Customer Reviews for KOHLER Forte Single Hole Single-Handle Low-Arc Water-Saving Bathroom Faucet in Polished Chrome

I have used this faucet for two years now and have enjoyed its ease of operation and its quirky sculptural shape in my bathroom. The only problem I had was when the drain plug loosened and I had to get my super to tighten it so water would stay in my sink. (You can't see it in the photo, but there's a thin lever behind the faucet that you pull up to seal the drain.)

This is a beautiful and solid faucet. Home Depot offered these faucets for $100 less than a local Kohler distributor. They feel like the same quality as the Forte tub and shower trim I bought at the Kohler distributor! Time will tell.

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Beautiful faucet! This is the first single hole single handle bathroom faucet I ever purchased. Really like the shinny look and higher spout.. If I ever need a replacement for another bathroom this is the one I will purchase. !

Love it! Well made faucet! A bit pricey but well worth it.

Love the hard to find brushed chrome finish (brushed nickel is too golden, regular chrome shows the water spots). Only complaint is that we had to order separately the longer rod for stopper pull for center drain sinks.

Good for the price

This faucet looks beautiful in my newly remodeled bathroom. I have the same faucet in Nickle, in my other bathroom. It has held up and worked wonderfully for several years.

I installed the Forte faucet 2 months ago and installation was a breeze. It came with everything needed, including the drain parts. It is stylish and well made and operates easily. The chrome surface is high quality and It cleans easily. It exceeded my expectations!

Excellent product. Buy it. You'll be happy.

Overall, the product is good, except for the Aerator, which is impossible to remove without proper instructions, and Kohler's instruction #8 merely says to "Remove it", with no further explanation. So, I wrote a question to HD about how to remove it, and a Kohler Rep responded that the Aerator was held in place by a compression ring, and that the Aerator is removed by "pulling down on it", with no indication of any tool to use. Well, that couldn't be any further from the truth! I've since found out that the Aerator is screwed into the spigot (very tightly), and requires either a high-quality, adjustable wrench, or some Channel-Lock pliers to unscrew it. My wrench kept slipping off the Aerator, but the Channel-Lock pliers did unscrew it (but, not without scarring the surface). This all could have been avoided if Kohler had furnished a tool and/or written another sentence of instructions. I've given the product the lowest rating, only to draw attention to this problem ..... no other reason. It's a quality product, and it looks great.

Look and working very good.

A pretty functional faucet for my small bathroom. Moen is the best!! (Tried to give it five stars, but function not working for some reason.)

This faucet is heavy duty. I have not had it installed yet, hope to install it sometime this month. The cartridge evevtually wears out. Replacing one just like it, that leaks on top. Had it several years thou (maybe 7 yrs or so) and it matches the other one in same bathroom. Nice single hole / handle faucet.

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Heavy duty, easy to install, works - excellent. The only negative - the brushed nickel finish water spots terribly.

This faucet is as good as it gets. it was very easy to install. The high arc makes it easier on my back and it gives me more room to rinse out my washcloth. It is easy to clean with just a damp cloth. It also keeps my sink cleaner as the water hits the middle of the sink right where everything lands and gets washed down.

Great product, except we could not get one of the drain plugs to seal(so one sink doesn't hold water. Otherwise great

Love the style -- simple, clean lines -- and the height of the faucet. Those with ouchy backs will appreciate the extra height. Have only had it for a week, but am glad I chose this one rather than a lower spout, or more ornate model. Especially easy to keep clean.

Love this faucet. Now have in 3 bathrooms. Works well, adds height, looks great.

This product is tall, which my wife likes because it offers more space for face-washing and creates less splatter. It looks nice and seems like it'll be easy to clean since there are no crevices like the 3-hole (4" centers) faucet it replaced. The supplied base fit over the old holes fine with no gap. The one thing I strongly dislike is the reduced water flow. It is noticeably and significantly worse than the 10-year old faucet we had. I love how they present a downgrade as a feature (WaterSense!), but I'm guessing this "water saver feature" resulted from silly gov't regulations... now we get to leave the faucet on longer.

Working well, sleek design

Stylish and elegant Faucet. It looks really great in my bath. I think this faucet also conserves water but you will not feel like it. I set it up on my own, it was pretty easy to install.

We have bathroom sinks that are quite deep, front to back (though not vessels), and the small faucets installed by the previous owners barely reached into the sink. So, we looked for tall faucets with a long reach (and included popup) -- these have a good name and were on sale. I picked the polished chrome to give the bathroom some bling and because we have a lot of calcium in the water, which stains stainless/brushed nickel badly. The faucets look great -- nicely made and substantial. It didn't take long for our handyman to install and he didn't complain about them being difficult. They were a great choice!

I had to change out previous master bath faucets. Older ones were difficult to clean as were not streamlined as these new models are. I like the simplicity and easy of use of the faucet handle. They are also somewhat higher off the sink and easier to fill larger containers as I sometimes have to. I hired a plumber to install but he did it quickly and all parts he needed were totally included. Sure I got a good price, maybe not the very lowest but, it was the lowest for this model I could find after much research. Very, very happy with the results.

Had three of these faucets installed in our bathrooms. They look very sleek and are easy to keep clean. Love them!

I purchased this facet to replace a leaking Kohler faucet that was over 10 years old. The installation was very straightforward although we did not install the drain part as the one we had was in good shape. No point in fixing it if it's not broke! While we have been using it for only 2 weeks, the flow of water is good and we have no leaks to report. It also looks great.

Good Product !! Low-Arc is pretty high for the bathroom. Very Stylish, Price is a bit too high, even when it's on sale. It's somewhat easy to installed. It's very efficient in saving gallons of water comparing to the old faucet.

Works great. Looks good. The traditional look I was looking for.

Easy install, looks great,very easy on off valve. Wife liked my so had to buy another for her. The price was high but well worth it.