We have Blanco Silgranit

I was extremely happy with it.

Then I discovered that my dear DH was cooking in the night(he's a night owl) and put some boiling hot pan right off the stove in it. It left light discoloration (hardly visible to tell the truth..seen only in certain light, much like etching..still I was very mad). I bought a special product Blanco holds for deep cleaning/dealing with similar issues. A quite expensive one at that too. It didn't help much. Helped some.

Now I got used to this tiny discoloration and notice it less..after all I'm very lucky I get tremendous help with cooking (cooking is one of the hardest chores for me mowadays)

So. I'd still say it's a lovely sink(we have it in very forgiving color too, taupe-ish color..not white or black..)..but it won't handle certain things. Be mindful of that. I myself would never risk putting hot iron on top of it (as I wouldn't with almost any surface) , but then I'm more careful around stuff. Boiling water-no problem at all.

It's usually easy to clean and if not for that hiccup I'd consider it the best sink I ever owned/had. But every material has ts limitations, one just needs to be aware of them.

yes, exactly so Gill.

we didn't get the grids

my DH's mistake happenned after a year of us owning the sink..didn't even think to protect it but then I never thought to put something as hot in it too

then I for example try not to do stuff when I'm dying to sleep..usually doesn't end very well:)

I'm on my 3rd Silgranit. When getting the last one I looked at the Elkay because I liked one of their colors. I googled around a lot and found quite a few posts from people who had cracked Elkay sinks. Some were because of hot things and some just appeared. It concerned me enough to decide to stick with something I already knew was great. I'm on the 3rd style too. I found that Homeperfect has the best prices.

Love mine and am re-using it for the cleanup zone. I bought a second for my prep sink in the reno. I bought my first from Home & Stone on eBay and the second from Amazon warehouse deals at a very nice discount. There was a scuff on the lip that is under the countertop. The interior is perfect.

My metallic gray ended up showing hard water deposits after a couple of years. I'll try to do a better job staying on top of that this time around!

I've had my Blanco silgranit in anthracite for over 3 yrs now and I love it. I've poured boiling water and overheated smoking olive or canola oil down it many times with no problem. I've never set a pan straight from the oven or stove in it however.