Why Choose a Touch-Sensitive Faucet For Your Kitchen?
At a glance:
- Touch faucets offer convenience and hygiene by allowing water flow to be controlled with a simple tap, reducing contact with dirty hands and minimizing the risk of food contamination.
- Touch faucets use sensors that detect changes in the electrical field around the faucet to register a touch.
- Touch faucets are simpler than motion-activated or smart faucets, and provide precise and reliable control without accidental activations.
Imagine you're in the middle of cooking dinner, hands covered in dough from kneading bread, or maybe sticky from marinating chicken. You need to rinse off, but the last thing you want to do is touch the faucet handle with messy hands.
That’s where the touch faucet comes in! With a simple tap from your wrist or elbow, water flows smoothly, saving you from smudges and sticky fingerprints.
It’s like a little magic trick that makes your kitchen routine easier and cleaner.
Touch-activated faucets don’t entirely eliminate physical contact with the faucet. In contrast, touchless models like voice-activated faucets allow you to control water flow with simple spoken commands, while motion-activated models respond to a quick wave of the hand.
These designs can eliminate the need for physical contact, helping to minimize the risk of cross-contamination. However, they can have some drawbacks, including occasional accidental activations and more complex installation requirements.
These designs can eliminate the need for physical contact, helping to minimize the risk of cross-contamination. However, they can have some drawbacks, including occasional accidental activations and more complex installation requirements.
For those who want the best of both worlds, touch faucets strike a perfect balance. They reduce physical contact while providing a user-friendly, reliable solution that combines ease of use with precise control.
This article explores a range of touch faucets, explaining how they work and highlighting what sets different manufacturers’ models apart.
Accurate Sensing Through Skin Contact
In 2008, Delta Faucet revolutionized kitchens and bathrooms by introducing touch-sensitive faucets. These faucets use sensors that can detect a light touch anywhere on the spout or handle, registering your contact instantly.
Delta’s touch technology is based on research into how people naturally interact with kitchen fixtures. This led them to develop a system that’s both responsive and reliable—similar to the touch technology you find in smartphones.
One of the big advantages of touch technology is that it avoids the common problems with motion-activated faucets, like false sensor readings. For example, you won’t have to worry about your cat accidentally turning the water on or the faucet malfunctioning because of poor lighting. And, unlike infrared sensors, touch faucets aren't affected by things like skin tone or reflective surfaces.
Many other faucet brands have since followed Delta's lead by developing their own versions of this touch technology.
Delta Touch20 Touch Faucets
Delta's Touch20® technology has continued to evolve, offering features like a built-in LED light that changes colour to indicate the water temperature—no more surprises when you turn on the faucet!
The pull-down spray wand is cleverly insulated, meaning you can adjust the spray head without accidentally triggering the water flow. Delta’s faucets include an automatic shut-off feature to conserve water, turning off the flow after four minutes of inactivity.
These faucets are powered by either 6AA or 6C batteries, but if you’d rather not deal with batteries, you can opt for a plug-in AC adapter.
With a range of stylish designs, you can find Delta Touch20 faucets in collections like Trinsic, Essa, Broderick, Mateo, Coranto, Stryke, Emmeline, Cassidy
and Monrovia.
With a range of stylish designs, you can find Delta Touch20 faucets in collections like Trinsic, Essa, Broderick, Mateo, Coranto, Stryke, Emmeline, Cassidy
and Monrovia.
Brizo SmartTouch Faucets
Brizo’s SmartTouch® technology also allows you to control water flow with just a light touch. It can even distinguish between a quick tap to turn the water on and a longer touch to adjust the faucet’s position.
Brizo’s faucets also come with TempID® Technology, which uses an LED light to change colours based on the water temperature—helping you see when the water is just right.
These faucets are available in a variety of stylish collections, including Litze, Solna, Odin, Artesso, Rook, Tulham, and Jason Wu.
GROHE Touch Faucets
GROHE's popular Minta faucet offers touch functionality with some added extras. You can preset the water temperature for convenience, and the faucet also has a cleaning mode, which prevents it from turning on while you’re wiping it down. The Minta Touch faucet is battery-operated and includes a 6V lithium battery that can last from two to four years.
For extra safety, GROHE touch faucets come with a 60-second auto shut-off feature, ensuring water doesn’t accidentally run for too long.
Final Thoughts
If you decide to install a touch faucet in your kitchen, consider using the same system throughout your home. Keeping the interaction with all your faucets consistent can prevent those frustrating moments when you instinctively tap a non-touch faucet and it doesn’t respond!
Whether you choose Delta, Brizo, or GROHE, touch faucets bring the perfect mix of convenience, cleanliness, and style to any modern kitchen. Discover more about touch faucets by exploring the latest offerings at Splashes Bath & Kitchen or visiting Splashes.com.