for about a year and a half. The low battery light finally came on for the first time. Your mileage will vary by use - but this was impressive to me. All the old batteries measured 1.17-1.19 V when removed and tested. Some more notes after living with this for a long time. Rarely, when I would attempt to turn it on, the light would turn on but the faucet wouldn't run. I have very hard water, so maybe it has something to do with that, or maybe because the batteries were reaching the end of their life. Simply turning it off and on again always worked. Hopefully the fresh batteries resolve it. Not gonna knock off a star for that yet. The biggest con I can think of is that there isn't really an effective way I can think of to trickle this faucet if you are worried about pipes freezing. It hasn't been a problem for me so far, but this is something to consider for some people in very cold climates. The final note is that you get really used to this thing. When I go to other people's houses I tend to tap on their faucets in a moment of confusion as nothing happens.

Bought this from Amazon and it was sold as "new". When it arrived, the product had fingerprints on the faucet itself and some of the packaging seemed to have been handled. I'm unclear whether local Amazon distribution centers are responsible for this practice of selling previously-returned items as "new" or if it is a company-wide practice. Obviously, its a huge issue for Amazon given the broad variety of things they sell, but there should be a separate category other than "new" for things that may have been returned or otherwise handled between factory and consumer. Despite the indications of a possibly returned product, I went ahead and installed this. I guess I was feeling optimistic. The install went smooth enough and no parts were missing. The touch function of this faucet means that "downstream" from the faucet valve (the handle attached to the spout) there is a battery-powered solenoid that senses your touch on the faucet (works best on the metal neck or handle). That solenoid has a sensor lead that you attach to the threaded part of the faucet below the counter surface - this clips on easily, no problem. The solenoid also has a power lead that goes to a battery pack that holds six (6) AA batteries. This battery case is about the size of a banana but doesn't really have any obvious way to mount underneath the sink or even any holes to help you hang it up out of the way. If the power leads to this pack are touched, it will actuate the sink. This is a bit of a flaw, but not really a big deal if you mount the pack out of the way. Still, don't bury it because the batteries will need changing a few times per year. My solution was just to make a little paracord cradle to hang this on some of the sink undermount brackets -- basically any solution that lets you hang this out of the way in a place you can access for battery changes should be ok. The problem we had with our Delta faucet sold by Amazon as "new" was that it had a bad solenoid. It didn't function smoothly, it was loud, it had reduced flow, then it stopped working. Rather than returning this to Amazon and having this happen again, possibly, to another customer, I called Delta the next business day. At Delta, I talked to a US-based Delta employee who was able to understand the diagnosis steps I had taken already and confirm the solenoid issue. They mailed me a new solenoid which arrived within a week. Installed the new solenoid and all functions perfectly now. The touch feature is a really nice upgrade that keeps the area around the faucet handle about 90% cleaner because it doesn't constantly get dripped on with wet hands. Awesome product, awesome company (Delta). Thanks!

