Pot fillers over the range?

In the continuing kitchen design question series, do folks have pot fillers over the cooktops? Do you like them?

What's a pot filler?

A water faucet over the cooking surface so you can fill pots with water without having to carry the pots from the sink. They fold back against the wall and are out of the way when not being used, and swing out to dispense water. More common used in commercial settings.

I see those as one the kind of thing I can definitely do without. It wouldn't hurt, mind you, but it wouldn't be a priority in my kitchen. After all, you still need to lug the full pot to a drain at some point.

For me it was a necessity as this is the only source of cold, filtered water in my kitchen [ the line to the freezer is also filtered ]. I use filtered water exclusively for cooking/drinking. In the old house I installed a filtered water faucet at the main kitchen sink. I hated to wipe around all the posts coming out of the counter [ anyone on to my phobias yet ? ]. So for me it was a matter of simplifying the sink area for cleaning and maintaining a source of filtered cooking water.
The filter is in the basement with lines to the pot filler, freezer and one of the cold water faucets in the master bath.

[Jenise]

Greg, I'm like Mike. My husband (who did not 'get' the usefulness of the big sink) was strangely all over having a pot filler (I suppose, because he's a guy and likes gadgets). To him or anyone else who suggested it, and I heard about it a lot ("in a kitchen as big as yours, Jenise!), my answer was always "if it would take the same water back after I'm done, I'd do it, but as it is...." More important to me was to have a second sink so I have more than one option for disposal of the used water and dirty pan--the much messier end of the same task. I didn't have Christina's water problem, however; we're on muni water and it's cleaner than most bottled water.

All our water is filtered, so we just use the sink next to the range.

I have one and don't really see the point to it since, as Jenise says, you still have to carry the heavy pot of water back to the sink to dump it.

One benefit that I hear people extolling is that you can add water to stocks and soups, etc. right there at the stove, but unlike Christina, ours is not filtered and because it is used so infrequently, I would want to run the water for a minute or so before using anyway, so that defeats the purpose. (How was that for a run-on sentence? )

The only thing I would consider is re-sale. If you are going to try to sell your house in the next few years, you may want to do it if only for the "Wow" factor. People seem to be impressed by this feature.

[Jenise]

One benefit that I hear people extolling is that you can add water to stocks and soups, etc. right there at the stove, but unlike Christina, ours is not filtered and because it is used so infrequently, I would want to run the water for a minute or so before using anyway, so that defeats the purpose. (How was that for a run-on sentence? )

We have a friend, I should admit, who has one and loves it. And his sink is only about two and a half steps from his cooktop--so it's really not about distance. It's about having the water RIGHT THERE for someone who cooks pasta several nights a week.

I've never seen one, in any house I've ever been in.

Thanks all!

I love my pot filler, and if it saves my elderly hands of having to haul the pot one way, so be it. I use it it add water to stock pots and soup pots, as well. Plus, I love the WOW factor. It was not that expensive as they just brought the water over from the refrigerator area. They look great.