Lulani Faucets Review & Rating Updated: July 7, 2025
Law Requirements
Warranty Footnotes:
1. "as long as the original consumer purchaser owns the product and lives in the residence in which the product is first installed"
Read the Lulani faucet warranty.
Learn more about faucet warranties.
This Company In Brief
Lulani LLC is an importer and distributor of faucets made in China and Vietnam.
They are sold on the Lulani website, through a kitchen design company, on internet venues that host third-party sellers, and on the company website.
We judge the faucets to be a fair to good value considering their quality and price range.
The Company
Tanfel, Inc. is an manufacturer organized in 2008 by Gregory Michael Lange and Chandra Lou Lange that makes custom metal components for other companies.
It advertises that it provides
"… a combination of world-class manufacturing, quality control, engineering support, warehouse, and logistics services."
Lulani was originally established in 2018 as a business unit of Tanfel, Inc., which registered Lulani as a trademark in 2019. It was reorganized in 2020 as Lulani LLC, a separate limited liability company.
Although the two companies are separate legal entities, they are under common ownership and management.
Tanfel is the actual importer of many, if not most, of the products sold by Lulani.
The Manufacturers
Lulani's known faucet manufacturers over our 60-month lookback period are and include:
- Italisa Vietnam Co, Ltd. is a manufacturer located near Hanoi that specializes in faucets and other sanitary wares for the export market.
- Its products have only recently appeared in the U.S. and Canada, but it appears to have captured the attention of Ferguson Enterprises.
- A number of faucets distributed by RGM Enterprises.
A Short Note on Chinese Faucet Manufacturing
Because so many junk faucets originate in China, Chinese faucet manufacturing has gotten a reputation for making cheap, unreliable faucets — in far too many cases, a well-earned reputation.
But, Chinese manufacturers also produce some of the finest faucets made anywhere.
The very upscale, English-designed brands of mid-priced faucets.
Other upscale faucets manufactured in China include those made for
The fact that a faucet is made in China is not dispositive of its quality.
Other factors need to be examined. Among these are:
- Certifications: Uncertified faucets tend to be very cheaply made using lower-grade materials and poor construction technology. The primary reason that most are uncertified is that the seller believes they would not pass the extensive testing required by North American standards. (Learn more about uncertified contraband Chinese faucets at Amazon's Contraband Faucets .)
- Reputation: As is true of any business, Chinese manufacturers that make good quality faucets earn, over time, a reputation in the industry for high-quality manufacturing. This reputation is generally a reliable guide to quality.
- Nokite EcoSmart Water Heating Systems (Guangdong) Co., Ltd. supplies the stainless steel faucets sold by Lulani. Until recently, it manufactured stainless steel faucets as a part of Water Systems. Franke, however, recently divested itself of all of its Water Systems subsidiaries, selling its well-known faucet lines to Equistone Partners Europe. The new owner has not yet disclosed what the future holds for Nokite.
- Nokite supplies the stainless steel faucets sold by Franke in North America and also manufactures faucets for Kubebath LLC, which sells under its
- Huayi Plumbing Fittings Industry (Guangdong) Co., Ltd. is a member of the giant Huayi International Industrial Group, a collection of companies involved in some manner in metal fabrication. Huayi sells faucets throughout Asia under the Freendo brand.
- In the U.S., Huayi supplies
These companies may not be Lulani's only faucet suppliers, and some may not be currently active.
The Collections
Lulani products are organized in twenty collections that may include several faucets along with accessories such as towel bars and robe hooks. The collections do not include shower components or tub fillers, neither of which are sold at present by Lulani.
Some collections are extensive. The St. Lucia collection, for example, contains eight different lavatory faucets, towel bars and rings, a toilet paper holder, a robe hook, and a lotion dispenser.
Other collections are sparse. The Aruba collection, for instance, includes just one lavatory faucet and a soap dispenser. Others, such as the Nassau and Ibiza collections, include nothing more than a single faucet.
A couple of the collections seemed forced. The Bora Bora collection, for example, includes bathroom faucets with gentle curves and flowing lines paired with a spring-style pre-rinse kitchen faucet with no design similarity and supplied by a different manufacturer.
