Will I regret getting matt quartz worktops

[foodfairy]

I've fallen in love with a caesarstone quartz worktop which is matt or honed rather than glossy. Was all ready to order when one of the companies I got quotes from said that while a matt/honed finished looks great in a showroom they aren't practical and they don't recommend. Apparently they get oil stains, scratches etc and generally aren't as well protected as glossy ones.

Help! I have 2 small children and don't want to spend a fortune on something which looks worn in 2 years time. Any experiences?

No! No! No! Dont do it. My sisters has been stained with curry, coffee, pAsta sauce and beetroot and thers only herself and her husband at home. She thinks its a nightmare they gave her some special scourers with it but it just sands the finish off. She paid alot of money for her kitchen. I had granite in my last house but now have corian worktops. I would really reccomend it. Its a bit pricy but suppose depending on the size needed. I hav poured straight bleach and everything on it its fantastic. I have 5 kids(4 boys) so it gets lots of abuse. Permanent marker has come of it!

We're thinking about doing our kitchen; DH v keen on Corian because he knows how indestructible it is from his experience of it in industrial chemical labs. Which may be even worse than 2 DC!

But we were rather suprised when the quite old, experienced bloke measuring up said that while Corian is excellent, what he'd go for every time was...laminate. And looking round our kitchen, sure enough the bit that still looks good and is undamaged and pretty much unstained (nothing bleach wont shift) is the 15 year old laminate worktop.

Ohh, wanted to hear that it was all fine really. Does anyone have a positive?

Also on the scale of kitchen surfaces is it worse or better than wood. I had that in kitchen before last and swore never again. . .

Think about everything breakable hitting it; SMASH! I love my tiled worktops the only drawback is what I just said. They clean dead easily.