I had the same feelings when I was washing in my utility sink! I am 5'7" and my back was killing me by the time I was done. I have not had any issues, however, washing dishes in my 10" deep undermounted Blanco cascade sink. In fact, my husband and I both agree that it's now "fun" to wash dishes!

I'm not sure what the standard is, but make sure your counter in front of the sink is not too wide. Mine is 3 inches and it's fine but I have heard of people being surprised that theirs is bigger and so, the stretch on your back is worse.

I was worried too (mine is 9 inches deep plus undermount distance) but in my large one bowl sink, I'm using a half grid and dishpan for most jobs and it's ok.

This has been discussed on GW a few times. I first saw a thread on deep sinks and back pain after I'd ordered my 10 inch deep silgranit. I am only 5' 2" so I was worried.

Now that the sink has been in use 6 months I can honestly say no problems! I even have the 3" maybe even 3 1/2 inches of granite in front of the sink. Maybe some of the GWer's had backs to being with?

Counter height an inch or two higher solves this problem, in my opinion. Advantage number two is that you have more space underneath to put a row of drawers deeper than otherwise.

In my reno one counter (cooktop), will be 35½ above the floor, the other at 37½ above the floor (for deep undermount sink). It's a galley kitchen so the two counters don't meet.

David

I agree, it's not the depth of sink, rather, it's the width of the counter in front of the sink that causes the extra reach/stretch. I'd have preferred a slightly narrower piece of granite in front of mine.

Ok, I guess the utility sink is too far in to reach the water stream, and a couple inches too low.

I will be using a curved apron front SS sink, so we should not have to bend forward too much, just hope my high arc faucet has decent reach towards the front.

In my last kitchen I put in a Moenstone single bowl deep sink and I miss it. I am also vertically challenged and had no problem. I also had a pull-down faucet which I think was key in such a big, deep sink. I am planning on putting a large, deep single bowl in my new kitchen as well (though I think I will get a SS this time). I loved entertaining and being able to place the dishes in the sink and out of site until I could get to them.

I was told that the deeper sinks are actually a bigger problem for the very tall because they have to bend over so much. DH (6'3") objected to the 12" deep sink. We went with the 10", undermount. We have a sink grid which brings it up a little. We haven't had an issue with it. I think we have 3-4" of granite in front of the sink.