In August of 2004 we purchased a "Fontaine" kitchen faucet from planetfaucet.com with a ten year warranty. During the short time we had it, we had to change one of the cartridges twice due to leaks. After only six years, the spout was pitted very badly. The spout then broke where the pitting had occurred. I decided to use the "Ten Year Warranty". After a month of back and forth emails, the president of the company said he would not warranty the faucet because the manufacturer in China said it should not be pitting. BEWARE of Fontaine Faucets , their warranty is just for looks.