The mixer is one of the main working tools of the kitchen, since almost all stages of cooking are related to water. It should be convenient, functional, calculated for many years of operation. Is it possible to increase the number of options and increase the comfort of using the device?
Leading European manufacturers expand the possibilities of kitchen faucets, equipping them with functions that are usually not provided in the basic models. Let's talk about how these devices facilitate everyday work in the kitchen.
Photo: Grohe.
Faucets with filter
It is no secret that the quality of tap water leaves much to be desired. Therefore, for drinking and cooking, many use bottled or purified water obtained using a filter circle or a cleaning system that is installed under the sink. To connect the water filter earlier, it was necessary to drill an additional hole in the kitchen sink or a worktop and install the second scratch. But there is an alternative, convenient and aesthetic - the so-called combination mixer, calculated on the supply and conventional, and drinking water; Most often, it is equipped with two holes with holes on one effusion. Constructively combined devices are divided into two types: with its own filters in the kit and with the possibility of connecting to any water purification systems. And do not forget about the design.Practical advice
The mixer with the possibility of connecting to the filter is installed almost the same as the usual models for the kitchen. The only difference is that you need to additionally connect the mixer to the filter. The cost of Franke -14 400 filtering system. Install and connect the system to trust the specialist.
Own filtration system. Models of mixers with their own water purification system in the kit offer Franke, DornBracht, Grohe, Jacob Delafon Dr. Cleaning occurs in four stages: Preliminary (in the process of which large particles are removed), passing through an ion exchange filter, a filter from activated carbon and a fine cleaning filter. The 5-speed filtering technology is equipped with a GROHE BLUE system - as a result, it turns out the purebred drinking water. The GROHE Blue flow filtering device with a patented Mg2 + technology mineralizes drinking water saturating it with magnesium.
The cartridge is designed for 600, 1500 and 3000 liters of water. The LED continuously displays the filter resource and signals when it is required to replace.
Connect to a standard filter. A more common option is a combined mixer model, without a filter bundled, which can be connected to any import and domestic filter. In this case, the consumer independently chooses a water purification method: mechanical, ionic or electrochemical filtration, reverse osmosis, distillation, filtering with sorbents. The mixers of this type include Fontas (Blanco), Maggiora (Webert), Wasserkraft models, all models Franke, etc.
Principle of operation
In the housing of the combined mixer, an additional water supply is provided, independent of the main one. It allows not only to mix and adjust the pressure and water temperature, but also feed prepared water for drinking. In this case, the water and drinking water, which passed the cleaning stage, is not mixed. The mixer is equipped with two switching levers. If you open the left, flows drinking water, and if the right is the usual water supply. During the supply of drinking water, the right lever should be kept closed.The main advantages of the combined mixer
- Saving places on washing.
- Aesthetics.
- Easy installation, no need to drill additional holes, etc.
- Getting clean drinking water right from under the tap.
In addition to the usual mixed tap water, the mixer Grohe Blue K7 Pure serves and filtered drinking water (from 54 thousand rubles)
Faucet with two poles Split Dual Flow (15 500 rub.)
Neptune Clear Water Faucet (Onyx), you can connect the filter of another manufacturer (22 500 rubles)
Model A8017 with the possibility of connecting any filter for water purification (10 220 rubles)
Atlas Clear Water Faucet (22 700 rub.)
Mixers with boiler
Mixers with a compact heating boiler under the sink and with a water filter allow one press of the lever to receive both filtered boiling water and ordinary mixed tap water. Such a system called Grohe Red released GROHE. Dispensers for Tara Ultra and Lot Mixer Series Releases DORNBRACHT. The dispenser does not mix water as a regular mixer. At the same time, in addition to the version only for filtered boiling water (Hot Water Dispenser), DORNBRACHT offers a mixer with a boiling water dispenser (2.5 l capacity), which also allows you to get cold drinking water (Hot & Cold Water Dispenser). If you turn the lever back, cold water for drinking is poured from the crane, and if forward - practically boiling water (93 ° C). For dispenser, two sockets 220 V are needed. At the same time, the power is required only 5 W, and the water heating Baku is 1300 W (this is the maximum value when the device only turns on and the dispensers must warm the water to a given value). To maintain the required temperature spent several times less power. So that children do not accidentally stumble, manufacturers of boiling water faucers equip them with a protective Schildlock stopper.
Photo: Wasserkraft.
On a note
Brew tea, coffee, disinfect children's bottles, blanch vegetables can now be water directly from under the tap. The hot water system serves filtered water from 65 ° C to boiling water when turning an additional valve, which saves and your time, and a place on the kitchen table, because now you can do without a kettle.Kitchen faucets with additional features provide increased comfort of use in contrast to basic models.
It is worth noting the kitchen mixers with the function of connecting to a washing or dishwasher (ORAS, GROHE, HANSGROHE, etc.). On the case of such mixers there is a small valve or a button, so the user does not need to bend to overlap the water supply to household appliances, because the valves are often difficult to access. It turns out easier and faster, moreover, you can always check, in what mode the lever is located. Often, electronic valves for dishwasher are installed on electronic or non-contact mixers, which are automatically closed at a certain time. Mixers with similar options will prevent troubles that can happen in your absence.
