Greetings all, the info above is very useful. We are renovating our apt and are considering an MSI quartz countertop for our kitchen. We went to their showroom and liked the Calacatta Miraggio (our cabinets are a stark white). However, I read quite negative reviews about MS, and especially the Calacatta Miraggio as it seems especially prone to staining (defeating the purpose of quartz). And the issues re food safety. It seems while the other MSI quartz are made using the Breton technology, the Calacatta Miraggio is using the LumaLuxe technology - and it seems problematic. We installed a Zodiac Stratus White 7 years ago in our weekend home and we never had any problems at all - that is why I want quartz again. We like MSI because it has a much larger choice of quartz, including some that have nice veins. And there is a huge price difference with Silestone or the other major companies. Our GC and his fabricator say that they never had any problems with MSI (but I am not sure how much to trust their judgment) and I visited several kitchen showrooms who also said that they never had any issues and that MSI is one of the top selling brand and Calacatta Miraggio the top selling MSI quartz. We are also considering MSI Carrara Lumos and Calacatta Montage if they are better quality but like them less. We like veins. We have been agonizing about this for months and need to make a decision soon. We have to be price conscientious but I also don't want to end up with a product I hate or have to be so careful especially since we like cooking. I also read that these days, all quartz is prone to staining! We also visited other showrooms, including GFO Stone (limited choices but quite nice, reasonably priced and seems to have a good reputation) but they don't have any samples to take home and see in our kitchen. Any suggestions are so welcome.

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! :-)

Ask a local supplier for material cost and installation cost. That should produce the most reliable information to make decisions with.

tamber1123 thank you for posting photos! How are you liking your quartz and would you pick it again? oyenarte what did you decide for your countertops? I'm making final decisions on my countertops and Abezzo is currently my favorite. Thank you in advance!