hansgrohe Focus kitchen tap 280 with selectable swivel range and L-spout, stainless steel optic 318178
hansgrohe in the kitchen
The kitchen is a place where family and friends meet up, for cooking, eating, relaxing and celebrating. Taps and sinks from hansgrohe are the perfect ingredients for creating a timeless, stylish and functional design.
hansgrohe Focus 280 Kitchen Tap, stainless steel optic
Art. no. 31817800
Product features
- space between basin and spout 26 cm
- swivel spout can be adjusted in 3 steps: 110°, 150° or 360°
- handle can be positioned on the right or left
- ceramic cartridge
- flow rate 12 l/min at 3 bar
- high pressure required: min. 1 bar/max. 10 bar
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| Swivel zone | 110°, 150° or 360° | 150° | 150° | 110° / 150° | 110°, 150° or 360° |
| Pull-out spout | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| Spout height | 280 mm | 240 mm | 220 mm | 200 mm | 260 mm |
| Number of sprays | 1 spray | 2 sprays | 2 sprays | 1 spray | 1 spray |
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hansgrohe InnovationsWe have helped reshape the modern bathroom since pioneering the hand shower in 1928. Our visionary concepts have not only changed the look but also the whole culture of the bathroom. Our innovative technologies are all about performance. To enhance the beauty of water and every aspect of your enjoyment. | About the hansgrohe GroupSince 1901, ‘Engineered in Germany’ has been a recipe for success for hansgrohe as a tap and shower manufacturer and made us to one of the leader in innovation, quality and design within the bathroom and kitchen industry. With constant emphasis on higher standards, our visionary concepts help make life in the bathroom easier, better and more beautiful. | Designed for LifeWorking closely with a number of the world’s most influential designers, hansgrohe leads the bathroom industry in both aesthetics and performance. Our taps, showers and shower systems have won more than 500 internationally renowned awards and set multiple new trends. |
| Weight: | 2.52 kg |
| Size: | spout height 280 mm |
| Dimensions: | 26 x 10.4 x 30.5 cm; 2.52 Kilograms |
| Model: | 31817800 |
| Part: | 31817800 |
| Colour: | Stainless Steel |
| Pack Quantity: | 10 |
| Batteries Required: | No |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | Hansgrohe |
| Colour: | Stainless Steel |
| Quantity: | 10 |
| Size: | spout height 280 mm |
Got the tap today, haven’t installed yet as the description of the product is not accurate. It’s polished, rather than brushed as described. Interestingly, some other hansgrohe kitchen taps are noted as “shiny” on Amazon. To me this is “shiny”, and brushed is equivalent to matt. Haven’t decided yet whether to return it or not, but the product didn’t meet expectations upon unboxing.
Update. I changed the rating from 2 to 4 stars assuming it’s still a good quality product and the discount off MSRP is good, but the product itself is en route back to Amazon. I ordered a different model from stainless steel (Talis M54) hoping it won’t be “shiny” as described but proper brushed steel.
I’m sick to death of buying rubbish taps from B&Q, they all end up dripping and are an absolute nightmare to change the cartridge.
So THIS TIME I spent a bit more on a quality German tap, and so glad I did. VERY easy to fit, functions perfectly. You WILL need to buy a pair of compression thread adapters. Zero fuss, straightforward job for a non-plumber.
Looks luxurious and feels very sturdy and durable. Very happy with the product. Helps save water too
By far the best tap I have owned, a bit pricey but that’s fine if the quality is there. solid, functional, not just pretty, easy to clean. Water does not splash all over the place on landing in the sink.
Considering how often the tap is used daily, well worth it.
We used one for these for 10 years before replacing it with another identical unit. It is very well made and is good value for money. Recommended.
The water splashing everywhere. You have to be careful how you wash your dishes.
This tap was a direct replacement for a similar Grohe tap so it fitted perfectly. The new style of fitting under the sink with a screwed flange and nipping screw was much easie
Lovely looking tap but according to the kitchen fitter, it turned out to be too sophisticated for my pretty ordinary kitchen sink so had to be returned and something simpler bought in its place.
Lieferung top. Montage gut erklrt und einfach zu montieren. Design und Material klasse. Zum Thema Langlebigkeit kann ich nach 4 Wochen keine Wertung abgeben, aber von der Verarbeitung und Material erwarte ich da keinerlei Probleme.
Great kitchen tap tall enough to put a bucket underneath it. Don’t forget to buy reducers 2 of Pipe Connection Reduction Fittings Chrome Female x Male 1/2″ x 3/8″ and Flat Washers for the reducers to connect to ball valves.
Oh my God we just love this tap. It arrived promptly. Our kitchen tap cracked during lockdown. I saw this tap and ordered it. We fitted it without a plumber, it was straightforward. Thank you
Its one of the few ones I’ve found that has a pull out sprayer that don’t look like a garden hose on a spring. Who likes that? At least in the UK there seems to be few of this style. You can find them everywhere in the US and other locations.