For context, I'm a homeowner and replacing my kitchen faucet was my first DIY project in my condo unit. The product looks great when installed. Installing it was, in the end, quite easy after having the right information. What was a major pain in the neck was to get the right installation information. For starters, the manual that came with the product doesn't correspond to this model. Don't bother to read it, it's just a waste of time. The most accurate one is the one linked from this Amazon product page. The one in the Delta Faucet page omits the "gasket", but the Amazon one shows it. I put the "gasket" in quotes because this model, at present, is packed with a part which is a sort of hard plastic that, as I eventually learned, is supposed to play the role of a gasket. It's quite a bizarre thing to see something being called a "gasket" when it's not made of rubber. Call me closed-minded, but I could not really believe that thing in the package was what the manual called "gasket", also because in the drawing it looked different. Since there was no packing list nor documentation with the proper drawings, I was just guessing. So, I decided that real gaskets are made of rubber and that the real gasket was missing. I went from deciding to return the product due to missing parts, to contacting Delta to get part RP80528, which in my mind was the allegedly missing rubber-made real gasket. So I call customer support on the phone. The first representative asks for proof of buy at Amazon. He sends me an upload link via SMS. I try to upload a picture and it doesn't work. He asks for a different format (I sent PNG initially). I convert to JPEG. Link still doesn't work. Then he asks for my email, which I give, and he said he e-mailed me so that I can sent him the pics. It never came. I call again. Another representative, but this one was definitely at odds with technology. Blames Amazon and said they sold me an item that was used, and that's why it was missing parts. I countered that argument. This was real Amazon. The only thing that was true on her observations is that this same model is more than twice the price if you buy it from them. But still it's actually sold by Amazon. Then, she just made me wait to ask for I don't remember what, and I ran out of patience and hanged. I decided to go for a channel that biases towards tech-savvy people with a better culture of customer support. So I tried online chat. That worked. Still, the associate blamed the Amazon manual as being out of date. She sends me another one, the one in the Delta page, which doesn't show ANY gasket. Nor even the one that came with the package. I then argue a bit and she decided to just make an exception and send me a free "gasket", part number RP80528. A few days after, I received the "gasket" (which has no picture in its product page), and it was exactly the same hard plastic one I received with the package. Sooooooo, at least that answered my question, in that now the "gasket" that came in the package was the one to use, despite how bizarre that is. So, as you probably can observe, my original package had everything I needed for the installation, except the correct information. I wasted significant time and energy only because these people don't bother to update their manuals with proper drawings, let alone pack the closest possible manual to the product. Anyway, despite that, when the installation process was 100% clear, execution was a breeze, and this faucet solved all the problems my old faucet had. I absolutely love how it looks, how it operates, its mechanism for returning the hose, the magnetic docking, etc. Installation preparation felt like an agony due to the terrible installation manuals with no packing lists, but once the information was clear, it worked very nicely. I also have to say that the price Delta shows for this faucet in their website is more than twice the Amazon price. So, feels like a steal. Overall, of course my opinion is mixed, but honestly the faucet feels, looks, and operates smoothly. I'm super happy with the outcome.

I chose Delta because it is EASY to get parts for it, if needed. The finish on this faucet is beautiful, and the shut-off lever is efficient, and the spray control works beautifully. Furthermore, plumbers seem to love them. This faucet looks great with my modern kitchen and granite countertops. It was shipped quickly, along with a very easy Amazon transaction. I could have purchased this from Home Depot, which is 25 minutes from my home, but I would have had to HUNT for a sales person to help me. Amazon save me $$$ and my time. Thank you!

I purchased the Delta Essa Matte Black Touch Kitchen Faucet (9113T-BL-DST) about 3 months ago and I couldn’t be happier with it. The touch feature works flawlessly and makes everyday tasks so much easier, especially when your hands are dirty and you can use your elbow or wrist to turn it on. I especially appreciate the auto shut-off function, which gives me peace of mind if I ever forget to turn it off. The water pressure is great and seems in line with other similar advertised GPS from other faucets. Installation was relatively straightforward, and I’ve had no issues at all with performance. While it didn’t come with a soap dispenser, I was able to find a matching one on Amazon at a great price, and together they look fantastic. The sleek matte black finish adds a modern touch to my kitchen, and the pull-down sprayer is both powerful and convenient. Overall, this faucet has been a wonderful upgrade, and I would absolutely recommend it to anyone looking for a stylish and functional kitchen faucet.

Last update 20251121 - received the repair parts earlier this week, and the repair was pretty easy using the instructions and included repair tool. Plus, they sent me 2 of the magnets for the tip of the spout, so a spare if this recurs in 4+ years. Old magnet had plastic coating cracked with rust coming through, new magnet fit right in, good as new. It really was an easy fix. Thanks Delta from a happy customer! New update - I called Delta and they are ordering and sending replacement parts. More to come on this later... Same day update - this product has a limited lifetime warranty. I will be calling Delta tomorrow to get warranty support to replace the corroded tube. Will update this review after. Original review - We love these Faucets, unfortunately our first one lasted 11 years before the electronic solenoid gave out. So, we bought the replacement in October 2021 (4 years). Now, the curved spout that holds the spray nozzle is rusting where the nozzle seats into the tube. The rust was noticeable due to the fit becoming tight (corrosion increases volume). I am going to try to remove the spout temporarily to clean and seal the rusted seat area to see how that goes. If not we'll probably spend $260 for a new one, I guess.

