Stonetech Enhancer Pro - Enhancer Sealer For Natural Stone - 1 Gallon
May 22, 2017
Difficult application, but seems like a quality product
The instructions are clear that this product needs to be completely wiped off surface before drying. What they don't tell you if how difficult that is! The product naturally dries at different rates depending on variations in the surface - especially in the natural travertine I was sealing. Because of this, some small areas were still wet while others had the material already dry on the surface. To be able to completely wipe up any liquid remaining on the surface, you'd need TONS of rags... and a LOT of hand work. I ended up needing to do a light second coat and buffing out the surface (with a car buffer/polisher and rags) before that second coat dried to get a more even looking surface. It is still not perfect, but looks much better. I just hope the actual sealer lasts. For now it seems effective as water just beads up on it. The color change itself was great. Made our light tan travertine really stand out.
Kohler Malleco Touchless Pull-down Kitchen Faucet With Soap Dispenser MIB
Feb 27, 2020
Overall, pretty good, especially for the price!
In general, I'm happy with this faucet. The style and design is nice. It seems to be of good quality. This is the first touchless faucet I've owned, so I am not sure how it compares, but we are now used to reaching our hands under the curved part of the faucet to turn it on/off. Maybe a second sensor location somewhere would be good, but it also may lead to more false on/off.
I believe this applies to all touchless faucets, but definitely be aware that in the normal mode, water only turns on with the sensor. Toggling the handling off/on will not turn on the water. This is mainly a concern for guests who come over and struggle to get the water on without knowing it's touchless. Note that there is a switch in the hardware under the sink that forces the sensor switch on all the time and allows it to be used as a normal faucet if necessary, but it's not an easy change to make (requires a coin to turn a knob in the mechanism). This also applies to all touchless faucets, but it's amazing how much cleaner the back of the countertop is now that there isn't always water splashed on it when turning the faucet on/off.
The flat pattern spray head is awesome, it actually cleans things unlike any spray head we've had before! The magnetic dock of the spray head is pretty good... I'd still love a stronger magnet, but so far it seems to pull the head in properly almost all the time. The head does need to be in the correct orientation to dock correctly. It seems sometimes the magnet pulls hard enough to slightly turn the head and dock, but not always.
Last thing to be aware of, the faucet seems very compact, but be aware that the handle portion extends very far out on the right. I didn't even consider this before buying, but we have a dishwasher air gap on the right of the faucet and the handle extends out so far that I couldn't install the faucet normally. I had to turn the faucet to about a 45 degree angle forward so the the handle came in front of the air gap. We had an identical style faucet here before and there was plenty of room without any angle. So if this is a concern, definitely measure before buying! It turns out, I don't mind the angled handle... it actually looks intentional, even though it wasn't!
Doesn't do well with cat litter on hardwood floors
This vacuum works wonderfully on carpet (much better than our old dyson cordless stick vacuum), however it does not reliably pick up cat litter on hardwood floors. We replaced our old one hoping this new design would fix that, but it doesn't. We were told by Dyson that the "Soft Roller Cleaner Head" is meant for hardwood floors and would fix this problem. Unfortunately it's an additional $120 and you'd need to swap out the head every time you move from hardwood to carpet.