Belfast sink

[RosieRoww]

Hello, I need a little bit of advice.
Currently thinking about redoing the whole kitchen and part of that would be a belfast sink- but is it actually practical? I mean for washing dishes in it, isn't gonna chip or crack soon or later?
I always wanted one, but now facing the dilemma.:(

I always wanted one and have one in my current house -it’s a nightmare to keep clean and we have to have a smaller washing up bowl inside it as it’s so massive. It does look nice when it’s clean though

I have one & yes it’s too deep. However just spotted a shallow version at ikea which looked really smart. Rangemaster also do one.

It's not too massive and it doesn't crack. You'll love it!

I have a RAK double belfast. We have a dishwasher so only use this from kids drinks bottles and plates. But honestly the look of it everytime I go in the kitchen makes me smile and 1st thing ppl comment on xx

Ours is huge, beautiful and I spend all my time cleaning it. Won’t have one this size again!

We have one, it's awesome. I use one of those mat things in the base to stop it getting scratched up. Takes zero effort to clean.

In my experience: nightmare to keep clean. They can chip and crack. They are unforgiving when you knock glasses etc against them.

Use a scrub daddy to clean them, use a plastic bowl inside the sink for washing up. The sink won't crack but crockery does when dropped with slippy hands.

I have one, and have had it for 20 years, and tbh it is just a sink. It looks nice, and no more inconvenient than a normal sink

I love mine - everything fits in it (ncluding toddlers coming in muddy from the garden). The best thing I did though was to have quite a high arched tap so that even the biggest/tallest pan can be put in the sink to soak and the tallest vases of flowers go under the tap to be filled with water.

Love mine

Thank you all for your replies.
I have a mixed feelings about it.

Love mine. Love the depth of it.