On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 10:17:53 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> wrote:

>The Cook wrote:
>> On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:24:48 -0400, "Nancy Young"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> dsi1 wrote:
>>>
>>>> for a while. The units with the sprayer and faucet are better in
>>>> this regard because the water is purged daily but this means your
>>>> facet is going to be made of plastic. That's the breaks.
>>>
>>> My faucet is also a sprayer and it's metal.
>
>> The one in the house we bought is plastic. It is almost 20 years old
>> and the rubber "thingie" that changes the water from spray to stream
>> is not working right. Once it is in spray mode, it takes several
>> pushes to get it back to stream. Drives me nuts. I am looking at
>> faucets now and I want separate.
>
>Twenty years is a long time for a faucet like that, I think. But
>I'm not trying to convince anyone to get some all-in-one sprayer
>faucet, I didn't have a choice. Just noting that they do come in
>metal, not just plastic.

My Moen is all metal, even the retractable sprayer hose is metal
shielded and slides in and out with ease. And I just checked, the
cushioned spray head is as easy to change as a condom... and good I
checked, it needed cleaning with a brush. I've been using it for
seven years but I don't pull it out or use the spray feature all that
often, I doubt it will wear out any time soon.