Watts Premier Standard Air Gap Auxiliary Faucet with 1/4" Supply Tubing Conne...

Good heavy duty looking faucet. Push the handle down for water until released, or pull the handle up to lock the water on indefinitely.

This Watts premier air-gap faucet is a perfect replacement for our 35 year old reverse-osmosis (RO) sink faucet. We had the Watts RO system professionally installed in 1990. Over the years, we have increased the system's capacity. Eventually, the original faucet, also from Watts, just wore out. It didn't leak, but the handle wouldn't stay turned on in that position. This new watts premier air gap faucet is a surprisingly inexpensive exact replacement. It's half the price of many imported air gap faucets. Even better, it came with color-coded poly tubes already fitted. So they were a perfect fit to the RO system's existing connectors. Installation was a breeze. It fit perfectly into the pre-punched hole in the new stainless steel sink. It's clear that the faucet can also be used as a non-air gap faucet just by not using the red, black, and blue tubes that it comes with. Please ignore the slight and embarrassing line of stain on the top of the back splash. We replaced this RO faucet as a part of an ongoing kitchen remodel. This phase involved a new sink, main faucet and the RO faucet. Counter tops are the next phase!

My Watts Premier RO Pure Plus water faucet was leaking so I needed to replace it (after 2 years of use). This faucet isn't an exact replacement but it works and likely to have less leaking (since the faucet is one piece as opposed to the RO Pure Plus faucet which is two pieces)...plus the price is cheaper. It took me about two hours to install (I'm not the most handy). The instructions on the box are horrible/not helpful so thanks to other Amazon reviewers who left much better instructions. Also, try to find "how to" video by searching for "Purflo Air Gap Drinking Water Faucet Installation". It's not exactly the same, but close enough to give you a good idea of how to install this faucet. I would recommend you install a "Quick Connect" to the brass line (that connects with the blue line) since this faucet does not have Quick Connect but my RO Pure Plus did. I got this connector from the big box Lhardware store (it was hard to find since these connectors aren't standard and you have to be exact or it won't fit ). The dimensions are 1/4" OD x 1/4" Comp. With the Quick Connect, it made installing this faucet much easier. The faucet itself is fine and works with no leaks. The lever to press for water is really strong, so I do have concerns about how long it will last...but for now, it's a great replacement for my old leaking faucet.

Seems to be a well built unit. Has 3 o-rings sealing the facuet stem (my old one only had 2). All chrome is smooth without blemishes. Valve and valve seat is brass and appears to be quality as the handle is a stiff spring. Not too difficult to operate as some other reviews said. Pretty normal amount of force to push down or pull up and lock open. Doesn't make any noise that other reviews I read said. For the money, this is a great little faucet. Been running it about 6 weeks and it seems to be fine. Bonus is the piping comes pre-connected to the faucet side leads (drinking water, brine water, and drain) so you just plug and play into the quick disconnects under the sink (trim to length if you wish) and your up and running. Would buy again if need a new one. For what it's worth, I am a licenced general contractor. Been in construction for almost 30 years and worked as a plumber when I was a kid. I've seen junk and this faucet is not it.

This is a universal replacement for the watts faucet. The one that came with your faucet is not available. In my case it was part number 116001. The black and red lines are pre-attached. The blue line needs to be installed after installing the faucet itself. The first thing I noticed is the blue line is not the same size as my original. The contents that comes with the faucet does not contain an adapter to convert to my original 3/8 line. The instructions states to call your dealer for more information. Can you imagine calling Home Depot or Amazon for more information? So I decided to use the smaller 1/4 inch blue line along with the hardware supplied. The supplied compression fitting is complete garbage. I put on the compression fitting, inserted the tube and ferrule. After installing the line I could, with almost not effort, pull the line out. Can you imagine if I put any water in the system? It would have leaked all over the place. I then thought, why not just use the old adapter and the old line. No can do. The old adapter used an inner diameter measure while the new faucet uses and outer diameter measure measurement for the 1/4 inch compression fitting. So using the old adapter was out of the question. So I went to my local hardware store. They have every adapter imaginable except the one you need. No 1/4 to 3/8 inch compression up convert. Think there is? Then go and look. LOL. I happened to have a compression fitting for 1/4 inch. Ok problem solved there. I'm now able to attach the blue 1/4 line to the faucet successfully. Now I have to attach the 1/4 line to (I think) a 1/2 inch plastic fitting on the pre-stage filter. HaHaHa, no such fitting at your local hardware store. Think there is? Then go and look. LOL. I luckily had a plastic adapter that took a 1/4 line. Again, also got lucky I had a 1/4 plastic, in this case, a non-compression fitting, but was designed for the application. So my questions for Watts. Why change the size of the line? Why change the faucet so I can't use my old adapter? Why supply a junk compression fitting? Why not supply a solution (call my dealer LOL). Oh, my final complaint. I forget what they call it, but there is a little hole in the side of the faucet. Some type of air gap or whatever they call it. In the morning I need to get 6 +/- cups of water for my coffee. If I dispense this amount of water at one time, water starts coming out of the whole (what I'm calling the air gap) all over the counter top. Did Watts ever test this?

Works great, not too difficult to install. Would definitely buy it again!

The water dispenser tube on our kitchen sink RO water dispenser broke off at the base. I looked around and checked various brands before settling on this one, which seemed to be the same brand as the one that came with our unit (which we'd purchased at Costco years ago). The instructions on the box were complete, although a little unclear that some of the instructions for the non air gap were also applicable to the air gap (our model). Came with all the required hardware, plenty of tube length for all 3 tubes, perfect size, and was quite easy to install as far as the faucet itself. The overall job was a pain through no fault of the faucet - just very difficult to get access under the sink. But now it works great, better than new! I'd definitely recommend this faucet for anyone with a Watts Premier RO-TFM-5SV (ours), or similar.

It worked ok, but BEWARE THE FAUCET YOU WILL RECEIVE IS NOT THE STYLE PICTURED! I have a Watts RO unit from the 90's and it has the older style rectanglish base just like Amazon's photo. I like it because I'm used to it and I'm old and I don't like change. Well I didn't get the style in the photo, I got the newer round base. It *is* a Watts brand faucet, just not what I was expecting.

Seems well made and works well. Easy to use. Removed old air gap faucet and installed new one in less than 1 hour. Easy to use and works well. Delivery was on time.

it works great

Our 18 year old RO finally kicked the bucket & they don’t sell the 3 hose ones in store anymore so I was so glad to find this and it fits perfectly!

Works like advertised, easy to change, greta value and good quality

Works great easy to install .