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Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse
The Grohe Ladylux Kitchen faucet in Starlight Chrome is as good as the day I bought it. Cartridge action is still silky smooth, and aside from some hard water deposits in the sprayer - has been great. The Delta I bought for my parents house has a floppy lever, and generally feels like it's about to fall apart any day now. The chrome is dulled - looks like someone sanded it. Should have spent the extra $175
That said, Grohe quality seems to have dropped in the last 8 years since. China outsourcing, and higher amounts of plastics have crept in. The Grohe popups in my lav faucts had a lot of plastics in the body, and the connecting rods have all corroded away.
My plumber swears there's a difference in Grohe from Lowes vs a plumbing supply store.
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Yes, I've been told this too about all plumbing manufacturers. In order to meet the price point expectation from the big box retailers they've had to make lower quality versions of their products. Of course they keep the design the same to make it hard to know. It's definitely shady, as a buyer you don't know if you got the normal or the low quality, but they don't want that to be public info.
Then think about all of the other types of products this probably applies to.