To wonder how people choose a sink. All types appear to be s***t!

[Candl3Mak3r]

Admittedly new to the new kitchen game but had no idea sinks needed so much thought.😳

From my research:

• enamel chips and breaks things
• white stains
• black shows up water marks and looks awful
• stainless steel gets scratches and is no longer in

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You haven’t considered ceramic. They are tough AF
We have a white one. It stains but not excessively and a quick swipe of bleach couple of times a week sorts it out.

Never go with a trend, stick with classic. Go for stainless steel.

Stainless steel all the way. Just had a new kitchen and got a funny look when I picked a large single bowl stainless steel sink.
Cheap, practical, easy to clean, roomy, can take limescale cleaners without flinching.
I live in a v hard water area. The trend for black makes me shudder

Apparently ceramic chips and breaks things too.🤷‍♀️😫

Composite? Ours has lasted nicely for 6 years so far and in my opinion looks a bit nicer in a new kitchen than a SS sink.

If I could afford a new kitchen I would rather put the money towards something else in the kitchen than the sink so would choose stainless.

As others have said it's easy to clean and doesn't break glasses etc.

I smashed a ceramic sink, however I would get another one as it looked the cleanest. We only use it for rinsing off as we have a dishwasher.
Stainless steel is my second choice because it's hard-wearing but hard water area means water marks all the time.

Stainless steel under mount sink. You won't notice it. Our old one was 20 years old when we replaced our kitchen and it was fine. I would have reused it but wanted a bigger sink.
The current trend is for very squared off corners so can collect debris, but that make me get a swishy tap which I like for many reasons

I've had a ceramic sink in the past and it needed bleaching all the time

Keep it classic, stainless steel. The latest trends come and go but stainless steel will always the choice for many. You won’t notice the scratches and you won’t be forever paranoid about the chips, crack and stains of the alternatives.

Stainless steel for me cos of budget and hardwearing. I had my last one for 20 years before I moved, and you really couldn't see the scratches - and it was a hard water area but no staining.

The one where I am now has been in since the 1990s by the look of the kitchen decor, and although there are scratches if you look closely, you can't see them the rest of the time.

I agree with a PP - ignore trends. What's fashionable now will date fast.

Large under mount stainless steel sink is the way to go. There are some beautiful ones out there with added strainers etc.

Think of it as a tool rather than an ornament.

Composite is your other option, my parents like theirs. (In white so no limescale). Pricey though.

Stainless steel might not be on all the Pinterest boards, but that doesn't mean it's not still a very popular choice. It's definitely the most practical for the price and stainless steel cleaner makes cleaning it easy. I chose stainless, would rather spend the extra money elsewhere!

Stainless steel. But I will never again make the mistake of getting a square one with corners.

My in laws have a ceramic sink which is now about…60 years old. Good as new. Not sure what you mean by it breaking things. You don’t throw your dishes into the sink, normally. I’m maybe dropped a plate or two and a couple of wine glasses but it was in a stainless steel sink and they smashed too.
I don’t care how fashionable stainless sinks are, I just don’t get along with them. They always look grubby and, ironically, stain like mad.

We went with a moulded white Corian sink and really regret it. It stains really badly.

Stainless steel. Easy to keep clean. Give it a rub over with bleach every now and then to make it shine and look like new again.
Other types of sinks quickly date your kitchen and go out of fashion.

We got a black sink. What a mistake. It looks grim no matter what I do and we are in a hard water area so am constantly trying to get rid of limescale.
My next sink will be stainless steel!

Ceramic and get one of those rubber mat things that sits on the bottom, stops things getting chipped.

Yes, stainless steel under mount. It’s the under mount that makes the difference between a dated looking bog standard sink and a lovely modern one.

Have just replaced our trendy white super expensive composite one that stained constantly and chipped even though it was supposed to be virtually indestructible according to the kitchen fitters. Now have a brushed steel one and it’s wonderful. You don’t really notice scratches, it’s easy to keep clean and nothing stains it. I wish I hadn’t let us get talked into an expensive one in the first place, it only looked good for a couple of weeks.

I had a new stainless steel sink put in two years ago when I updated the kitchen. It is nowhere near as good as the one taken out that was put in the 80s. Think the quality was much better then.

I find the best thing for getting rid of stains on it is lemon juice. Gets rid of any marks and as I live in a very hard water areas, gets rid of the limescale too.

Do you miss a draining board and cupboard space underneath.

Sink shape is a whole other rabbit hole I’m whirling around in too!😫

Honestly this takes up more head space than the cupboards! Who knew?

I've got a coriander work top. It's brilliant, apart from a few cracks that appeared near the sink that never get clean no matter what I do. I'd never trust it as a sink material

What do you clean yours with?

We have one of those white ceramic butler style sinks and I love it! Not difficult to keep clean at all.

I would say if you get a stainless steel sink with corners, or if you get a big sink, get an extendable tap. We didn’t do this and our stainless steel sink in the utility is massive! Feels like we have to work hard to keep it clean and keep gunk out of the corners.