Optimized American Standard M922882-0070A 1.5 GPM PCA Cache Aerator with Key - 18.5X1 Review

The Kohler Worth bathroom faucet I bought brand new from Home Depot squirted water like a 10 year old all lime faucet right out of the box. Even cleaning and blowing out the existing aerator did little to improve this. Two trips to Home Depot; and one to Lowes, who could not find a suitable replacement. Eventually I went to the Kohler website and found the correct part number, K1278467. A search on Revain led to this American standard. It fits perfectly and finally, the all-new Kohler faucet…

In terms of the product, this device works. I needed to replace a cache aerator in a house I recently bought and without sizing standards, I was having a hard time figuring out what would actually fit in my faucet. This product is not sold in local hardware or plumbing stores (big boxes or other stores). If I were to build a new one I would never use the cache aerator design. Between the key and the teeth on the aerator, this thing is a problem waiting to be solved. The plastic teeth in both…

Wow! What an unexpected difference from the 1.2 GPM aerator that came with my new Kohler Rubicon faucet. We loved how our new faucets looked but hated how loud they were. It was like a cheap noise machine or a poorly sampled recording of Niagara Falls. The faucets we replaced were 20 years old and ran whisper-quiet compared to new ones, which I think was due to the now-standard low-flow aerator. Another problem is that our main bathroom is as far from the water heater as our house can get. Even