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

Works well once you get the old one out!

Replaced a Moen plastic 1225 plastic cartridge that only lasted 6 months before it began leaking with this brass cartridge of obvious higher quality for only a few dollars more. To early to tell if it will last as expected. If there is still no leak in 10 years Ill come back and revise my rating to five stars.

The packaging should be easier to open. Reduce the amount of points melted and make the back side longer by 1/8 inch that way a man with gloves on can run their thumb over the top to separate the back from the top packaging and they can then grip the back and open the package without spilling the contents out. Small thing to make an excellent product even better.

So far so good, smooth as butter

Made my old faucet like new again. Great replacement part.

Fit into my moen bathtub valve and replaced the old cartridge nicely. It is amazing being able to turn off the water without an array of hand tools!

fit perfect, saved hundreds on cost by NOT calling a plummer. turned off water, removed face plates, old circlip, then used vise grip to pull and slightly turn the old valve. and after 2 or 3 minutes of working it, it came out, then used some extra fine steel wool to rub out the inside of the brass housing, greased the new fitting and slid it in, put back the old circlip, [they dont provide a new circlip] tested the valve for leaks [was none] and reinstalled all the face plates and fitting and handle.. works super smoothly... less than a third of what lowes and home depot want for the same 1200 moen valve.. and a VERY SMALL fraction of what a plummer would gouge you for.. just wow

This item I bought is listed on Amazon as Moen 1200 One-Handle Kitchen and Bathroom Faucet Cartridge Replacement, Brass. The part is indeed brass, is properly stamped MOEN, and came in original, sealed Moen packaging.

The package containing cartridge had been opened. The plastic cap to ease installation as shown on the directions was missing. Also the retaining clip was missing. Contacted Moen and the only response I received was a call back for next week. Will upgrade rating after installing cartridge. UPDATE. Contacted Moen and they sent out the missing part. Would recommend they add to the product description that the retaining clip is not included. Had to purchase locally. Cartridge installed just fine and is working great.

I bought this part in 2011 and had it sitting around for quite a while before changing the cartridge in a shower yesterday. I didnt notice that is replacement for the Moen part. The O-rings on the outside of the part looked loose, but what do I know. I installed the new part and the shower leaked. When I tried to pull the cartridge to look it over, the stem pulled out of the body. I got the body out and saw that one of the O-rings had split in half. So I had a part that didnt work and came apart. The genuine part I bought from the store for a couple of bucks more worked perfectly. Not a well made part.