The most popular faucet

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The_White_Devil_69@reddit

I don’t get why this had such a chokehold

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Single-handle lavatory faucets were practically a luxury/novelty until Delta introduced its ball-and-springs (the round crystal handle everyone is sharing) and Moen introduced its pull cartridge (the OP pic). Everything else that came after basically were knockoffs of those two.

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The_White_Devil_69@reddit

That’s honestly quite interesting! Thanks for sharing

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ST_Lawson@reddit

Probably they were the standard/basic model at the time. Like, the style that home builders and hardware stores could get crates of for really cheap, so they’d just always put them in for new construction or just always have a hundred of them in stock at the store.

Kinda like the “boob lights” that were everywhere for quite a while.

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OneManLost@reddit

I kinda did some googling cause my mind is weird, the plastic faucets came out around 1964 as being popular for showers and tubs. This then included bathroom sinks. There was a housing construction boom in the later 60s early 70s and plastic was a cheaper alternative than making metal faucets. Being as America is known for our cookie cutter houses, makes sense why these faucets became so common in so many homes.

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WickedWenchie@reddit

My house now has boob lights with extra perky nips. It was built early 2000's. Those faucets though wow

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CDRAkiva@reddit

Because they were cheap as hell.

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ineptplumberr@reddit

MOEN. buy it for looks , buy it for life.

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Tedanki@reddit

You got yourself one of these, a huge pickling jar full of potpourri, several rolls of pink, scented toilet paper, a shag carpet bathmat, and and Ann Geddes print on the wall, you got yourself an Aunt/Grandma bathroom.

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Wendy-Windbag@reddit

Don't forget the padded toilet seat that made that hissing deflation noise when you sat down.

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Tedanki@reddit

Ah yes, the stink absorber. Can't forget that old chestnut.

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Trick-Session2388@reddit

Lol that was DEFINITELY in my aunt's bathroom.

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Trick-Session2388@reddit

I haven't thought about Anne Geddes in years!

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Tedanki@reddit

I think her work isn't as popular these days, but it was certainly the rage in the mid-late 90s.

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Trick-Session2388@reddit

I had a calendar!

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duckduckpajamas@reddit

The apartment I moved into two years ago has this one lol

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LordButtworth@reddit

I was gonna say it's a split between Moen and Delta

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Assortedpez@reddit

Hell yeah!

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cranialvoid@reddit

That looks like the Delta faucet I grew up with.

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WileyPap@reddit

Also that thing in the bottom of the sink absolutely eliminated urine splashback if you stood on the toilet and aimed just right.

Always made me wonder why they didn't have those in urinals. Such an obvious solution to a 9 y.o. - surely some adult will notice the magic splash guard and make a mint someday.

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Sdog1981@reddit

The Moen 1225. Was popular into the 2010s. They still had parts at The Home Depot I worked at.

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surSEXECEN@reddit

They sell a $15 cartridge puller at hardware stores that is worth every penny. I had to get one out the other day and it would not budge. I was afraid I’d pull the whole tile wall down with it.

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SwimmingHand4727@reddit

Had both the sink and bathtub faucets at our cottage. Had them forever til we recently remodeled.

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ILikeBumblebees@reddit

For me, it was this one.

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mightbetheproblem@reddit

I both heard and felt the 'pop' when I saw this picture.

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TAAllDayErrDay@reddit

I still have two of those lol

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RushBubbly6955@reddit

Still have it!

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gravityhomer@reddit

The faucet that guaranteed the maximum amount of hand contact. No back of the hand, no elbow if hands were really dirty. Just full gripped thumb and multiple fingers pulling out and then turning.

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MajesticEmergency@reddit

These were definitely everywhere, but we had this kind that was around a lot too to a lesser degree. The diamondhead.

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jonnovich@reddit

Ooooh….fancy!!! (I hear this in my 13 year old brain. Ha ha.)

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drainbamage1011@reddit

Lol, we still have that in our spare bathroom upstairs.

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PrincessBatfang@reddit

This is still the epitome of luxury to me, I don’t care! 😍

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nitrot150@reddit

We have this one in my office right now

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SnickersDickVein@reddit

And sometimes you could pull the knob completely off!

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Blackbird136@reddit

Omg that happened juuuuust before I was to move out of my college rental apartment after graduation. I freaked the fuck out about not getting my deposit back. Like I was in tears.

I don’t guess they ended up noticing lol.

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MisRandomness@reddit

And literally still in every low quality $2500 1br apartment in California.

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xRVAx@reddit

Omg, core memory unlocked

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marcusdj813@reddit

I don't remember the last time I saw one of them.

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Scrapla1@reddit

I swear I only remember those from hotel rooms...

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S1ayer@reddit

Was your grandma's bathroom all pink as well?

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Longster_dude@reddit

Obligatory kitteh upvote!

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Not_a_werecat@reddit

Combination pink and powder blue.

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digging-a-hole@reddit

we bought a house remodeled in the 80's and my bathroom has pink American Standard fixtures (sink, tub, toilet), and teal tiles. When I first saw it I hated it, but it looks pretty good filled with plants.

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