I may have mentioned once or twice {or 58 times} that I’m a big fan of Brizo. They design some of the most beautiful kitchen and bathroom faucets…
Brizo has also been very open end eager to work with design bloggers. As I very excitedly told you in this blog post, Brizo has very generously provided all of the faucets for our master bathroom makeover {progress update coming soon!}
And a few years ago, Brizo offered me any faucet of my choice to use and review. It was a hard decision to make, but in the end it came down to three requirements – gooseneck style, single-lever pull-down, and the Venetian Bronze finish. The Talo was the perfect choice :-) From Brizo’s web site:
Classic. Fresh.
Floral.
blossoming innovation
Inspired by the bluebell flower's distinctive silhouette, Talo is Brizo's first traditional pull-down faucet. This unique form is married to a wealth of advanced features, including a 2-Button, 4-Function spray wand, MagneDock Technology®, and Brizo's exclusive SmartTouch Technology®, which allows water activation with just a light touch.
Can you see the inspiration from the bluebell?
Image via all hd wallpapers
My Talo faucet doesn’t have the SmartTouch technology, but when you’re replacing a 1975 Pinto with a brand new free Ferrari, it’s no biggie if it doesn’t have every bell and whistle!
The lines and finish of the faucet and matching soap dispenser are beautiful – like pieces of art for the kitchen.
The soap dispenser is the biggest & heaviest soap dispenser I’ve ever seen!! It looks like a mini-faucet :-)
The Venetian Bronze finish has strands of copper throughout the metal.
My favourite feature of the Talo faucet is that if I select the sprayer option, it stays on the sprayer option after I turn it off. So next time I turn it on, I get the sprayer. Our old faucet always reverted back to the regular flow after I turned it off, which was annoying because I like to use the sprayer the majority of the time.
The water flow is a lot more powerful than it was with the old faucet. In fact, our two previous kitchen faucets had pretty weak water flow. I had just assumed it was because the water had a long way to go from the water tank to the faucet.
The MagneLock Technology keeps the pull-down spout firmly in place. When the spout is about here:
It literally gets sucked right back into place.
We’ve been using our Talo faucet day in and day out for three years now, and it’s standing up beautifully to the daily wear and tear. No leaks, no drips, not even a scratch! I can’t wait to get the Virage faucets installed in our master bathroom – I know I’m going to love them as much as I love my Talo faucet :-)
Ummmm… is it weird to be in love with a faucet!?
