Corian v Krion worktops? Any experience?

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We're in the middle of replacing our kitchen and had settled on white Corian for the worktops including an integral sink, while getting quotes for this, Krion has been suggested. It's about a third cheaper.

Does anyone have any experience of Krion? Is it as stain and scratch resistant as Corian? Or would you not bother and use quartz or laminate instead?

I would be wary of white corian. We had it and after a few years of using cleaning products on it, the colour changed in places. Recommend quartz though. Not really answered your question!

That's interesting, this kitchen will be in place a long time. Maybe we should look at quartz again. Thanks.

Depending on the colour, Krion may not be cheaper - it wasn't for us I recall. Only some of the colours are recommended for kitchen worktops - the ones with a three knife scratch rating. Also, some are more colourfast than others. The Krion samples we were sent we useless - they were 2 inches square . You can't decide on colour on the basis of something so tiny. I was told the lead time between templating and installation was three weeks too.

The company quoting suggested that the Krion in white was identical in all but price! I shall ask about scratch resistance again. Thanks.