About a year and a half ago, I posted the LED Faucet Light. At the time, I thought it was a neat and inexpensive way to add a little flair to an existing fixture, but it didn’t really add a whole lot. Just a static blue light whenever the water ran. When I saw that they had added a temperature sensitive version I couldn’t resist any longer. I have only had this installed in my kitchen sink for a few days, but I have been pleased with the addition. Given that hot water has to travel accross the span of the house in/under my cement slab, it takes a while for it to reach the kitchen sink. The Faucet Light gives a nice visual cue that the hot water has arrived. The Temperature Controlled Faucet Light is available from Think Geek for $20 where you can also score the blue only version for $13. Mini-review after the break.

Packaging:Here is the front of the package and here are its contents. The faucet light comes already loaded with the three AG13 batteries necessary for operation and three spare batteries in addition to the unit itself and two universal adapters. Here is the Care and Instructions Manual that came with the Faucet Light: cover, back, page 1, page 2, page 3, and page 4.

Installation: Installation was very simple. I used a pair of channel locks to remove the old aerator from the faucet since I suspect its been there since the sink was installed. Then by hand tightening I attached one of the universal adapters to the faucet and screwed on the sink light. It worked fine, but thats when I noticed the wire screen left in the packaging. So I had to remove the Faucet Light and re-attach it. Good thing I didn’t over tighten.

Conclusions: I snapped a few shots of my Faucet Light in action. First we have the Faucet Light with cold water running and then we have the Faucet Light with hot water running. I also took some shots with the lights off: cold water running - top view, cold water running - side view, hot water running - top view, and hot water running - side view. Besides being somewhat started the morning after I installed the Faucet Light the first time I used the kitchen sink, I have enjoyed having it there. The water doesn’t come out as straight as it did before and measuring at 2.5″ tall, the Faucet Light doesn’t allow for as much clearance under the faucet as the 1/2″ aerator did, but neither of these have presented much of an issue to me. The Faucet Light is pretty sensitive. Even the occasional drip sometimes triggers the LED. It will be interesting to see how long three batteries last.

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