As to color and not the material--Made the mistake of using pure white Formica for a bathroom counter. Just don't do it unless you're keen on using a vacuum to clean the counter every single time you use it. Pure white shows every last strand of hair that lands on it. The counter can be clean, as in sterile, and one hair lands on it and it looks really bad. My advice is to pick something that has a bit of a pattern.

I sell MSI, Cambria, Caesarstone, & a couple of others. I haven't had any complaints with MSI, but that's not to say I haven't heard of them around the circuit. If it were my kitchen, my money would go to Cambria. I often get quotes for each product for my clients in order to find best option for colour & price. Cheaper is not always the best choice. A lot of people think Cambria is more expensive, & often it is, however, it depends on the colour & it's pricing level. Have you priced out Cambria or Caesarstone? You may be surprised to find that a Cambria colour is less expensive. I've had it happen to the surprise of my clients. It's also hard to beat their colour choices. Cambria also has one of, if not the best, warranties of the lot. Their stain & scratch tests have revealed a lot to me when comparing the others.

I dislike ours VERY much!! It looks pretty from far away but everything that touches my counters leaves a scratch or stain. I clean these counters constantly & have silicone mats on to prevent further damage. I have had to baby these counters so much!! I won't put down even a CLEAN spoon without a rag, mat or cork mat underneath. It's only my husband & I (no kids). We aren't rough & toss things on it hap hazardly and I still find new scratches or small stains from the smallest splash or drip of something. Worst decision ever!!!

I found this thread when searching on Houzz for Calacatta Ida, just saying thanks to everyone for the information sharing! I have a few quartz colors by MSI that I'm considering (and a few by Cosmos). Since I think this thread is about a year old, I was curious if there was an updated list of the MSI quartz colors that use Breton technology, so I emailed MSI. After a few frustrating email exchanges (the customer service rep on the email had no idea what I was asking for based on her replies) someone from MSI called me and said they do not give out the list because it is proprietary information She said once I narrow down my choices I can email them a list of colors I'm considering and they will let me know which of those use Breton. She also tried to tell me that it doesn't matter if it uses Breton, all MSI quartz are covered by the same warranty, but I feel if the product is superior to begin with (and fabricated and installed correctly) there is less chance of something going wrong and needing to use the warranty! Plus in my experience, many companies make it very hard to use the warranty, they come up with excuses. Just my opinion. Again thanks to all contributors on this post, very helpful with my decision making! :-)