Kraus 3.5-in Stainless Steel Rust Resistant Strainer

10 reviews for Kraus 3.5-in Stainless Steel Rust Resistant Strainer

1. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Anonymous – January 4, 2023

   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.

2. 

   Rated 1 out of 5

   Anonymous – February 7, 2023

   The screw that held the basket together rusted and broken in half while I was doing dishes. Needless to say, it was a huge mess…

3. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Anonymous – March 27, 2023

   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.

4. 

   Rated 1 out of 5

   Anonymous – April 12, 2023

   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.

5. 

   Rated 2 out of 5

   Anonymous – May 31, 2023

   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.

6. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Anonymous – August 9, 2023

   Looks great and seems to drain well. Easy to install. Only wish that the tailpiece was longer. Had to get a much longer tailpiece and have no use for the 4inch one. The straining basket also doesn’t catch all food/debris, but that was sort of expected. If you want to filter out all debris from going down the drain, you’ll have to go with a mesh strainer. But I do love the way this adds to my sinks look. Solid construction

7. 

   Rated 1 out of 5

   Anonymous – December 7, 2023

   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

8. 

   Rated 1 out of 5

   Anonymous – January 4, 2024

   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.

9. 

   Rated 3 out of 5

   Anonymous – April 13, 2024

   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 ?

10. 

    Rated 5 out of 5

    Anonymous – August 21, 2024

    This came with a Krause sink and we love it. Because it’s deep with holes going up the sides, it hold a lot of debris and still drains. Other strainers must be emptied frequently. We have a single basin sink and no garbage disposal (by choice) and we don’t miss the disposal at all.

    You can justify this product by price alone $29 vs the price of a disposal…