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GROHE StartEdge tall basin mixer, 30 cm, with pop-up waste review

A tall mixer with a metal lever, a hardened chrome finish and a complete box — a pop-up waste, the fixing material and the installation tool.

The bottom line The most complete parcel in the hub: a height, a waste, the fixings and the tool. Read the 30 cm as an overall figure, because a bowl is cleared by the spout.

What you are getting

A tall chrome single-lever mixer stated at 30 cm overall, with a metal lever, a StarLight chrome finish, a pop-up waste, fixing material and a 3-in-1 installation tool.

Read the height carefully

30 cm is an overall height. It includes the shank below the tap hole. What clears a bowl rim is the clearance above the tap hole, and that is a smaller number the maker does not publish separately here.

What else is in the box

The waste — the slotted version, which suits a basin with an overflow — the fixing material, and a tool shaped for the back nut. Between them they remove the two things that most often turn a tap change into an evening.

The two small claims worth reading

A metal lever, which is where plastic eventually fails, and a chrome finish the maker states is more resistant to dirt and scratching. Neither is a measurement; both are statements about where the cost went.

Availability

On sale from 83 € to 110 € on the French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores at the time of checking.

Also on sale on the American and British Amazon stores, in the local currency: the range above is measured on the euro stores only.

The German Amazon listing is priced above 1.6× the cheapest store, which is normally a reshipping offer rather than a local price; it is left out of the range above.

Prices and availability are what Keepa reported on the date this page was updated; both move.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 5 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

What we like, and what we don't

Strengths

  • A metal operating lever rather than a plastic one, stated — a real difference in a part handled daily
  • Pop-up waste, fixing material and a 3-in-1 tool supplied, so the box is complete
  • Single-hole mounting stated, and a chrome finish the maker describes as harder-wearing

Compromises

  • The 30 cm is an overall height, not the clearance above the tap hole — the two are different numbers
  • "Water-saving" is stated without litres per minute or a reference pressure
  • The dearest tap in this hub, and the pop-up waste it includes is the slotted version

Specifications

Overall height30 cm — stated
Spout height above the tap holeNot stated separately from the overall height
Spout reachNot stated by the maker
Flow rateWater-saving stated by the maker; no litres-per-minute figure and no reference pressure
CartridgeSingle-lever cartridge — stated; diameter not given
FinishStarLight chrome, stated as more resistant to dirt and scratches
Amazon referenceB08WWJRGL1 (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN4005176556456

Questions people actually ask

Is 30 cm the height above my worktop?

It is an overall height and includes the shank below the tap hole, so the clearance above the worktop is less. The maker does not publish the two figures separately, which is worth allowing for when comparing against a bowl rim.

Does a metal lever matter?

It is the part your hand touches several times a day, and it is where a plastic lever eventually cracks at its pivot. Stating it is a small honesty about where the money went.