Faucet Construction
Lulani faucets are made using conventional construction in which the body and spout channel water, as well as giving the faucet its appearance.
Buying Rule for
Smart Faucet Buyers
Valve Cartridge
Never buy a faucet until you know the type of cartridge used in the faucet and who made it.
Its cartridge is the heart of a modern faucet and should be your very first consideration when making a buying decision.
It is the component that controls water flow and temperature. Its finish may fail, and the faucet will still work. It may be discolored, corroded, and ugly, but water still flows.
If the valve cartridge fails, however, the faucet is no longer a faucet. It is out of business until the cartridge is replaced. It's important, therefore, that the cartridge be robust and durable, lasting for many years.
For more information on faucet valves and cartridges, see Faucet Basics, Part 2: Faucet Valves & Cartridges.
None of its manufacturers have adopted the newer core and shell construction[1] in which the waterway and decorative shell are divorced. The waterway is constructed of tubes inside a decorative shell that gives the faucet its appearance.
The advantage of core and shell is that much less expensive leaded brass can be used to make the shell with no risk of lead contamination since the water never touches the shell.
For more information on core and shell construction, go to Faucet Basics, Part 1: How Are Faucets Made.
The primary material in LuLani faucets is either lead-free brass or stainless steel. Kitchen faucets are mostly stainless, while lavatory faucets are uniformly brass.
Each material has its advantages and drawbacks.
Stainless Steel
Most Lulani kitchen faucets are made from stainless steel, but the company does not identify the type of steel used.
According to the manufacturer, however, the faucets are made from 304 stainless, an alloy that includes chromium and nickel. The nickel gives the steel a crystalline structure, which increases its strength. The chromium helps the steel resist rusting.
Stainless 304, also known as "food-grade" stainless, is by far the most common alloy used to make cookware, kitchen utensils, silverware, sinks, and faucets.
Why Stainless Steel Does Not Rust
Properly alloyed stainless steel contains at least 10% chromium and a dollop of nickel. These form a coating of oxides and hydroxides on the outer surface of the steel that blocks oxygen and water from reaching the underlying metal, preventing rust from forming.
The coating is very thin, only a few atoms thick, so thin that it is invisible to the eye under ordinary light but thick enough to protect the faucet.
Steel is much harder than brass. It can be made in thinner profiles that use less material and still have sufficient strength.
But, steel is not in the least anti-microbial and, unlike brass, which kills microbes on contact, does nothing to help keep harmful organisms from setting up housekeeping inside the faucets.
Flush Before Use To be safe, get in the habit of always running faucets for at least three seconds before using to flush out any harmful matter inside the faucet.)
Brass
Brass is the traditional primary faucet material for two reasons:
• Brass is naturally antimicrobial. The copper in brass kills bacteria, retarding the build-up of potentially hazardous microbes inside a faucet.
How Does Brass Kill Germs?
Prior to the development of advanced electron microscopy, some very fanciful theories were advanced to explain the antimicrobial properties of brass.
The answer turned out to be very simple. The copper in brass is composed of an atom that blasts the pathogen with ions like an onslaught of missiles, punching holes in the cell membrane. In some instances, the ionic assault is so overwhelming that the organisms seem to explode. Even heavily tarnished brass retains its antimicrobial properties.
Traditional brass has one serious health concern, however. TIt usually contains metallic lead.
Ordinary (Alpha) brass is a blend of copper and zinc with a small amount of lead (1.5% - 3.5%) added to make the material more malleable, less brittle, and easier to fabricate.
Lead, however, is now all but banned in North America in any drinking water component due to its extreme toxicity to humans, particularly children.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), lead, even in small amounts, causes slowed growth, learning disorders, hearing loss, anemia, hyperactivity, and behavior issues.
Before 2014, a faucet sold in the U.S. or Canada could contain as much as 8% lead and still call itself lead-free.
Now the maximum lead content of those parts of a faucet that touch water is 0.25% (1/4 of 1%), basically just a bare trace. In fact, there may be more lead in the air you breathe than there is in a faucet that has been certified lead-free.
To comply with the restrictions on lead, today's faucet brass replaces lead with other additives to reduce brittleness without adding toxicity. The most common is bismuth.
