Which is the best stainless steel sink?

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Just that, really. From what I hear, brushed rather than polished is best, but which brand to go for, how do you know how 'quality' the steel is, etc? I'm going round in circles! We can't afford top prices, but looking at between £100 and £200 (absolute max) for around 50-70cm width.

TIA.

You need to look at the thickness of the steel. If it doesn't state it then it's probably very thin.

Franke used to be good but not sure now.

I got a Jass Ferry and I'm not impressed (needed cheap) the steel is thin. I've seen spots of rust. The pad on the bottom - noise reducing, fell off and the middle half sink doesn't fully drain so there are puddles around the drainage hole.

There is a Rangemaster one similar in design to mine, weighs twice as much so looks like they may be decent quality for the price. (Mine and the Rangemaster - from Amazon)

I’ve always had Franke which has been fine. Currently got a double bowl and drainer. Planning a replacement kitchen and looking at stainless steel again. Looking at the thin profile or flush styles.

My Franke has lasted 13 years and still looks like new.

Ah, okay, thank you. What sort of thickness steel am I looking for, do you know?

Have heard that Frankes are good but I think they are £££ and therefore out of our price range, sadly!

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Some in your budget. Also worth having a Google as we got a Franke tap on Amazon as a return for £80 and original price was £300.

Would you not consider a ceramic sink?

Our previous sink was ceramic and it got so scratched and stained (in the scratches) in the end. And that was with using a (nasty) washing-up bowl throughout the whole time we had it.

@MrsPellegrinoPetrichor Ahh, thank you - unfortunately those are all too small - we need one at least 450mm wide, and that's where the price starts to go well above £200, sadly.

If you do go for Franke make sure it's the newer design. We had an Ascona fitted in 2010 and it failed last year - the basin was a separate piece of metal and hadn't been welded (bad design) just 'sealed' to the rim. They did replace it with the newer model (called Argos I think) for free although we then had to sort out getting it fitted. From investigations this time last year, some places are still selling off the old stock so you might think you're picking up a bargain if you come across one reduced. The rim part was also a bugger to clean as it pooled water and hence limescale - the newer designs don't have this annoying rim.

Oh sorry OP,didn't look at the sizes. They're shockingly expensive, ours was over £400 13 years ago, but we got it for half price as a 'sorry we fucked up your kitchen order'

Get a ceramic one with a wee sink protector may to go in the bottom - we got one from Lakeland and did away with washing up bowl

Am keen to get it right particularly as we're getting an undermounted one, so any problems will be hard to rectify once the quartz worktops are on!

Ahh, it's so tricky. I do like ceramic sinks, but I really would like a sink that doesn't need a bowl or a protector or anything - just something that's simple and doesn't require being really careful or anything more than very basic maintenance. We're going for quartz worktops over wooden ones this time for the same reason - our old wooden ones were destroyed by the end. Once we had kids, we just didn't have time to look after them properly (the worktops, not the kids!).

I have a large deep Franke brushed steel sink and it’s been great, really robust and no problems. I got a mesh plastic kind of mat that sits in the bottom from amazon which stops stuff scratching it and provides a bit of cushioning.

It’s under mounted in quartz. I think it’s a good idea to stretch your budget given how often a sink is used on a daily basis.

Franke - utility is still going strong after 20+ years!