Kartell K-VIT Moda Kitchen Sink Mixer – Brushed Steel (KST008)

Kartell K-VIT Moda Kitchen Sink Mixer – Brushed Steel (KST008)

A kitchen tap works harder than anything else in the house — hand washing, filling the kettle, washing up, rinsing vegetables. Kartell put it plainly: “by far one of the most used fixtures within the home”. That is the thing to keep in mind when choosing one.

The Moda is a two-lever kitchen mixer: separate hot and cold levers either side of a swivel gooseneck spout, mixing to one outlet.

Two levers or one?

A single lever is quicker — one hand, one movement, and you have the temperature. Two levers take a moment longer but give finer control, and many people simply prefer the symmetry of them over a sink.

The practical argument for two levers in a kitchen is that you often want cold only, for filling a kettle or a glass, and a dedicated cold lever gives you that without thinking about it.

The Moda and the Bond share the same weight and dimensions — the Moda is the brushed steel version, and the better choice if fingerprints bother you.

Before you order

This is a single tap hole deck-mounted tap, the standard arrangement on a modern kitchen sink. If your sink has two tap holes you need a pair of pillar taps instead.

No waste is included. Kitchen sinks come with their own waste and overflow, so that is normally not a problem — but worth knowing if you are replacing the sink too.

Measure the height available if there is a window sill or a wall cupboard over the sink. A tall gooseneck that fouls a window that has to open is the most common reason a kitchen tap goes back.

Living with it

Ceramic disc cartridge with quarter-turn operation — a small movement of the lever gives full flow, and ceramic discs do not perish the way rubber washers do, so a tap that gets used twenty times a day should not start dripping.

The brushed steel finish is the practical one in a kitchen: it hides fingerprints, water spots and the general smearing that chrome shows up, which matters on a tap you touch with wet or greasy hands several times a day. Wipe along the grain with a soft damp cloth, and keep abrasives away.

Guarantee

Kartell give the kitchen tap range a 5 year guarantee, with moving parts and working components covered for 12 months. That is shorter than the lifetime cover on their bathroom brassware, which is fair enough given how much harder a kitchen tap gets worked.

Other kitchen taps

The Kartell kitchen range runs to eleven taps. The nearest alternatives to this one are the two-lever Bond, the Optima in brushed steel and the square-spouted Lisso.

Specification

• Code: KST008
• Brushed steel finish
• Solid brass construction
• Two lever handles
• Swivel gooseneck spout
• Ceramic disc cartridges, quarter turn operation
• Deck mounted, one tap hole
• Length 250mm
• Weight 1.1kg
• Fixings supplied
• Waste not included
• 5 year guarantee (1 year on moving parts)
• Barcode 5055681438883

Downloads

Download the technical data sheet
Download the fitting instructions