88624000 Pull-out Hose Combo for Hansgrohe Kitchen Faucets, Pull-down Spray Hose Replacement with Brass Connectors, 59-Inch + 10.5-Inch

For a pleasant surprise, this installed quickly and worked fine the first time. The two glitches were not the fault of the hose. First, I had a hard time releasing the original hose from the quick-release clamp. (I reused the short pigtail from the original install, so didn't need or use the one that comes with this hose) Two opposing release tabs needed to be depressed at the same time and the old nipple pulled out. I ended up grinding a pair of pliers to do the pressing while I pulled hard on the fitting to get it out. After 15 years it was a little stuck. Second, the hinge to the plastic-enclosed lead weight broke. Too brittle after 15 years. I ended up sanding the broken bits off and wrapping twine and electricians tape around the weight to re-attach it. Once those two setbacks were accomplished, the retractable faucet works as good as new. No leaks and no difficulty (which I was anticipating) in getting the new hose through the narrow opening in the faucet. I pushed it in, hit a few restrictions, re-positioned it, and pushed again. Third try and it went right through. Start to finish - about 30 minutes. The hardest part was cleaning out all of the junk stored beneath the sink. BTW - no need to turn off the water supplies. The hose is not under pressure when not in use.

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It fit perfect and I have been using for a couple of weeks with no issues and a lot cheaper than my local hardware store.

Overall great hose, and (mostly) fit my Grohe pull-down sink. The hose quality seems good and it no longer leaks in the cabinets beneath my sink! However the male connector that plugs into the hose sprayer was slightly too loose (you can see the slight design difference in the image, left is original Grohe hose, right is this product). This means the water pressure is too great and sprays weakly out of the sprayer head, but leaks slightly at the connection. I fixed this by sliding off the rubber O-ring from the male head, wrapping some length of regular cotton sewing thread around the groove where the O-ring slides into, then sliding the O-ring back on. This made the O-ring sit higher and now the female head connects tightly, and the sprayer does not leak and sprays properly. (You may consider just finding a thicker size d O-rings and trying that instead). And a tip if you're finding it difficult to feed the hose through your sink head - I fed the entire hose through, but it just wouldn't go through the very end. I ended up tying a short piece of yarn around the end of the hose before feeding it in. Then under the sink, I reached and hooked the yarn and pulled it (and the hose) through using a sewing "loop turner" tool - not something most people have lying around, but you could use a pencil or anything else that's long that could grab at the yarn and pull it down. Hope that helps

Solved my leak!