Moen 1200 One-Handle Kitchen and Bathroom Faucet Cartridge Replacement, Brass

Installed and leak is gone! The older ones have more plastic parts and this onr more metal. Should last longer and was easyto install

Easy to install and works very smooth.

Fit perfect and was very easy to install

Had a hard time removing the 20 year old cartridges. Hunks of rubber remained in the neck even after flushing it out. Had a hard time until I took it back apart and looked down the neck with a flashlight and found more chunks of rubber. Fished them out and it work as intended. Whatever you do make sure the neck is spotless.

Works well once you get the old one out!

Update: A few days later...After using the 1200 caetrage, o have noticed that if you want to reduce the water pressure by pushing it in some (with it connected to the Moen shower knob) it starts to make a very loud sound that radiates through the metal pipes. The original caetrage did not do this, as id often use about half the water pressure while washing and then would increase it when rinsing, and the original caetrage was quite regardless of how much water you adjusted it to by pulling or pushing it in. But this all brass 1200 makes a lot of noise unless you have it pulled all the way out with no water being restricted. Once you start to push it in some to reduce the water pressure, the sound gets louder and louder. I was thinking that its because the brass of the cartridge is vibrating against the metal valve assembly. So I decided to try the 1225 model cartridge since the outside is plastic. Today I took out the brass 1200 and put in the plastic 1225. That right there solved the problem. Now I can use it and like before and push it in to reduce the water pressure without any resistance noise coming from it or the pipes. So Ill be using the 1225 instead. Just have to see how long it will last. Originally review: The main headache is having to use a cartridge remover to remove the old one. Mine was Ori from when this house was built in 1986, and over the past year its been harder to turn the shower water knob and now it wont entire turn off (water still comes out some). So I had to replace the cartridge. I went with the 1200 model since it was all brass and not any plastic like the 1225. After I got the original one out, it actually had some plastic on it, though it was never replaced. The new 1200 all brass one looked much better quality. Got it installed and tested it out. Now you can adjust the temp knob with one finger it moves so easily. I just hope it last almost 37 years like the original.

The name brand replacement cartridges are the only way to go for quality. This was exactly what I ordered, but my old cartridge was frozen in the valve, so I ended up putting in an entire new valve assembly. Had the old valve come out, this would have been an inexpensive and easy repair.

installed in bathtub by a 77 year old plumber. always liked the moen products

Saved us buying a new faucet for a lot more money!!

I wasted more than money buying the generic first. Now Im reordering Moen brand