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Anonymous wrote:I don’t like it. No chips but shows scratches especially on the bottom. I wish we had done something else but I don’t think stainless is the right choice either.

I have no regrets about every large stainless sink I have ever had.
I can't abide those double sinks.

What is with double sinks?! They're never large enough to wash a stock pot or anything. Maddening.

Interesting. My SS double sink is large enough for a stock pot on either sink. No problem at all.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t like it. No chips but shows scratches especially on the bottom. I wish we had done something else but I don’t think stainless is the right choice either.

I have no regrets about every large stainless sink I have ever had.
I can't abide those double sinks.

I don't understand how people live without double sinks. I cook a lot and pans, bowls, cutting boards that have come in to contact with raw meat goes into the right sink to be processed differently. I don't know how I would manage with one big sink.

You set the contaminated items together to the left of the sink as you use them. You then load the dishwasher with whatever goes in there. Then you handwash the few remaining large contaminated items one-by-one, dry them, and put them away directly. Then you wipe/sanitize the counter. Those items already had to be on the counter for the cooking steps so their presence is not a new source of contamination.

I find it difficult to scrub and wash large items in a double sink. You can't easily put water in an electric skillet, scrub out a dutch oven, etc. My mom also opens meat packages over the sink. I hate seeing bloody water and styrofoam in the sink. I'd rather open packages over the garbage can and place the meat on a cutting board directly.

I don't understand why there are posts missing from this thread.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t like it. No chips but shows scratches especially on the bottom. I wish we had done something else but I don’t think stainless is the right choice either.

I have no regrets about every large stainless sink I have ever had.
I can't abide those double sinks.

What is with double sinks?! They're never large enough to wash a stock pot or anything. Maddening.

I'm so surprised that short people dislike their farmhouse sinks! I'm 5'10 and dislike ours because it is so low that I often get splashed.

We bought this house with the kitchen done. I would change the farmhouse sink out of a stainless one with rounded corners (not a 90 degree corner at the bottom) and I would rip out the marble countertops. Old house had quartz counters that I really loved and were SO durable.

In addition to being too short for me, the farmhouse sink has a chip in it and just looks dingy all of the time. We are the third owners of this house after the kitchen was done, so it was like this when we moved in.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t like it. No chips but shows scratches especially on the bottom. I wish we had done something else but I don’t think stainless is the right choice either.

I have no regrets about every large stainless sink I have ever had.
I can't abide those double sinks.

I don't understand how people live without double sinks. I cook a lot and pans, bowls, cutting boards that have come in to contact with raw meat goes into the right sink to be processed differently. I don't know how I would manage with one big sink.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t like it. No chips but shows scratches especially on the bottom. I wish we had done something else but I don’t think stainless is the right choice either.

I have no regrets about every large stainless sink I have ever had.
I can't abide those double sinks.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t like it. No chips but shows scratches especially on the bottom. I wish we had done something else but I don’t think stainless is the right choice either.

You can put a metal sink protector/rack on the bottom. That's what I did. Sink looks as good as new, 8 years.

Also very happy 6 years later. I’m not sure what all the comments about he marks are- we have the metal protector at the bottom of it that most people use - I thought this was standard and we’ve had no issues as a result. Mine isn’t crazy deep either.

I’m the PP complaining about scratches and marks. We have this but still have scratches, etc on the sides of the sink.

I miss mine, it was apron front large and beautiful in the last house. I have stainless now and its not as pretty. It also scratches more, even with a rack. I would have stuck with the farm sink if I hadn't fallen for the hype of SS. Maybe there are different grades of porcelain and I had a really good one before but it was also heavy and needed extra support underneath, which was easy enough.

Yes, but wouldn’t a low sink not affect the shorties like me? I’d think that would be an issue that tall women might complain about- but I don’t get how a lower sink wouldn’t be BETTER for a short person?

Re back pain, the reason why some people have back pain from farmhouse sinks and some people think they are making it up, is because there is more factors at play besides “farmhouse sink”.

Your back will hurt if:

- The bottom of the sink is too low. This is determined by cabinet height and sink depths Sinks come in different depths, and usually farmhouse sinks are deeper than other sinks. Farmhouse sink depths vary from 8” to 16”. A 16” depth on a standard 34”-36” cabinet means the bottom of the sink is 28-30” above the ground, which would hurt most of our backs

- The faucet does not extend far enough over the sink, causing you to have to lean further over the sink.

I’m going to guess that the people who have no back pain have sinks with less depth or taller cabinets, while the people with back pain have deeper cabinets, shorter cabinets, or faucets that don’t have enough reach.

Everyone can be right!

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t like it. No chips but shows scratches especially on the bottom. I wish we had done something else but I don’t think stainless is the right choice either.

You can put a metal sink protector/rack on the bottom. That's what I did. Sink looks as good as new, 8 years.

Also very happy 6 years later. I’m not sure what all the comments about he marks are- we have the metal protector at the bottom of it that most people use - I thought this was standard and we’ve had no issues as a result. Mine isn’t crazy deep either.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t like it. No chips but shows scratches especially on the bottom. I wish we had done something else but I don’t think stainless is the right choice either.

You can put a metal sink protector/rack on the bottom. That's what I did. Sink looks as good as new, 8 years.

That’s what I have and I love mine. OP I think it’s a fairly timeless look. I’m confused by the short posters who say it makes their back hurt- how is it different than any other sink? I’m 5’2 and haven’t had this issue so wondering what you mean /)

+1 on everything, right down to the height. WTF is going on with people's backs and how many hours a day are they washing dishes?