Look-alike comparison

Moen 1225 vs 1200 vs 1222: which cartridge is in your valve

Moen 1225, 1200 and 1222 are single-handle cartridges, and Moen sells one puller, 104421, for all three. Of these three, on a single-handle tub and shower valve, a handle that only rotates points to the 1222; one that pulls out, to a 1225 or 1200. A brass shell is the 1200, clear plastic the 1225.

Jump to: side by side, tell them apart in the hand, FourHome replacements.

Replacement for Moen 1225 cartridge with a clear plastic shell and brass stem, beside a white twist cap and two retainer clips — The FourHome replacement kit as photographed: cartridge with a clear plastic shell and brass stem, twist cap, two retainer clips. Bench photo.

Part record: Moen 1225 and 1225B

Schematic drawing of a Moen 1200 style brass cartridge with its sliding stem, two top tabs and U-shaped retainer clip — Schematic, not to scale. It shows only the features named on this page. No bench photo of this part yet.

Part record: Moen 1200 and 1200B

Schematic drawing of a Moen 1222 style Posi-Temp cartridge with a notched stem, an H and C tab and an oval rubber grommet on each side — Schematic, not to scale. It shows only the features named on this page. No bench photo of this part yet.

Part record: Moen 1222 and 1222B

Side by side

On a phone, swipe the table sideways to see every column.

Feature	Moen 1225	Moen 1200	Moen 1222
Handle action	Pulls out for flow and volume, rotates for temperature	Pull-out where Moen sheets print 1200 or 1225; rotate only behind the upper handle of pre-2007 3320 and 3330 transfer valves	Rotate only, pressure balanced, no volume control
Shell	Clear plastic around a brass stem, per one parts seller	Brass, per Moen's part name	Not stated; sources disagree
Moen's name	One-Handle Replacement Cartridge	1200 Single-Handle Brass Replacement Cartridge	1222 Single-Handle Replacement Cartridge, Posi-Temp
Tab on the cartridge	Plastic tabs centered on valve slots at 12 and 6 o'clock	Not stated	H and C tab, set flush with the valve body
Seals	2 grommets and 2 large O-rings on shell, 2 small on stem	Not stated	Oval rubber grommet on each side; O-ring count not stated
Retainer	U-shaped copper clip	Retainer clip 883 on Moen's Chateau sheet, which prints 1200 or 1225	Retainer clip 96914, per Moen's Posi-Temp parts sheet
Interchange	Moen sheets print 1200 or 1225; INS744F covers both	Moen sheets print 1200 or 1225; INS744F covers both	Not with 1225 or 1200, per one parts seller
Serves	Single-handle kitchen and bathroom faucets; Standard and Moentrol shower valves	Chateau 4621 family lavatory faucets, clip version, per Moen's sheet	Posi-Temp valves 2510, 2520, 2570, 2580, 2590 and related
Bulk number	1225B; Moen's page shows no Bulk wording	1200B (Bulk), sold in cases of 144	1222B (Bulk), sold in cases of 72

Tell them apart in the hand

Work the handle first. Of these three, a tub and shower handle that only rotates, with no volume control, points to the 1222 (Posi-Temp); one that pulls out for flow and turns for temperature, to a 1225 or 1200. Moen's shower guide also lists M-Core cartridges: rotate-only 1212, push-pull 1213.
Mind the two-handle exception. Moen's shower guide also lists a 1200 behind the upper, rotate-only handle of 3320 and 3330 transfer valves made before 2007. That handle diverts water between outlets. On a single-handle valve, the rotate-only test still points to the 1222 of these three.
Look at the shell. Brass all over is the 1200; Moen puts brass in the part name. A clear plastic body with a brass stem inside is the 1225, as one parts seller describes it. Moen's 1225 article refers to its plastic tabs.
Look for H and C. Moen's 1222 article has an H and C tab on the cartridge that sits flush with the valve body, plus an oval rubber grommet on each side. Moen's 1225 article has plastic tabs that center on valve body slots at 12 and 6 o'clock instead.
Check the shell seals. Moen's 92451 kit guide for the 1225 places two grommets in recesses on the shell, two large O-rings on the shell and two small O-rings on the stem. Moen's 1222 article names an oval rubber grommet on each side, and Moen's Posi-Temp parts sheet lists O-rings for the 1222 as well, so grommets alone do not settle it. The H and C tab does.
Read the faucet's parts sheet. If the Moen sheet for your model prints Replacement Cartridge 1200 or 1225, either number fits that valve. The Posi-Temp sheet prints 1222 with retainer clip 96914. One parts seller states the 1222 does not swap with the 1225 or 1200.

What does not tell them apart

Moen sells one puller, 104421, for the 1200, 1222 and 1225, so the tool does not tell them apart.
A retainer clip holds each of the three in the valve body. Having a clip only rules out nut-held cartridges.
Moen's 1225 and 1222 articles both describe a notch on the cartridge stem, so the notch is not a tell.
The 1200 and 1225 share the pull-out handle. Handle motion splits off the 1222, not the 1200 from the 1225.

Not printed on this page

Where the sources disagree, the figure is left off until it is settled.

Length and diameter. Aftermarket makers and catalogs print different figures for all three, and no Moen document gives one, so none is printed.
Stem end shape and broach. Catalogs describe it differently and no Moen document gives one.
Shell material of the 1222. Sources disagree, so the table says not stated.
Moen's rebuild kit number for the 1222. Moen's Posi-Temp parts sheet and its 1222 instruction sheet print different numbers.
Year ranges for the cartridges. Sources give different cutoff years for different numbers, so none is printed. The 2007 date in the steps is Moen's own label on its transfer valve listing.