Bismuth is similar to lead – right next to lead on the periodic table of elements – but it is not harmful to humans.
It is, however, very expensive. It is 300 times rarer than lead, even rarer than silver, which is why bismuth-brass alloys are considerably more expensive than leaded brass.
Even leaded brass is rapidly getting more expensive.
Brass is typically about 66% copper, and the price of copper is rising exponentially as the number of electric vehicles increases.
Copper is an important material in electric vehicles. The typical EV uses up to four times more copper than regular gasoline or diesel vehicles. By some estimates, as many as 50% of the vehicles sold in the U.S. by 2030 will be electric.
Just as the need for copper increases dramatically to combat global warming, the world's supply is decreasing.
The expected surplus of copper through 2024 has all but disappeared. In consequence, the price of copper has skyrocketed with no expectation of increased supplies in the near future.
This additional cost of brass in general and lead-free brass, in particular, has encouraged many faucet manufacturers, including those that produce LuLani faucets, to use substitute materials where possible.
Zinc & Zinc/Aluminum Alloys
The most common substitute metal is zinc or a zinc-aluminum (ZA) alloy. One of the most common is called ZAMAK, a composition containing 4% aluminum.
Zinc is not as strong as brass and does not resist water pressure as well as brass. However, its use in non-pressurized parts of a brass faucet, such as handles, base and wall plates, and , is common.
It does no harm when used in these unpressurized components and may save buyers a few dollars.
At the moment, LuLani bathroom faucets are still primarily of brass construction. But expect LuLani, along with most other faucet companies, to increase the use of zinc alloys to contain the rising cost of faucets.
Faucet Components
Lulani faucets include some of the best components available. Its faucets are equipped with ceramic cartridges that have been certified lead-free and drinking water safe to North American standards, and with aerators from the Swiss company, Neoperl. Both of these components are crucial to long-term faucet performance.
How to Clean a Ceramic Valve Cartridge
If your faucet starts to drip after several years, the problem is most likely in the valve cartridge.
The cartridge is probably not defective. It is just clogged up with mineral deposits accumulated over the years from hard water.
To return it to full functionality, removing the deposits is all that is required.
Here is how that can be done:
- Remove the cartridge following the instructions in your faucet manual.
- Soak the cartridge for up to 30 minutes in a solution of 50% household vinegar and 40% water.
- While you are waiting, take a toothbrush soaked in the vinegar/water mixture and clean the cavity in the faucet that holds the cartridge. Wipe it dry with a clean cloth.
- Rinse the cartridge thoroughly in clean, cold water.
- Lubricate the O-ring(s) and rubber washers with plumber's grease.
- Reinstall the cartridge.
If the mineral build-up is substantial, you may have to do this more than once.
Lulani's ceramic cartridge suppliers include:
- Kerox Kft, a Hungarian technical ceramics company
- Kerox is recognized for its high-quality mixing cartridges used in single-handle faucets. All of Lulani's single-handle stainless steel faucets made by Nokite are equipped with Kerox cartridges.
- Kaiping Yizhan Valve Core Co., Ltd. supplies the stem cartridges used in Lulani's two-handle stainless steel faucets. Yizhan has a good reputation for quality and is used in several upscale faucet brands, including However, it is not yet recognized for having the robustness of better-known brands such as Kerox.
- Sedal S.L.U. is a technical ceramics company chartered in Spain but manufacturing in China at two facilities: Sedal Technical Ceramics in Jiangmen and Sedal Kaiping. Its cartridges are considered solid, reliable performers that should give leak-free service for many years.
- Citec Group, an industrial ceramics company that is also headquartered in Spain, but manufactures in China through a subsidiary, Kaiping Citec Sanitary Components Co., Ltd.
- Guangdong Hent Technology Co., Ltd., established in 1991, is one of the oldest of the Chinese technical ceramics companies. The company is an innovator in the ceramics industry and has been awarded numerous patents for improvements to ceramic technologies. Its state-of-the-art facility in Heshan City produces high-quality cartridges used primarily in faucets made for domestic use in China.
All of these cartridges are popular with Chinese manufacturers selling in North America in no small part because they have already been tested and certified to all applicable North American standards, meaning that the faucet companies can use them without the expense of testing and certification, a not inconsiderable expense.
