Kartell K-VIT Plan Kitchen Sink Mixer – Chrome (KST005)

Kartell K-VIT Plan Kitchen Sink Mixer – Chrome (KST005)

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 Plan kitchen mixer shares its name and its round, unfussy shape with the Plan bathroom range — a plain gooseneck with a single side lever, and nothing else going on.

The sensible middle of the range

No pull-out spray, no second spout, no statement styling. What you get is a tall swivel spout that clears a stacked washing-up bowl and a big pan, operated with one hand.

At 0.84kg it is the lightest tap here, which is worth knowing both ways: it is easy to fit and it will not feel as substantial in the hand as the heavier two-lever taps.

If you are fitting Plan brassware in the bathroom, this is the matching kitchen tap — the only range Kartell carry across both.

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.

Polished chrome wipes clean with a soft damp cloth. In a kitchen it shows water spots and fingerprints more than most places, so a quick wipe after washing up keeps it bright. Avoid abrasive cleaners and limescale removers left to soak — both cut through the plating, and dull chrome cannot be brought back.

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 Flite, the cheapest two-lever option and the Optima in chrome.

Specification

• Code: KST005
• Polished chrome, gloss finish
• Solid brass construction
• Single lever operation
• Swivel gooseneck spout
• Ceramic disc cartridge, quarter turn operation
• Deck mounted, one tap hole
• Length 240mm
• Weight 0.84kg
• Fixings supplied
• Waste not included
• 5 year guarantee (1 year on moving parts)
• Barcode 5055681438852

Downloads

Download the technical data sheet
Download the fitting instructions