Svetlana Glagolev
Specialist in marketing company "Oras Rus"
8237 mixer with retractable water-watering, thanks to which work, dishes, vegetables, fruits, berries and greens are being washed better, and water is less consumed (10 740 rubles)
Carafe is equipped with its own cleaning filter (28 610 rubles.)
Model with a switch on the dishwasher (shut-off valve) ORAS AVENTA (28 610 rubles)
Model with switch to dishwasher (lock valve) Talis S2 (20 000 rub.)
Model with switch on dishwasher (lock valve) Metris (28 900 rubles)
Water Dispenser (with retractable expulsion) does not mix water, it gives only drinking - hot or cold
GROHE RED DUO mixer supplies ordinary mixed water and boiling water (from 87 thousand rubles)
A convenient system consisting of a mixer, a water filter and a boiler for hot water is offered for different kitchen faucets. For impeccable system operation, a minimum hydraulic pressure of 3 bar is needed. The filter cartridge needs to be changed every 6 months (about 65 thousand rubles)
Faucets with drawn spill
For a standard single sink, a fairly universal swivel mixer is usually quite a fairly universal swivel mixer. However, if planned to be equipped not just washing, and a well-equipped washing center with two or even three bowls, you will need a mixer with retractable expulsion. It is relevant and in the case when, for example, it is required to fill with water with a very high capacity, a large saucepan, which is not suitable in the wash bowl, or a basin or bucket, which are on the removal from the sink. You can also type water in the pan, without putting them in the sink, especially if it is occupied by another dishes. Faucet with drawn spill on a flexible hose (Blanco, Grohe, Oras, Paini, Hansgrohe, Kludi, Franke, etc.) will help to cope with other problems.There are extendable extensions of two types. Only the nose (nozzle on a flexible hose) is delivered. In others, the mixer with a retractable watering can: the hose with a shower nozzle with a wide spray is pulled out of the traditional gland. In such models, in addition to ordinary adjustments of the pressure and temperature, there is a jet type switch to two modes: "aerated jet" and "shower".
Technical nuance
The pull-out is fixed at the desired height of special weights or a return spring connected to the switch-switch, which is located on the head of the shower watering can. The design with the ship requires an appropriate effort to pull the hose, but then it frees your hands to work. Extract with a return spring is easier to extract, but you have to hold the switch button so that it does not go back, that is, one hand will be busy. In both cases, for the drawn hose, it is necessary to leave the free space under the sink. Finally, there are mixers who have a shower can be installed separately from the housing to their own hole in the table top or washing. The hose is placed under the tabletop or washing and stretches through the mixer body, and the extended nozzle is fastened with the surface of the gland, becoming part of it.
Usually, several modes are provided in the sliding glasses, from standard to intense; they can easily switch by clicking on the key
On a note
The retractable is filled with a slot to a distance of 0.6-1.2 m. Hoses are made of high-quality rubber based on EPDM rubber. Recently, instead of rubber tubes use more durable and hygienic polymer (from REH). If you need to replace them, then a specialist of the service service will cope with this task.
If there is a small sink with one or two bowls in the kitchen, then for washing large dishes and the sink itself there is a fairly compact mixer, the extendable nozzle is equipped with a non-long hose. But when the kitchen is equipped with a sink of solid sizes, with several large-sized bowls and the owners are prepared a lot, then without a semi-professional model of the mixer, perhaps, can not do. Seluid-facilities are considered to be devices with a separate shower mounted next to the main twisted or replacing it. In this case, part of the hose is constantly in mind - above the tabletop. To enhance the stiffness of the design, the visible part of the sleeve supports a special spring. And on the nozzle, there is almost always a separate lever controlling the flow of water, and the jet type regulator. A long hose will enhance the convenience of work, and thanks to the strong pressure it will be possible to wash the dishes, fruits, vegetables and greens. As a rule, semi-professional mixers are distinguished by a stylish design in the style of high-tech.
Vsevolod Startsev
Technical specialist of the company "Griffmaster"
Mixers with convenient retractable expulsion turn the sink into the real Aquator. Such devices are diverse in design: model in two-color L-Line S execution (14 256 rubles)
The mixer from the COX collection (about 10 thousand rubles)
Model Focus (13 700 rub.)
Watering can be sent to any part of the washing and, if necessary, even beyond its limits: Maestro (15 500 rubles)
Mixer from the Cooper collection (about 15 thousand rubles)
Victoria model in action
Spilled with a wide spray allow you to carefully rinse berries and greens: Sensate mixer with touch and lever control (31 490 rubles)
PRIMARA model (33,846 rubles)
Victoria (6226 rubles.)
Harmony (12 800 rubles)
Semi-professional mixer Cox (from 17 thousand rubles)
Model Culina-S Mini (from 21 thousand rubles)
With other kitchen novelties can be found here.