This is my second Camerist bar faucet. I like the separate handle. I have one on a utility/laundry sink and one on a kitchen sink. The kitchen one has the pull out spout. The spray button on the pull out spout is very clever, that is conveniently placed for easy use. One advantage of the separate handle is less water from wet hands dripping onto the back side of the sink, when operating the handle. When the handle is on top of the spout, as our previous faucet we were constantly having to sponge up the water pooling on the back side of the sink. Of course that problem is much less of an issue if the sink is under mounted or flush mounted.