I too would never ever go back to a double sink. My soapstone sink is enormous. I water my too many house plants in there and spray them there without the mess. If you have a dishwasher, there isn't a need for a double.

I have always had a single, so no advice here. I would look into how it drains. My friend has a flat bottom one similar to that, and she's always complaining that there's a puddle on the bottom. I have no direct knowledge.

No. I never use 18 gauge sinks. Too tinny, cheap. I only use 16 gauge in my remodels and 9" depth, it's easier on your back when bending over(not too deep) . Kraus is my favorite brand. They give you more extras for your money. I also like a good slant to the sink bottom for drainage....and an offset drain is nice. THIS is a good one. 33" Note: Make sure your garbage disposal will fit on an offset drain. If not...use a center drain. (It includes ALL 5 pieces in the photo)

Here's an 18 gauge Kraus. Link It's a center drain..so you know a disposal will fit.Here's the discounted one...click Less than half price! Comes with a faucet.

I have three compartments. Two large and one for the disposal/rinsing things. I love it! The one mentioned above--the sharp corners would be a pill to clean. To each their own!!

I loved my single basin sink. Sold & moved last year I now have a double sink & really miss the single sink that I had in my prior home.

This one is probably more than you want to spend, but it's really cool. Slanted bottom so no puddles, and it comes with the cutting board, drain basket, metal tray, and waterfall faucet. It's made of food-class 304 stainless steel. You can even add a glass rinser and/or soap dispenser to it. Only comes in grey, though.

I used a single sink on vacation and wasn’t crazy about it. It was rectangular and I found it difficult to get the corners clean. I’ve had a double sink with one large and one smaller bowl and that was okay because the large bowl had room for me to put my largest grill pan down flat for scrubbing, but I rarely used the smaller side. My current sink is two large, equal-sized bowls with a heavy duty grid in the bottom of each side. I’m enjoying it because I can hand wash dishes and let them drain on the other side. They don’t have to drain on the counter.

I hand wash a lot of my dishes, so a double is a necessity. I don't care for dish drainers on the countertop. My sink features dual basins with a 60/40 split. The washing side is big enough for all large items and a small dish drainer fits perfectly on the smaller side. My dishwasher only gets run once a week. I compost, so no need for a garbage disposal.

I need a sink that can hold a roasting pan or the refrigerator veggie bins, so if and when we redo our kitchen, that is what I will get.

When I hung out in the Kitchens forum 5-10 years ago, Krauss was often recommended as a less expensive SS sink. I'd recommend you ask in Kitchens about your remodel. There are some kitchen designers there--old GWers who you can trust.

You might consider a farmhouse or apron sink. I think I'd like them because you don't have to reach as far over, and they're pretty! We have a deep single sink and it puts a little bit of a strain on our backs.

We went with the single bowl stainless steel sink with built in drain board and we really find it very practical. Because the drain board is shallow, we were able to put cabinetry underneath it.

I have a single and wish I had put in a double with a large side and a little small sink next to it. I hand wash (never wanted a dishwasher) and it’s a PITA if I have a sink full of hot soapy water and find something that should have been drained before starting the washing up and then have to walk it down to the laundry sink, or if there’s something that needs a bit of a rinse or whatever.

colleen, have you tried using a dish pan in the sink?

I have a double sink and really no complaints with it. But if I were to replace it I would go with a big, single basin sink. I like how they look better and since I do not hand wash dishes I do not really need two separate ones.

My mother had a large single, with a smaller side just big enough for the disposal, and she had a small dishpan she used on the larger side when she handwashed. It took up about half the sink, maybe a tad less, so it was fine for most items but when she got to the big pans, roasters, the big Pyrex, she used the sink.. I use that dishpan now sometimes in my double sink, when I’m washing the silver or crystal.

I replaced my old, smaller single basin - too small it was - with a 28" single basin, drain offset to the center rear, Blanco Stellar stainless. I love it! it is completely roomy enough for washing my baking pans or refrigerator bins. I hand wash all of my cooking pots and knives too, sometimes a random bowl or mug, without problem. I have one of those roll up dish drainers that go over one side of the sink, when I can't use the dishwasher rack for drying.

It fits in a 30" cabinet (I hate the thought of wasting storage room, in my small kitchen, on the sink cabinet!) I have a garbage disposal, and a soap dispenser, yet there is still room for 2 pullouts with trash, recycling, a small compost pail, detergent, cleanser, and various other sundry items. Plus, I installed an Ikea pullout bin on the sidewall over the small stuff, where I keep an extension cord, sponges, duster, package tape, and my measuring tape.

The corners are eased, so they don't collect debris, and water drains well.

I have had double basin sinks before, and really don't have a need for the second basin - I prefer one larger basin.

ETA: IIRC I bought it on EBay -it was an open box, so a nice discount, in perfect condition.

