I loathe vessel sinks. Something I did not know until we moved into a home where the previous owners installed them to do a cheap update instead of spending money on new vanity tops and under mount sinks, or even drop in sinks. They take up counter space, cause a whole lot of splash over, and it’s difficult to clean the counter around them. If you have small kids, they have to get up even higher to try and wash hands than an undermount or drop in sink, again, causing unnecessary mess which is not easily cleaned. I cannot wait to be rid of these annoyingly awful sinks when we redo the bathrooms. They look cool in pictures but that’s where it ends.

I never had any, but I heared they like to shatter.

Thanks! I have no children and it would only be me using the sink. I would likely not get a glass one that could shatter. Maybe stainless steel or copper or stone....

I wouldn't want them because they are more difficult to clean - instead of sweeping stuff from counter to sink, you have to get it up and into the vessel. Also the bottom has to be cleaned around where it meets the counter.

They are too high to be used comfortably especially if you have a higher vanity in the bathroom - unless you are very tall.

I might consider it in a guest bath where it is used only for washing hands and the counter doesn't need to be sponged down frequently but not in my master bath.

Super helpful to have a pic, Joseph, THANK YOU! :D

I love my undermounted sinks. Easy to clean. No issues❣️

I did one in my guest bathroom which doesn’t get a whole lot of use, and it splashes everywhere. Never again. Under mount is the way to go.

No to vessel sinks. I'm short and it would be too high for me. I prefer under mount sinks. They don't take up all the space that vessel sinks take up and they are easy to clean around.

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Nah - passé

My SIL put them in her powder room and guest bathroom - new build. I'm 5'3" and it made both too high for me. I can't even wash my hands in the powder room without water running down to elbows either wetting my sleeves or her floor - or, yikes, custom cabinet front.

My bath vanity is counter height giving me a good makeup height and some added storage, a vessel sink there would be much too high.

Never liked them, even when they were all the rage and everyone was installing them. When was that, about 10-15 years ago?

I have a copper sink (under mounted) in my guest bath as well as a copper farmhouse sink in my kitchen so I am not anti-copper.

I wouldn't have one in my master bath or other bathroom used on a regular basis. My kitchen sink has a living patina and I don't think most people would want that kind of look in their bathroom. My copper sink in the guest bath has the more typical factory applied patina - it would not stand up to the kind of heavy use and cleaning that is more typically done in a "normal" bathroom.

I installed one in my master bath about 10 years ago. Handblown glass - beautiful, but apparently the plumber tightened the fittings too much and it eventually shattered. I bought a replacement made of china, I think. I like it fine, but what I love about it is having the faucet come out of the wall instead of the sink or countertop. I hate cleaning around faucet bases and it seems the caulk always gets funky and grows mold under it. With it coming out of the wall, there is never water anywhere close to the area where the faucet meets the wall. I'd do it again in a heartbeat!

Wall-mounted faucets work fine with counter height sinks.

Delta Faucets

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I've installed one engraved copper vessel sink--in a powder room. Looked great! Too high for youngsters. And the engravings were invisible. Eight baths in next build, no vessel sinks.

Thanks so much to everyone....tons of great info here. I think I'm going to pass on the vessel sink. I'll see if I can find something pretty for undermounted. I've got white quartz and white cabinets, and just don't want a boring white undermount! :D Thanks again!