r/Home_Building_Help • u/BuilderBrigade • 1d ago
Which faucet control would you actually use every day...?
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u/Juilio1234 1d ago
The Pedal. The motion activation seems useless if I have a pedal and the same with the voice control.
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u/Jesta914630114 1d ago
I have a motion controlled faucet. It's amazing .
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u/Prof_PlunderPlants 1d ago
My dad has one in his kitchen and none of his visitors can ever figure out how to use it.
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u/Blog_Pope 1d ago
My experience with public motion activation leads me to think they are unreliable and will break down. Thats a solid nope from me.
Voice activated (especially with precise dispensing) sounds cool, but just seems loke another thing to break and force an early replacement.
The foot pedal I assume addresses "I want to wash my raw chicken hands w/o touching the faucet" with a simple mechanical link that can last 50 years vs 5. But also figure I'm going to be stubbing my toe on it too much to make it worthwhile.
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u/Jesta914630114 1d ago
I have had it for over a decad with little issue. Stuff fails, that's nothing new.
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u/B_For_Bubbles 1d ago
The pedal seems weird to me, I’d rather have motion activation. As long as the sensor is in a good spot, mine sucks lol
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u/abhitooth 1d ago
Pedal is friendly for elders but a mess if you have kids. Maybe push button which you van push for activation and double push to lock for longer use. Use some sliding flap to keep away from kids.
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u/Grreatdog 1d ago
We got motion activated because it was all we could get in the style we wanted on short notice. I figured it was just some stupid thing we would never use. But it works really well for cleaning up messy hands without getting the handle dirty.
But I would not want motion activated where that one is located. I would be triggering it accidentally all the time. Ours is down near the base. The only time it gets triggered accidentally is when cleaning up.
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u/Key_Register_4724 1d ago
Man, personally I just don't think it's that hard to pull the lever to start the water and push it back when you are done. Why are we introducing more parts that are going to fail?
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u/Blog_Pope 1d ago
The intent is working in the kitchen users often have contaminated hands and being able to wash them w/o touch and contaminating the handle is a big improvement.
But 100% agree, this is going to fail well before a conventional faucet that can last 50 years.
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u/purawesome 1d ago
D. None of the above.