So I installed this faucet about 3 weeks ago and figured it was worth sharing thoughts about it. First off this is not an easy install, especially if you have a deep sink to begin with (if you don't have a moderate to deep sink, don't purchase as I can see where it would go all over the place). I'm pretty adept at plumbing (I've sweated my own pipes together when necessary and have put on cut offs that way as well). I'd rate it about a mid grade to hard install since you have to actually be able to reach up and tighten all the fixtures by hand - you can't use a plumbers wrench or anything else. It took me about 3-4 hours working solo (including the removal of the old faucet and temporary removal of the garbage disposal and it's reinstallation) - the install time could have been decreased by at least an hour had I had a helper. Why a science experiment? Because generally water and electricity don't mix and because I want to see just what part of this contraption fails first. That said, it's pretty neat in design and looks great! We chose this model as my wife saw it at a friends house and liked the styling and functionality. We cook a lot in our family and having slimy hands from xyz meat product / egg, it great that it can be tapped with clean forearm and voila! water to rinse and wash with. Parts of this kit that may cause some concern. They ask you to attach about a 2 inch piece of metal tubing directly to your shut off valve. Inside their is a (replaceable ?) plastic check valve with a screen on it. For those with lots of calcium deposits, I can see where this would make this product a no-go right off the bat. The calcium is going to build up on the screen and in the check valve and just not deliver adequate water pressure. If you have a water treatment system for your whole house, I think you'd be fine but you've been warned. The second aspect that I wasn't crazy about was that between the check valves and the faucet and then from the faucet to the control solenoid there are all plastic flexible piping. I'm assuming this is NOT the polybutylene know for failures, but I'd prefer solid copper tubing. This tubing is then pushed into the solenoid receiver and then held on by a plastic clip. MAYBE advances in technology have come a long way, MAYBE not. I'm a skeptic, but my guess is that the manufacturer expects that the styling on this faucet is going to go out of date before any major failures occur and/or you'll replace it before it leaks for some other reason. The faucet was supposed to come with a set of 6 AA batteries for the power source for the solenoid but 3 of my fell out of the packaging enroute to my house. I didn't complain to Amazon despite the box had been dinged up in shipment pretty bad, but all the other parts were intact and in great condition. What this did teach me is that instead of the 6 AA, you can replace them with C batteries in the battery pack. If I start to have a short life on the AA's I'll definitely move the the C's. I'll throw a post up when the batteries exhaust themselves. We are in a household of 4 so it gets plenty of use. Splash concerns - Our sink sits 7 1/2 inches below the edge of our countertop. It's stainless steel. If the faucet is turned on full blast we get some minor splash up around the sink. I'm messy when I was dishes and so this occurred even with my much shorter old faucet. If I'm really trying to keep the water in the sink, I just don't open the handle to full. At 3/4 there is plenty of water to work with and you don't get splash up. Although the neck of the faucet is listed as being I think 7 inches out , with the angle of the spray head, functionally water hits about 3-4 inches closer to the user. Other thoughts on the planning / install phase. You don't really need more space that about 1/2 from the faucet base to the back splash as the handle doesn't have the ability to turn back. It's range of motion is from vertical to about 90 degrees directly in front of the sink. The install instructions conveniently have pictures showing the install of this faucet as there being no sink present. Indeed if you haven't installed your sink yet, this install will be a breeze (maybe an 45 minutes) The length of time to get this done by a person working solo is tough because it's super difficult to tighten the plastic bolts sufficiently while still keeping the faucet aligned forward and in the right position. I ended up jamming some scrap wood between the faucet handle and the backsplash to hold it in place while I tighten the plastic nut under the sink holding the faucet base in place. I had an incredibly difficult time getting the nut hand tight enough so I actually placed two flat screw drivers on either side of the plastic nut and pushed on them to tighten the nut. This is where I could have used my extended plumbers wrench had the nut been appropriately shaped or made of something besides plastic. Once installed, my wife has been thrilled with it, so it almost got 5, but I'm sticking with 4 stars so far. I can't give it 5 due to the PIA it was to install and the significant number of plastic parts involved. It's a stylistic and functional faucet. The no touch feature does take some relearning on your part, but it's great not to have to touch the handle to turn it on. Time will tell on this fascinating experiment in science.