Kartell K-VIT Nero Curve Bath Filler – Matt Black (TAP292CN)

Kartell K-VIT Nero Curve Bath Filler – Matt Black (TAP292CN)

The Kartell K-VIT Nero Curve range is the Curve design in matt black — a squared-off lever and body meeting an open waterfall spout that pours in a wide flat sheet rather than a round stream. Kartell describe it as offering "on-trend sophistication for any bathroom space craving an instant update".

This is the bath filler: a deck-mounted tap that sits on the rim of the bath and fills it, with no shower function.

Bath filler or bath shower mixer?

A bath filler (this one) just fills the bath. Choose it where you have a separate shower, or no shower over the bath at all.

A bath shower mixer adds a diverter and a handset on a hose so you can shower over the bath. It costs a little more and the two are otherwise the same tap.

Before you order

Bath fillers use 3/4" BSP connections — larger than the 1/2" on basin taps — because a bath needs to fill in reasonable time. Check your existing tails, as swapping between sizes needs adaptors.

The waste is sold separately. A bath needs a waste and overflow set, which isn't included — unlike the Nero Curve basin mixer, which comes with a click waste. Kartell make a matching matt black bath waste, so the finish can be carried through.

About the waterfall spout

The open spout is the point of this range, and it behaves differently from a closed one. Water leaves as a wide, shallow sheet, which looks striking and is the reason people choose it — but it also means a shorter, flatter stream that lands closer to the tap. Check your basin has enough depth and that the spout reaches far enough over the bowl, because a waterfall spout on a shallow basin splashes more than a conventional one.

The open channel is also visible, so it shows limescale sooner than a closed spout would. In a hard water area, expect to wipe it more often.

Water pressure

Kartell rate this tap suitable for low water pressure systems — it will run from as little as 0.2 bar. That means it works on a gravity-fed tank and cylinder as well as on mains, combi or unvented pressure.

On gravity-fed plumbing any bath tap fills slowly. That's the system, not the tap.

Living with it

The ceramic disc cartridge with quarter-turn operation gives full flow from a small movement of the lever, and is far less prone to dripping than a washer tap.

Matt black is a powder-coated finish rather than plating. It looks superb against a white basin, but it is less forgiving than chrome: limescale and toothpaste splashes show as pale marks on a dark surface, so it wants wiping down more often. Never use an abrasive cream or a limescale remover on it — those strip the coating rather than the deposit.

The same tap is made in polished chrome as the Curve bath filler.

Specification

• Code: TAP292CN
• Matt black finish
• Solid brass construction
• Open waterfall spout
• Ceramic disc cartridges, quarter turn operation
• Deck mounted, two tap holes
• 3/4" BSP connections
• Suitable for low water pressure systems
• Weight 1.68kg
• Fixings supplied
• Waste sold separately
• Lifetime guarantee (1 year on moving parts)
• Barcode 5055681447748

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