The Best Kitchen Faucets Tested & Reviewed

Finding the right kitchen faucet can feel daunting. Why is there a hundred-dollar difference between these products? And why do some of them look almost exactly the same? SO, we bought a bunch of popular products, gave them all a close look, and tested each one out to gather valuable information that we can share with our readers.

In short, the Moen Adler takes the best-to-buy slot right now thanks to its elegant design, affordability, solid construction, and high-end experience. If you want touch control, however, the Delta Lenta Touch2O is built better, offering premium features and craftsmanship. Additionally, the Moen Arbor MotionSense is a great choice for those preferring the true touchless experience.

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Moen Adler Standard Kitchen Sink Faucet

Best to Buy

This faucet picks functionality over style. Its elegant design embraces simplicity and practicality at the same time, featuring durable construction, efficient water functions, and a detachable sprayer with a comfortable reach. Ideal for compact spaces and those who appreciate minimalist aesthetics, it delivers reliable performance without unnecessary frills.

Delta Lenta Touch2O 19802TZ Kitchen Faucet

Premium Touch Control

Featuring premium construction, exclusive ShieldSpray water mode, and a long, extending sprayer head, this faucet is a mix between eye-catching aesthetics and effective innovations. Its touch control is versatile in many settings, and magnetic docking as well as temperature-indicating LED add even more appeal to the whole package.

Moen Arbor MotionSense 7594E Kitchen Faucet

Best True Touchless

For a true touchless experience, this faucet is one of the best by today’s standards. With two motion sensors, premium build quality, and convenient features, the design brings plenty of utility to the kitchen and is worth considering. If you like the look but not the electronic features, the Arbor 7594 with a more conventional design should be more suitable.

Delta Essa Touch2O 9113T-DST Kitchen Faucet

Mid-Range Hands-Free

Combining elegant appearance with practical functions, this faucet enjoys high-end build quality and a long, extendable sprayer head. Its versatile touch control suits a variety of settings, while its temperature-indicating LED and magnetic docking enhance the overall functionality and appeal.

WEWE Kitchen Faucet A1001L Kitchen Faucet

Best Under $100

For tighter budgets without any particular demand, this faucet’s decent build quality and water functions meet the essential needs of most kitchens. It doesn’t compare with the others in this list in terms of attention to detail, but it’s sufficient for the price and a pretty good find.

Kraus Faucet Bolden KPF-1610 Kitchen Faucet

Best Commercial Style

This faucet is more functional than it is pretty and is one of the most popular choices for a commercial-style model. Offering nothing too extravagant besides durable construction, effective water functions, and a responsive neck, it should be perfect for those who enjoy utility-driven, minimalistic design.

Fapully Commercial Kitchen Faucet

Industrial Design

If you have the space for a commercial kitchen faucet, this is one of the most resident-friendly models, with 1-hole installation, and is a current best-seller on Amazon. The design is nothing if not to highlight functionality, featuring a robust metal construction and ample output pressure.

How We Test

Our evaluation process of kitchen faucets revolves around the Design and Build Quality of each faucet and the kind of experience they deliver.

Ease of Use when interacting with them, including the sprayer, body, handle control, and their water functions are some of the categories we use to assess their overall values.

We also examine the faucets’ performance under less-than-ideal conditions, specifically with low water pressure, to showcase their strength and weaknesses.

To get the most out of our data, we standardize the process across the board. Besides making sure that our decisions and recommendations aren’t biased, standardization prevents our process from losing focus.

You can learn more about our process in this dedicated How We Test Kitchen Faucet article.

How We Choose

The following table shows each product’s score that were inferred from our evaluation process and scoring devices. To make sure that recommendations are relatable and well-informed, we also take into account long-term durability, maintenance requirements, and other factors like whether the brand is reliable or providing thorough warranty service. Furthermore, cost efficiency is a major deciding factor in our process to highlight economically sound investments.