The mixing cartridges for single-handle faucets are not proprietary designs. They are based on the standard cartridge configurations developed in the 1980s by Galatron Plast S.p.a., an Italian technical ceramics company.
Standardization means that a cartridge is easy to replace in the unlikely event it ever fails.
Most plumbing supply houses keep standard cartridges in stock. So, a quick trip to the local Ferguson (Wolseley in Canada) or Grainger store, cartridge in hand, restores faucet functionality in short order.
Faucet Aerators
Neoperl®, founded in 1959 in Reinach, Switzerland, supplies most of the aerators used in Kulani faucets. Faucet aerators used to be simple devices that merely infused a little air to soften the water stream so it would not splash out of the sink.
Today, however, aerators are high-technology, precision-engineered products used to limit water volume to the lower flows required by federal and state water conservation laws, and in faucets with pull-out sprays, to prevent back-flow that could contaminate household drinking water.
It is important, therefore, that this little device, often smaller than a dime, be the best available. And that, almost by definition, is the Swiss-engineered Neoperl® aerator.
Faucet Finishes
Lulani offers a total of ten finishes on its faucets. Two of the finishes, chrome and brushed nickel, are . Matte Black is a . Brushed stainless steel is not an applied finish. It is the stainless material of the faucet buffed and brushed. The remaining finishes are (PVD) coatings.
However, no Lulani faucet is available in all ten finishes.
A few, like the Ibiza, can be ordered in as many as eight finishes, but most faucets are limited to one, two, or three. The finishes offered largely depend on the finishes the faucet's manufacturer is capable of providing.
The Ibiza faucet is also available in a . The handle and base can be given one finish and the spout and body another.
Electroplating
Electroplating is the old standard, having served the industry well for over 150 years.
Plating involves immersing the faucet and the metal to be used as the finish in an acid bath, then applying an electrical charge to both objects so metallic ions are drawn from the plating metal to the faucet.
The process is inherently dangerous, involving very corrosive acid solutions, and the resulting waste products are hazardous to the environment if not disposed of properly.
Powder Coating
Powder coating is considerably less burdensome to the environment. It does not involve toxic chemicals or produce hazardous waste.
Powder coating is the usual way in which faucets are given non-metallic or "painted" finishes. A colored powder similar in texture to baking flour is applied with a special low-velocity sprayer that gives the powder a positive electrical charge. The particles are drawn to the faucet, which has a negative charge. The faucet is then baked in an oven to melt and bond the powder and alter the structure of the coating into long, cross-linked molecular chains that give the finish its durability.
A powder coat is semi-durable. It does not bond to the underlying metal like metallic finishes, which means it can chip if not handled carefully. It also requires more care in cleaning. A harsh cleaning solution can damage the finish.
Physical Vapor Deposition
PVD finishes are, by contrast, nearly indestructible. They are applied in a very thin layer in a vacuum chamber loaded with unfinished faucet parts. All the air is replaced with a carefully calculated mix of inert and reactive gases. A rod of metal to be used for the coating is heated to a temperature so high that it dissolves into individual atoms, creating a plasma that is bombarded onto the faucet parts.
Various finish colors and effects are created by varying the mix of reactive gases. PVD brass or gold can be created, for example, using a titanium alloy as the coating metal with nitrogen gas. Adding methane to the mix reddens the color, producing rose gold, and adding a little acetylene darkens the finish for old gold or antique brass.
The very dense PVD coating is very robust and bonded to the faucet at a molecular level, essentially becoming an integral part of the fabric of the faucet. It is very difficult to scratch. In abrasion tests, PVD finishes are regularly found to be 10 to 20 times more scratch-resistant than the old standard, electroplated chrome.
Lulani Website
The website, based on a Shopify template, is colorful and fairly simple to navigate, although some selections will result in a lot of jiggling and jumping around before settling down to display the new content.
Faucets can be selected from the main menu by room (bathroom or kitchen) or by collection, and can be filtered by finish and style from a menu on the left side of the page.
