I purchased this faucet in Nov. 2014 and we had some difficulty installing the handle bases into the sink's 8" widespread holes so we basically filed/scrapped around the holes to make them larger so they finally fit. 

Second issue was the low hot water pressure.  We then removed and reattached the hoses to see if any possible blockages had come loose and were causing the problem.  We decided to also change the other two hoses (one for hot, one for cold) afterwards which improved the flow because there was some old sediment or goop (for lack of a better word) in the original hoses.  It works fine ever since the hoses were replaced.

I'm guessing that some others had the same issues.  We found that replacing only some of the parts likely had dislodged some gathered sediment/goop so we  replaced the other hoses too and the low pressure   problem was averted.