1. Electroplating should be clear, and ordinary consumers can't tell, good brands need to pass the smoke test, that is, how long it can resist corrosion in the humid environment of the bathroom. At present, the highest standard in the EU is EN248, which is 200 by salt spray test. Hours, such as Hansgrohe, Lejia, Kohler and other first-line brands are also this level. Also useful for plating thickness, but currently said that the 8th level, 10 level purely swearing, there is no such standard.
2. Look at the brand of the spool, the current export is more than the track SEDAL, Hunter, real name, etc., international big brands also have Kailuo, Prussian, Kangqin, Hanyou these two Taiwan brands are also good, Many other pretending to be international, Taiwan's brand is also a flicker consumer.
3. Look at the weight, the weight represents the wall thickness, and the wall thickness can be firm and firm.
4. Look at the material, a tap is 57,58,59 copper, what instrument level, what level of copper is not called.
5. Regarding stainless steel, the current true 304 stainless steel is scarce. Many of them are called 304. Actually it is 201, or it is directly made of stainless steel. It is not "rust" at all. Foreign experience proves that copper must be better than these messy ones. Material, pipe, seamless steel pipe is rarely used in the bathroom. Basically rolled up, there will be gaps!
6. In fact, all 100% of the faucets are now “ceramic valve cores”. There is no ceramic valve core. I also see some propaganda manufacturers use the old-fashioned knowledge to say: The ceramic valve core is like clothes. It is cloth made!
However, the so-called ceramic valve core refers to the inner surface of the friction surface is a special ceramic, rather than the outer shell, there are two kinds of outer shell, one is ABS plastic, the other is copper, because of the different structure However, there is no difference between good and bad.
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