Moen Adler Standard Kitchen Sink Faucet

Best to Buy

This faucet picks functionality over style. Its elegant design embraces simplicity and practicality at the same time, featuring durable construction, efficient water functions, and a detachable sprayer with a comfortable reach. Ideal for compact spaces and those who appreciate minimalist aesthetics, it delivers reliable performance without unnecessary frills.

$132.67

(Price at time of publish)

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We recommend this Moen Adler kitchen faucet for its reasonable pricing and impressive build quality. In simplifying the details, the manufacturer subsequently reduces the material needed for constructing the faucet. This leads to less cost in production, in addition to emphasizing its space-saving design.

The faucet is a well-made, cost-effective product that we simply adore. Its metal, durable body details from the neck to the single handle offers years of service. Moen’s patented valve is also renowned for its long life-span, and when it’s time for service, you can buy a replacement pretty much anywhere thanks to the brand’s broad network.

When we evaluated the faucet against other popular options on the market, it gives average water output with relatively weak input (40 psi) and works perfectly at normal pressure (50-60 psi). All movements, including those of the body, handle, and 23-inch extending, ball-jointed sprayer head, feel effortless and well-weighted. For the cherry on top, you can clean the entire faucet quickly thanks to its streamlined design.

The Adler is a no-brainer if you’re looking for something simple yet long-lasting. With appealing traits at a very reasonable price, it’s a gem amidst such a saturated market. Most importantly, it doesn’t have any particular issue and is covered with a lifetime warranty. Its installation is also one of the simplest we’ve examined. The faucet is available in several colors including Chrome, Matte Black, Mediterranean Bronze, and Spot Resist Stainless.

Read our full Moen Adler Standard Kitchen Sink Faucet in-depth review

Delta Lenta Touch2O 19802TZ Kitchen Faucet

Premium Touch Control

Featuring premium construction, exclusive ShieldSpray water mode, and a long, extending sprayer head, this faucet is a mix between eye-catching aesthetics and effective innovations. Its touch control is versatile in many settings, and magnetic docking as well as temperature-indicating LED add even more appeal to the whole package.

$318.49

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The Delta Lenta Touch2O is a fantastic choice for both the modern and traditional kitchens. With Touch2O technology allowing for hands-free operation, it makes daily kitchen routines more convenient and less messy. The control, from our experience, is more versatile compared to motion sensors as it works better in tight spaces. It’s also supported by an auto-shutoff function that triggers after 4 minutes, ensuring minimal water wastage.

Aside from premium build quality that makes use of dense metal materials and polished parts, the faucet features an LED temperature indicator that changes color with the water temperature, from blue to red. There’s magnetic docking to keep the sprayer head securely in place, and ShieldSpray mode, which provides a powerful rinse while minimizing splashes.

The combination of the 360-degree swiveling body and the 30-inch sprayer hose opens up the faucet’s potential, effortlessly reaching far corners of big sinks. Although the sprayer doesn’t retract itself well, especially when it’s fully extended, it feels non-restrictive and well-balanced. Most noticeably, this faucet is one of the few that can stand on its own during installation.

Despite the hefty cost, the Lenta Touch2O feels worth the money thanks to its advanced features and top-of-the-line build quality. It also has a standard version that saves money on advanced features. You can find the two versions in Matte Black, SpotShield Stainless, and Champagne Bronze (Gold), with lifetime warranty for the body and 5-year warranty for the electronics.

Read our full Delta Lenta Touch2O 19802TZ Kitchen Faucet in-depth review

Moen Arbor MotionSense 7594E Kitchen Faucet

Best True Touchless

For a true touchless experience, this faucet is one of the best by today’s standards. With two motion sensors, premium build quality, and convenient features, the design brings plenty of utility to the kitchen and is worth considering. If you like the look but not the electronic features, the Arbor 7594 with a more conventional design should be more suitable.

$308.23

(Price at time of publish)

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The Moen Arbor Two Sensor, for years, has been the top choice as a touchless control faucet. It features MotionSense, which combines a presence sensor at the base that activates the water flow when it senses a presence and a motion sensor on top of the curve that controls water detecting simple gestures. 

