I liked my single bowl Silgranite in my last home, but found it difficult to keep clean.. we remodeled the new house kitchen an put in a stainless steel apron front/farmhouse and I really love it. 36” single bowls gives me a lot of functionality in my small kitchen.

You really should find a sink you are considering in real life and test it. Other people preferences don't matter unless you are going to sell it soon.

Single vs double bowl depend on the way you cook. I prefer to to drop dirty dishes, knives. boards into a the sink as I cook to clean up later, but I hate washing food over dirty dishes, And I don't have space for another sink. And I had to use a single 10" deep sink recently, and I hated it. But 50/50 sinks usually have bowls that are two small. 60/40 are better, but still I had to look for one with the larger bowl big enough for my 12" pans. I recently saw this sink mentioned here, and I think I'll go with it. At least theoretically, it should be easier on my back , too.

I cannot say anything about Silgranite, but I've seen both positive and negative reviews. I would recommend finding one to look at. If your friends don;t have them, look at open houses in the area. I checked a few things this way.

Single bowl stainless is the most durable practical sink you’re going to get. No one looks at a sink and thinks Isn’t that the most fabulous thing I’ve ever seen . No, they look at the hardware, the cabinet style the layout they look at everything other than the sink. Get classic and useful and be done with it.

A quality stainless steel sink is likely the best choice. Please look at the sink in person or read about the sink on Houzz before investing. A poor choice could be very expensive in the long run. Workstation sinks are the future, by the way!

Had a double bowl sink in previous home. Hated it. Totally inconvienient for cleaning my largest posts and pans. Switched to 30” single bowl stainless sink in the new home. So glad I made the change. Much more flexibility, and useful space. A snap to clean. We have a Franke undermount.

As for washing food over dirty dishes, etc.…don’t see what the big deal is. If I’m rinsing veggies, for instance, I hold them in my hands under the spray above they dirty stuff. They never touch what’s laying below, so…🤷🏻‍♀️

I'm another fan of single bowl, stainless steel sinks. I like that the single bowl fits my largest skillet + handle or my largest baking sheet. If you decide to go stainless, I'd recommend looking for 16 gauge (it's thicker than 18 gauge) with a sound dampening coating on the under side.

Also recommended often on this forum by @Joseph Corlett, LLC (who has installed many many sinks) is using a strap system like the Hercules Universal Sink Harness (HUSH) kit.

95% of my clients over the last twenty years opt for single bowl stainless.

Me too, Hallett. I even convinced my engineer ex husband to make the switch to single. LOL no pun intended. He was a huge double sink fan. Now he can't imagine ever going back to a double sink.

I love a stainless steel single.

Very people do double bowls anymore. Single bowl sinks give you more flexibility and use of the sink space. Workstation sinks add a lot more functionality to your sink. When you don't need the accessories you can just store them away. Silgranit is Blanco's version of composite and is a good choice. There are a few other great granite composite sink brands you can go with. Look for the ones from North America or Europe. Composite sinks from Asia are sub-par. I have used Ruvati's granite composite sinks in a few projects and the quality and design is excellent. They are made in Italy and reasonable priced (around $400). https://www.ruvati.com/collection/epistage/

I currently have a black blanco single bowl sink and detest it, both the material and the single bowl. For me, clearly just a personal preference, the single bowl is hard to use. I keep a smaller wash tub in it and have never filled the actual sink to wash in, the idea disgusts me mainly because the drain is a garbage disposal and no matter how much it is cleaned it is still the third circle of hell. The small tub is difficult to wash in and, since it is always in the sink, I have to constantly rinse out from under it. As for the material, the silgranit seems to hold on to grime much more than stainless or cast iron.

My favorite sink that I have had was a kohler 50/50 low divide. It was white cast iron but I think that at this point in my life I may prefer stainless. The low divide worked well for me even though I did not ever fill it enough to actually have water in both sinks. I do not tend to use excessive amounts of water to wash so the depth allowed for plenty of water and the ability to maneuver larger items around and to have them rest on the divide if needed.

Stainless single bowl 32 inch.

SM, you sound more like me about the single sink. Thank you for your thoughts. I’m wanting the costs to be kept down but still buying quality. Perhaps the stainless steel in 16gauge low divide sink is what I shall go with.

Among people replacing their sink without doing additional remodeling, 95% go from a double bowl to a single. 3% get a low divide; 2% another full height double. None call back regretting their decision. Most pick stainless steel.

Mine is a 33”, not 36”.

Pics right after installation

I love the stainless apron front. Water
Drips on it, not the cabinet

@gurukaram Does the apron front get scratched? I am considering an apron front stainless sink, and this is the only reservation I have.

@olgala No scratches yet but I have only had it since August.