I chose stainless (Karran) for its simplicity, and I'm loving it so far (it's been about a month). Then again, our old sink was stainless, so I knew what to expect. It's easy to clean, I don't care if it gets scratched, and it's not going to crack or stain. I'm probably not a great person to get advice from though, as it was a pretty easy decision for me. I struggled with some of my other choices, but not the sink.

I chose Blanco Truffle-but I did see it irl

It was a perfect color so I fell in love

it's very easy to take care of..just don't put stuff right from the stove in it like my DH did one(left a hardly visible lighter stain..but I was visibly upset)) Boiling water is fine of course

I like the softer look. Our kitchen is on a smaller side, it's enough stainless as is.

Couple houses before, I used to have stainless too, and loved it. In Blanco case, I was very taken with a) Truffle color which happens to be one of my favorite ones, and worked very well with my kitchen concept, to the point that I knew right away upon seeing it, and b) specific sink model, with lower divider.

localeater, how long have you had the Blanco sink? I'd be so disappointed if that happened. My 17 year old Kohler cast iron sink still looks new. I'm just ready for something new or I'd get another Kohler. I'm also not really sold on the idea of a cast iron under mount.

Karen Rose--thanks--I thought about that. I saw some pictures in one of the forums here with the Soprano and the Biscuit, but definitely a great point.

Back to looking at the stainless sinks again.

One additional piece of information: I will be keeping my Dacor cooktop. It's too expensive to replace right now. It's white and across from the sink.

I believe people with dark colored Slingranit sinks are usually vey happy campers and people with white or biscuit are not. The metallic gray colored Slingranit gets good reviews too. If you like that material, but worry about staining that could be a good compromise.