This pulldown faucet has beautiful craftsmanship, with a polished sprayer and dense body construction. The sprayer extends and retracts rather satisfyingly, reflecting the product’s attention to details, and its auto-switch function returns the sprayer to stream mode every time the water is on. Moreover, there’s an automatic shut-off feature integrated with the sensors that kicks in after 2 minutes of inactivity to save water.

With all that said, the faucet’s control relies too much on electricity, which is a turn-off for us. The faucet is essentially out of service if the control box is without power. This is contrasting with Delta’s Touch2O control, which allows for the exclusion of the control box, and also why we recommend getting a power adapter for the MotionSense.

That said, installation is straightforward and designed for DIY-friendliness. Moreover, the faucet has become more affordable in recent years, delivering great value for the quality and convenience it offers. The faucet is covered with a limited lifetime warranty and a 5-year warranty on electronics. Available colors include Chrome, Matte Black, Oil Rubbed Bronze, and Spot Resist Stainless.

Read our full Moen Arbor MotionSense 7594E Kitchen Faucet in-depth review

Delta Essa Touch2O 9113T-DST Kitchen Faucet

Mid-Range Hands-Free

Combining elegant appearance with practical functions, this faucet enjoys high-end build quality and a long, extendable sprayer head. Its versatile touch control suits a variety of settings, while its temperature-indicating LED and magnetic docking enhance the overall functionality and appeal.

$263.54

(Price at time of publish)

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The Delta Essa Touch2O is a versatile faucet with quality craftsmanship and hands-free operation that is incredibly useful in a busy kitchen. The sprayer has a long, comfortable reach and is integrated with magnetic docking that secures it in place. There’s also an LED temperature indicator that changes color from blue to red as the water temperature rises 

While the Essa does have a few drawbacks, such as a more complex installation process than average, it's effective with what it offers. Plus, the faucet’s auto-shutoff function automatically cuts the water after 4 minutes to ensure minimal water wastage. 

For those willing to invest in better build quality and cool, futuristic touch control, this faucet is definitely worth buying. There’s also a standard version with no electronic features for those who’d like the spout as simple as it could and to save money. It comes in a wide range of finishes, such as Chrome, Matte Black, Bronze, to name a few. The faucet is covered with a limited lifetime warranty, and all electronic features are covered for the first 5 years.

Read our full Delta Essa Touch2O 9113T-DST Kitchen Faucet in-depth review

WEWE Kitchen Faucet A1001L Kitchen Faucet

Best Under $100

For tighter budgets without any particular demand, this faucet’s decent build quality and water functions meet the essential needs of most kitchens. It doesn’t compare with the others in this list in terms of attention to detail, but it’s sufficient for the price and a pretty good find.

$61.22

(Price at time of publish)

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For something under $100, this WEWE faucet is one of the best. Its flexible hose and ball-jointed sprayer effectively meet basic kitchen needs and its dominantly plastic build, though arguably less robust than metal, is lightweight and highly resistant to rusting. 

This is a basic pulldown kitchen faucet, so you won’t get anything else other than the flexible, extending sprayer head that switches between stream and spray. Swiveling the body, maneuvering the sprayer, etc. feels relatively comfortable, and the faucet’s simple installation is a blessing for quick replacements and/or DIY settings.

With decent production, the faucet cleverly balances affordability with performance, delivering satisfactory output flow rate even at as low as 40 psi. Although the faucet is without ASME/CSA certifications, as an effective, $50 product with a 5-year warranty, it’s one of the most sought-after in recent years.

Read our full WEWE Kitchen Faucet A1001L Kitchen Faucet in-depth review

Kraus Faucet Bolden KPF-1610 Kitchen Faucet

Best Commercial Style

This faucet is more functional than it is pretty and is one of the most popular choices for a commercial-style model. Offering nothing too extravagant besides durable construction, effective water functions, and a responsive neck, it should be perfect for those who enjoy utility-driven, minimalistic design.

$175.76

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This Kraus faucet, beyond its bold aesthetics, catches the eye with its streamlined construction; and it’s even more impressive hands-on. It features a sprayer head with a function switch that uses pressure-triggering to put the water in stream mode every time it’s turned on. The retraction feels well-weighted and satisfying, despite the fact that the docking arm scratches the head quite easily if you’re not careful.

