After a lot of agonizing on sinks, I decided to try this one out. We just installed it last night so this review does not yet address wear/tear. I am, overall, very pleased with it, but there are some points to address, and I will update as time goes on. Pros: - It's a beautiful sink. A nice, textured and neutral black that looks great. - Compared to similar, it's reasonably "inexpensive." - The basket strainer is pretty cool, a feature I haven't seen in any other sinks. The stopper seals well, and it's made quite nicely. Also easy to install despite being just a little different from other strainers (a screw through the middle, rather than a collar threaded to the underside). - Reasonably easy install if you are handy with tools. - With very careful measuring, we fit this in a 24" cabinet. It is the largest possible sink I could fit in there, and it works perfectly! - Nice and deep even as a top mount. - HEAVY. Heavy, thick, well-made, and sound absorbing. Cons: - I'm a little concerned with the underside texture, as there is a smattering of small voids in the rounded corners and edges. Perhaps the mold was not completely filled in those placed, and I worry about spots of weakness. It is not a defect per say, just a manufacturing thing - BIG ISSUE... is the basket strainer proprietary, or did we just get a bad one? We have a dishwasher tail piece, and it **will not** attach without leaking. The thread pitch of the included strainer seems to be different that the tail piece nut. With a plain tail piece, we could just switch out the nut with the one the strainer came with, but you can't remove that nut on a dishwasher tail piece. *None* of our standard plumbing pieces will attach, so the threads are definitely different. Currently in contact with customer service, so we will see what happens. Notes for buyers: - If you're a tactile-oriented person who is very aware of texture, not just appearance, it will feel a little artificial, and plastic-like... obviously, this is not cut from a solid block of stone ;) I'm a very tactile person, and after the initial surprise, it's not an issue to me. - No clips included. There are notches for clips, and there are directions regarding clips. You may want them, you may not... the listing doesn't mention clips being included so there's no points off of the product, it's just something to be aware of. - The stencil was too big a cut-out for our comfort. We have heard frequently that the "minimum cabinet size" and the cutout stencils tend to give contractors *lots* of wiggle room, and aren't necessarily the absolute minimum. This stencil gave very little support to the sink edge. So, we did the old fashioned method by turning it upside down, tracing the outer edge, and measuring to draw the cut line. However, you can see where the outer 1/4" of the lip is machined to be flat, whereas the rest of the lip is not... this just means that **if you don't follow the stencil** then you need to pay attention to your cut hole and check if any corners are a little high (ours is fine). - There is no faucet apron (obviously lol). You may want a faucet apron, but I was glad it doesn't. The "I wish..." list: - I would have liked for the drain lip to have been machined just a tiny bit deeper and with a little less "wiggle room." We have to be careful of the gasket size under the strainer's edge, else the strainer is too high. Also, there's a narrow groove all the way around the drain flange (we have 3 different strainers and disposal flanges we tried on, and they consistently had that space). Not a *huge* issue but both details allow water to stay in the bottom of the sink. - Last note... the rear drain is a plus. However, I would have liked if the Kraus sinks with side-offset drains were available in this size... even if a little more expensive, I would have purchased that model. :)