COMPRESSION ADAPTER MAY BE REQUIRED. The tap fixing can go into a deep work top however making the hole will require a special hole saw. Fits to my sink easily but had to make the main hole bigger. The flexie feed pipes do not unscrew and perhaps held in by means of a clip release. So you can’t change them. All is well made and the valve is made in Germany. To any diy person make sure your stop check valves work and be aware they can leek after being used. Did happen once. You need the stopcock access then. Check these before starting any work.
The design is for ease of use and a sensible one. Therefore I like it.
This is where this tap comes with the advantage that the lever only moves forward. Starts and cold and gets hot the more it it’s pulled towards you. Makes all the difference.
Beyond that, the tap is beautifully designed and the pull out spout is beneficial in many ways. Price wise, you are paying for the brand and not the product!!!!
The top looks as if it’s beautifully made, I like the styling except the way that the upright tap arch fits inside the main mechanism. I could see it being a dirttrap and it’s also slightly unattractive.
On reflection I thought it wasn’t worth the cost.
It is elegant, really easy to fill under the spout. The smaller kids especially find it easy to get drinks under it.
As with all HansGrohe taps (we have two in the kitchen and one in a bathroom), it’s a quality product with great attention to detail in manufacture. You’re probably paying a little bit extra for the quality of the fittings under the sink…which make it a dream to fit.
I am not an expert plumber but I’ve fitted each HansGrohe tap in less than 30 minutes including tidying up after myself..the fittings make it so easy.
If you like the look of it, buy it, you won’t be disappointed.
We are so very pleased with this purchase. We were dubious about spending so much and not seeing/feeling the quality but now our kitchen is completed and the tap is in, it compliments our kitchen. Everything about this tap feels quality, we are very, very impressed.
Not too bad to install but to a novice like me it took me longer than I thought about an hour or so.
But you do need the adaptors valves which adapts them from the German12mm to the UK 15mm pipes, so make sure you buy them before hand, I used the Handsgrohe 8 ones but I’m sure that the cheaper ones for half the price will do.
Very happy with the quality and looks.
Did some research. Opted for this to go with a Bianco sink. I couldn’t be more pleased and the family love it. We had to mount it with the handle to the front due to space issues but I actually prefer it that way and suits right and left handers equally. So bonus..!
En remplacement d’un mitigeur cuisine Grohe de 2001 fuyant base et poigne, mitigeur Focus conforme son utilisation. Remplacement facile avec raccordement par flexibles inox et fixation sur l’vier par systme serrage crou trs pratique.
Bec amovible avec plusieurs possibilits de rotation grce une pice de blocage optionnelle insrer lors du montage. Bec en L pour une ergonomie plus pratique lors du remplissage de grande casserole ou bassine.
Trs bon produit au design moderne et finition inox qui j’espre tiendra dans le temps
I tried Screwfix first, but they didn’t have this type of connector. I was surprised how difficult it was to find this connector so decided to share, hope it helps other buyers.
Having lived with this tap for a month, I can’t speak highly enough of it. I guess the fact my sister bought one identical too tells its own story. It gets water stained easily, though that’s wiped off. That’s the only fault. The multi-stream feature, and the pull-out-and-wangle-it-around feature, utterly brilliant.
Wir haben uns fr diese recht teure Armatur von Hansgrohe wegen ihrer edlen Optik und der erwartet perfekten Funktion entschieden. Wir haben die Armatur seit 2 Monaten tglich in intensivem Gebrauch. Der Mischhebel lsst sich sehr leicht und feinfhlig bedienen. Wir sind insgesamt sehr zufrieden und wrden die Armatur wieder kaufen.
It’s easy to clean things without making a mess since it is possible to use the pull out function to go lower into the sink Highly recommend this product!!
I did have to buy 2x 15mm to 3/8 coupler ( about 2,50 for the 2) from my local plumbers as none of the other big diy companies sold them. But still a doddle to fit. Looks gorgeous and gives my kitchen a bit of extra “wow” factor.
I searched for long enough to try and find a tap that has a tall swivel column, thereby reducing the forces applied to the internal sealing rings that the short column versions experience. These forces result in the failure of the sealing rings and the tap leaks around the swivel, which is unattractive and undesirable. This tap appears to fit the bill, but only time will tell if my theory is to be proven; it has a smooth lever operation (both for water flow and hot/cold mixing) and smooth swivel. The problem that I faced was that the tap is fitted with small bore hoses (and presumably small bore internals), which loses pressure and therefore on a hot supply with gravity feed head tank in the loft of a bungalow the flow of water was a trickle. I overcame this problem by installing a pump on the hot water supply, but this more than doubled the cost of replacing the old leaking Franke tap. One other problem was adapting the G3/8 female hose fittings to my 15mm copper supplies, which was achieved by using 15×10 compression straight couplings (the thread of the male part of the 10mm end matches the G3/8 female hose connection perfectly (parallel thread and face to face seals)). The price of the tap was great, especially when you consider that it came direct from Germany (Post paid!), and cheaper than the same item from any UK supplier that I tried. Delivery time was quite acceptable, perhaps slightly longer than some UK suppliers, but then for the additional price I would have expected next day before noon! So, in summary, for those with at least 1 bar water pressure this tap is recommended and for those with less than 1 bar, I would still recommend the tap and recommend that you install a pump (described as a Shower Pump).