I have a kholer porcelain surgeons plaster sink. It is about 28 1/2 by 18 or so. Very deep. When I got this sink they did not make a similar domestic kitchen variety but they did eventually. It has the faucets on the high back. It required a special drain-not standard and I cant imagine what we would have to do to put a disposal on it but I compost. Huge plus is I can put my thick butcher block cutting board with legs in the sink and cut up meat. It keeps the mess in the sink and easy to clean. I can wash big pans and refrigerator drawers. I love my sink. As I said above I have a stainless steel wire shelf above my sink to put dishes on to drain. It works like a drain board but drips into the sink. I have a plastic basin I can put in and a stainless bottom rack to keep stuff off the bottom. Easy to take out and put in the dishwasher. I put a lot of thought into my sink. I adore my sink. I had a European/commercial style sprayer arm before anyone was doing that here. Utilitarian but so useful. 23 years and still in great shape.

I switched to a single from a double sink, and never want to go back to a double again. Hopefully I'll never have to.

Annie, my inlaws used a dishpan in the sink and while I could appreciate its usefulness where you only have on sink, it drove me nuts. Plus it’s another level of something else to clean, dry and put away every single time you wash the dishes, when it may only really be needed say, one a week or less.

Having used both a bunch, I’m torn. I love big sinks for dumping pots and pans into and cleaning half sheet pans flat. But I like to keep “contaminated” stuff (raw meat prep) separate from everything else, so for that I prefer double. I suppose having a dishpan on one end would work, but planning a kitchen around using a dishpan does not appeal to me. I do feel like I spend a lot of time cleaning big sinks. And I agree with watching depth; deep sounds good but is a killer on my back.

As for 16 or 18 gauge, I think 18 is fine as long as it’s well insulated. I suspect that affects the noise level more than the thickness does. Of course I’d avoid 20 ga found in the cheapest units.

Kraus is the more-bang-for-your-buck sink. Ruvati is next in my book.....great sink a little more expensive. Then Franke. I rarely find deals on Franke and spent $1000 on the last one I installed. In my opinion...Kohler makes great faucets or toilets...not sinks. I also do not like Elkay or Blanco. I "only" use single bowl, under mount sinks in my remodels. I literally "hate" double bowl sinks in a 36" cabinet. Now if you have a commercial setting....with several 33" bowls...cool!

OT to @nicole__ - Thanks for the Kraus rec. I’m due for a remodel but the have 6.5 years of college left affecting my budget. At this point several of my appliances have been replaced due to failure, and each upgrade has made such a huge difference. Wife wants to replace counters but that’s way too expensive for a temporary fix, so I’m thinking a new sink might help a lot. I’ve written to Kraus to inquire about my specific install challenge.

Talking about sinks, I got curious and just measured my soapstone sink. It's two feet long, one and a half feet wide, and ten inches deep. Water never pools and the sink drainer is smack in the middle with a garbage disposal.

Soapstone was the actual desire of my heart but way too expensive back in the day. So beautiful

I have a semi-double sink, in that the divider only comes up half way, and therefore I can get large pans in easily, if necessary. Also, one side is a lot wider than the other, and I have the garbage disposal in the small side:

Here it is in Cathedral City, but I also have the very same sink in L.A., which got installed ten years ago when we put in new countertops. I have black counters in L.A. because they go better with the maple cabinets and tile floor that I did not want to replace at that time.

I prefer white porcelain sinks, as they are easier for me to clean. I do not like how farmhouse or Belfast sinks look, and when I was shopping for this last sink, it was the only one that I found at Ferguson's that I liked. I also hate gooseneck faucets, and so it was difficult to find one that I liked, but I love what I ended up with. I want the faucet to pull out - not down.

I have a Kohler single big sink like that, but mine is enameled iron. I bought it from a store display at HOme Depot. I liked that it is big enough that I can set some of my food prep in it and not make a mess.

But I also hand wash dishes and need a basin, so I use a large stainless steel bowl. set to one side.

The very, very best sink that I would want is one of those old farm sinks with the built in drainboards. When I was young they were pretty common. Now, they are seen as high end. What a shame! They were the best!!!! Most of them were fairly shallow. What great kitchen work areas they were! I dont know why they have to be so darned expensive. It is all about up marketing.

I replaced a 60/40 split cast iron sink with a 33" Kraus single bowl SS KHT410-33, right corner drain, small radius corners. 18 gauge. Great sink, good slope, not tinny at all--remember I was replacing a Kohler cast iron sink. A's listing indicated that it was a 16 ga. sink. While waiting for the sink to arrive, I discovered that it was 18 gauge. Knew I could send it back if the lighter gauge was a disappointment. After receiving it, I was satisfied with the heft and sturdiness of the sink so went ahead with install. Have not been disappointed at all.

Has a bottom grid. Initially thought that I would not like the grid but turns out that I like the grid very much.

I hand wash pots & large bowls. Largest dirty item is the 'dishpan'.

Right corner drain and small radius corners were my 'must haves'. Right corner drain so I would have a large, unobstructed space in the cabinet under the sink. I do not have, nor do I want a garbage disposal.

After installing it (existing cut-out in counter), I realized that I could have dropped down to a 30" sink if I had been replacing the counter.