Unlike whole-body models, faucets with a coil neck have a much wider range of motion thanks to the bending. However, it’s much more difficult to keep clean due to the gaps that allow food particles to get through quite easily. In terms of performance, the faucet stands out since it’s one of the few we’ve evaluated that do well with low water pressure.

The body’s 180-degree swivel suffices for most interactions around the sink, but does limit customization when installing. Under $200, this is undoubtedly one of the best-performing faucets we’ve tested in terms of build quality and usability. Most importantly, it’s covered with a lifetime warranty.

Read our full Kraus Faucet Bolden KPF-1610 Kitchen Faucet in-depth review

Fapully Commercial Kitchen Faucet

Industrial Design

If you have the space for a commercial kitchen faucet, this is one of the most resident-friendly models, with 1-hole installation, and is a current best-seller on Amazon. The design is nothing if not to highlight functionality, featuring a robust metal construction and ample output pressure.

$116.85

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The faucet features a bold multi-outlet layout that resembles fully commercial faucets. It’s also designed for low water pressure, allowing flow to reach 1.6 gallons per minute at 40 psi with ease. Besides its responsive spring neck sprayer, the faucet includes a conventional spout that’s compatible with water filters, portable dishwashers, etc.

In terms of construction, the faucet uses stainless steel for most details, but its overall build isn’t impressive. Even though the sprayer swivels effortlessly, the middle spout is noticeably stiff and janky at times. Also keep in mind that the body isn’t well isolated, causing it to heat-up considerably when running hot water.

For those wanting heavy-duty water output, this faucet is certainly worth checking out. However, this is still a cost-saving alternative and should be appropriate only for certain settings since it doesn’t have any CSA/ASNE certifications. The faucet comes with a 2-year warranty.

Read our full Fapully Commercial Kitchen Faucet in-depth review

Honorable Mentions

Here are a few strong picks that didn’t make the list but still left strong impressions, despite their shortcomings:

• GIMILI GM1043B: If you’re looking for an alternative for expensive handsfree faucets, this is a very interesting option. Its build quality and touchless control experience are reasonably satisfying for the price, although the slight jankiness here and there can be deal-breakers for some.
• Moen Sleek MotionSense Wave: With high-quality craftsmanship and touchless control, this faucet should satisfy most needs in terms of build quality and features. Besides its arguably plain design and relatively steep cost, there’s nothing else to complain about. However, the Moen Arbor 7594E has better attention to details.
• Moen Arbor 7594: For those who are only interested in essential functionality, this standard Arbor faucet, with its premium craftsmanship and streamlined design, is a strong recommendation. Coming from a reputable brand, the product offers excellent values within its price range.
• Delta Leland 9178-DST: This premium faucet from Delta Faucet boasts not only a beautiful appearance but also top-quality construction. With innovative sprayer design and magnetic docking, it’s a popular choice for many interior styles, despite its intimidating pricing.
• KOHLER Simplice 596-VS: For the price, this is not your typical choice as it looks too basic of a pull-down faucet. However, the faucet is well made and details are crafted with care. It also enjoys magnetic docking and is made to be lightweight and flexible.
• FORIOUS FF0023C: As affordable choices become more popular in recent years, this quickly-usable, easily-installed faucet has been favored by many. Although the low cost is reflected in its build quality, there’s no denying the practical values of cheap alternatives such as this one.

Our Expertise

With more than 8+ years of experience of on-hand testing different types of products, Be Nguyen and his team understand the importance of practical applications outside of the box of the market. After 200+ hours poured into researching, testing, and evaluating more than a dozen different kitchen faucets from different brands and price ranges, the team has been able to collect valuable data regarding their performance, efficiency in design, DIY-friendliness in installation, etc.

Our video series for kitchen faucets are favored by many for its practical values and our written reviews are devised on the same principles. Moreover, our work also gives way for valuable insights to surface, ultimately guiding our readers towards making the right decision.