Customer Reviews for KRAUS Stainless Steel Basket Strainer

I installed two Kraus sinks in my new kitchen about two years ago. I love them even though the square corners in their bottoms require frequent cleaning unlike on the sinks that are more rounded in the bottom. On the main sink in my kitchen, the secure gasket on the strainer has worn out and started falling apart. I wanted to replace it, but could not find any rubber gaskets on this website. I feel that it is not right to replace the whole strainer just because of the rubber gasket wears out so quickly.

Only in service for about six months. I used plumbers putty instead of the rubber gasket because I'm old fashioned and I wanted a tight finished look in the sink bottom. However, this is a "shell" design and you technically would not need putty or the gasket. That is because any water that gets under the flange goes right into the shell of the unit, which is sealed to the drain. So instead of the water seal being in the bottom of the sink under the flange, the actual water seal is underneath the sink where the shell of this unit makes contact to the underside of the sink. As far as the design, it's great... this deep basket catches everything very well. As far as the shell, leaks are less likely, but I believe you might get crud or slime buildup inside the shell. The shell is hollow between the inside metal pieces and the outside plastic pieces. Gravity takes water down, but if crud or slime decides to stay inside that shell and grow, nothing would be able to stop it or flush it out. You would have to take it apart and manually clean. As you can see from my photo, the screw-nut inside that holds everything together is starting to get rust pits. This is very disappointing and this part should also be made from stainless steel. I wonder how long before it’s so rusted it either falls apart or cannot be unscrewed.

Excellent item - fit the need exactly

I purchased the Kraus Model# BST-1 from Home Depot on July 14, 2022. The drain plug supplied with the Kraus Model# BST-1does not fit well. It leaks and if you barely bump it it will completely dislodge and allow all of your water to drain out. This is a very pour design. Th warranty information on the Home Depot website shows that this has a lifetime warranty, but the paper insert in the box with the drain assembly stated the the warranty is 1 year. I would not recomend this product to anyone.

Very happy with the strainer I have not had a with a stopper for a long time

easy to install just wished the holes were a bit smaller for rice.

I recently a Kraus sink with square drains installed, and was surprised to discover that sendin food into the garbage disposal had now become a multi-step process, which includes removing the adaptor by inserting your fingers INTO the disposal, which then exposes the entire disposal. Not only is this unsafe and cumbersome, if you do not replace the adaptor prior to running the disposal, food particles splash up through the wide open drain hole, spreading food contaminants around the sink. With any other design, you can safely use a utensil to guide the food into the drain while running the disposal. I do not trust this design with my children. It is unsafe to expose the blades of the disposal, unsafe to require your hand to enter the disposal to use it, unsafe to have to excessively move parts in order to get items with potential bacteria down the drain and then cover it up so the bacteria does not splash throughout the kitchen. I NEVER would have let my contractor install a sink with square drains had I known about this ridiculous design. To top it all off, my brand new scratch-resistant sink has a scratch from my fingernail, and it is impossible to keep clean. Water spots everywhere and it always looks dirty.

Love the sink and the strainer basket, but now the stopper wont go in due to the gasket stretching out from pulling it out. Do you sell a replacement gasket ?

The square drain that came with our new Krause sink is very slow to drain. It’s no match to the round deep basket style kraus drain. And there’s no alternative to change it with as no other square drain can be found

I bought this unit as part of a bunch of Kraus products. This one however is not up to par. Due to the tri arm stopper support, it's near impossible to get the food down into the disposal. Kraus needs to develop a new rubber damper/shield so that food can go down like any other typical round design.

Just installed two weks ago, like it so far.

I really love this drain. I wish it came in Bronze.

Seems to collect lots of water spots, etc. It would be great if they could make this in the Spotfree Stainless Steel finish just like the other accessories like the air gap, soap dispenser, etc.

Not great - it gets rust and discolored which is weird and doesn't seem as solid as original

If you have been just getting by with an old school strainer, install this and it will be a game changer. No need to reach into a disgusting mess of your kids half eaten food.

Great upgrade from a regular drain! Highly recommended.

The perfect addition to the Kraus sink, since there no garbage disposal connected. This is what should be shipped from the factory. So glad we swapped from the shallow drain. Much more useful and allows for much better water drainage overall.

I really like the removal basket.

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Catch lots of food and easy to dispose Easy to clean

Works ok packaging seemed old and worn like it was in someone’s trunk.