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Lulani Website Faucet Specifications
Score: 75 out of 100
Grade: B+ (Good)
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| Specification | Specified | Score |
| ADA/ACA qualitied1 | ✓ | 5 |
| Aerator (manufacturer)5 | ✓ | 5 |
| Baseplate (included)2 | ✓ | 5 |
| Certifications | ✓ | 5 |
| Dimensions | ✓ | 5 |
| Drain (included)2 | ✓ | 5 |
| Finish chart6 | ✓ | 3 |
| Flow rate (maximum) | ✓ | 5 |
| Images (multiple or 360° view) | ✓ | 5 |
| Installation instructions | ✓ | 5 |
| Material, primary (brass, stainless, etc.) | ✓ | 5 |
| Material, secondary (zinc, plastic, etc.) | - | |
| Mounting holes (diameter) | - | |
| Mounting holes (number) | ✓ | 5 |
| Parts diagram | ✓ | 5 |
| Spray head material2 | - | |
| Spray hose material2 | - | |
| Supply hoses (included)4 | ✓ | 5 |
| Supply hoses manufacturer2 | - | |
| Supply hoses material2 | - | |
| Valve/cartridge (type) | ✓ | 5 |
| Valve/cartridge manufacturer5 | ✓ | 5 |
| Warranty link | ✓ | 5 |
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1. Suitable for use by persons with disabilities as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act or the Accessible Canada Act.
2. If applicable.
3. Bases are included with some faucets, also available separately.
4. Supply hoses are included.
5. Kitchen faucets only.
6. Finishes are illustrated, but not in chart form.
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The filters are accurate. Selecting Gun Metal as a finish and Widespread as a style correctly produced just one faucet: the 8" widespread from the Corsica collection.
Sttel black combined with pull-down resulted in just the Nassau faucets, the only faucet that has those two features in combination.
Once a faucet has been selected, the information provided on the site about the faucet is fulsome but not quite sufficient for a fully informed buying decision.
The listing page displays the finishes in which the faucet is available, a brief description of the faucet, and what the company calls its "Highlights." More detailed information is included in downloadable .pdf documents. These include
- Specifications: Critical facts about the faucet, such as the material from which the faucet is made, maximum flow rate, type of valve cartridge, aerator source, number of mounting holes required, spray type (kitchen faucets), and whether a drain is included (lavatory faucets only).
- Installation Instructions: A copy of the installation instructions. These are useful to your plumber to determine whether there may be any installation issues in the location you have planned for the faucet.
- Product Dimensions: A document containing a measured drawing of the faucet dimensioned in inches and millimeters. Detailed measurements are useful in determining whether the faucet will fit your sink and cabinets.
- Parts List: An exploded drawing of the faucet identifying all of its individual parts and components. Useful if you ever need to order a part.
Not every faucet listing includes all four links to supporting documents. Installation Instructions seem to be universal, as is a link to the faucet warranty, but some listings do not link to Specifications, and some have no Parts List.
Lulani makes visualizing the faucet very easy by providing several (usually a dozen or more) static images of the faucet, including images of the faucet installed in various settings, a 360° rotating view of many of the faucets, and sometimes a short video.
The website has a few mysteries. One is Lulani's Spot Defense finish. Several faucets show Spot Defense as a finish option, but exactly what it is, what it does, and the benefit to the customer of having a Spot Protect finish are nowhere explained.
We suspect it is a hydrophobic coating that sheds water. Most probably, it is an oxide polystyrene composite that repels water due to its particular surface structure. Because water cannot stick to the surface, the coating eliminates water spots. However, without knowing what it is and how it is applied, it is not possible to judge its durability.
Where to Buy
A Where to Buy link is a common feature of most faucet company websites. Not Lulani's, however. A user has to scroll down the the very bottom of the page to find "Quick Links." One of the quick links is "Showroom." Entering a zip code will display showrooms near you where Lulani faucets can be purchased.
Faucet Street Price Comparison
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The company sells at CKF showrooms. a Midwest kitchen design firm with several locations in Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska.
They are also sold on the Lulani website and on websites that host third-party sellers, including Home Depot, Amazon, and Wayfair.
Prices are consistent with faucets of the same quality sold by other reputable importers of Chinese-made faucets.
Faucet Warranty
The Lulani warranty guarantees all parts of a faucet, except electronics and supply lines, against leaks and defects in material and workmanship for as long as
"... the original consumer purchaser owns the product and lives in the residence in which the product is first installed ..."
Electronics are guaranteed for five years. This is a fairly generous electronics warranty. Most companies guarantee electronics for three years at most.
Our warranty panel classified the warranty as substantially equivalent to the standard North American limited lifetime faucet warranty.
We found just one major problem with the warranty:
"Except as provided by law, this warranty is in lieu of and excludes all other warranties, conditions and guarantees, whether expressed or implied, statutory or otherwise, including without restriction those of merchantability or of fitness for a particular purpose."
For some reason, lawyers love to include this or similar language in warranties even though the claimed exclusion of implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose is prohibited by the federal law that sets the rules for consumer warranties, the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (15 U.S.C. § 2301).
The underlying principal of the Act is that company warranties are a supplement to, not a replacement of, state law implied warranties. A company that provides a written warranty cannot exclude or modify implied warranties (15 U.W.C. &§ 2308). So, this language is at most a bluff, hoping to convince readers that no other warranties are available.
We don't believe that Lulani is being deliberately deceptive. No doubt, whoever wrote the warranty saw the provision in some other warranty and copied it, unaware that it is prohibited.
But, under Magnuson-Moss, deliberate deception is not required to incur liability. It is sufficient that the company has not taken "reasonable care to make the warranty not misleading." (15 U.S. Code § 2310(c)(2)) The very presence of his language in the LuLani warranty shows a lack of reasonable care.
Customer Service
Customer service is provided by Tanfel, Inc. It is very competent and responsive. However, product knowledge is a little weak, which is to be expected of agents whose primary focus is on the custom metal components made by Tanfel.
We did not run our usual customer service tests on Tanfel. They don't always work with very small companies. Agents quickly realize they are being tested. However, we did ask difficult questions and posed typical problem situations; all of the problems were handled well and with dispatch. The varying accuracy of answers to our questions indicates agents in need of better product knowledge.
Neither Lulani nor Tanfel has a Better Business Bureau record. This means that the companies have never had a customer complain to the BBB, a remarkable accomplishment. Had there been even one complaint, the BBB would have created a record.
Testing & Certification
For more information on how federal, state, and local laws and regulations work to keep unsafe and unreliable faucets out of your home, see Faucet Basics, Part 3: Keeping Faucets Safe & Reliable.
Comparable Faucets
Faucets made in Asia comparable to Lulani in quality and strength of warranty, but not necessarily comparable for design or price, include
Conclusions
This is a company that has done everything right. It selected its suppliers for the quality of their products, included good to very good ceramic cartridges, provided a wide selection of finishes, and priced the faucets competitively.
The components used in the faucets are very good, equal to those used in faucets costing up to twice the price. We believe the faucets to be a good value for the price and well worth consideration for even a primary faucet in a busy kitchen or main bathroom.
The company website is well-designed and includes most of the information needed for an informed faucet-buying decision (and all of the really critical information). Its warranty is strong, although flawed, and customer service is responsive and mostly effective.
Our rating panel was unanimous in its favorable judgment of the company and its products. All would buy the faucets for their own kitchen or bathroom "without reservation."
Continuing Research
We are continuing to research the company. If you have experience with Lulani faucets, good, bad, or indifferent, we would like to hear about it, so please e-mail us at starcraftreviews@yahoo.com, text 402-871-5301, or post a comment below.
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The newer faucet construction method, and almost certainly the wave of the future, is called "core and shell". The water channel is provided by the core components, typically consisting of copper or composite tubes that are guaranteed to be lead-free. This core is then concealed inside the decorative outer shell that provides the faucet's shape and style. Because it never touches water, the shell can be made of leaded brass, and because it is not subject to water pressure, it does not need to be structural and can be made of much thinner material.
The technology is actually not all that new. Wall-mounted faucets have always been core and shell. The core (usually called the "valve") is mounted in the wall, and the shell (called the "trim") conceals the core. What's new is that the technique is now being applied to faucets other than wall-mounts, and the core, rather than being brass, is some other lead-free metal, usually copper or a zinc alloy, and some companies are experimenting with composite cores, dispensing with metal entirely.