Here's a divider in an enameled sink.

Hi Jesse. In a previous house, I had a stainless steel divided sink like that. I found it very useful when washing bigger pots, cookie sheets etc. I was able to use the low side for soaking, or even defrosting food. In my current home, I have had a single bowl Koehler Riverby in white for about 5 years. It’s held up very well with few scratches. We try to use only soft cleansers like Bon Ami or Barkeepers Friend but otherwise don’t baby it. I will say that recently a worker dropped a hammer or something into it and chipped it; about 1/8” around. We haven’t addressed that yet as far as repair. All that said - I prefer the large single bowl sink. But the other is a close runner up.

The grate in the bottom is essential. It protects the bottom but also allows you to rinse out the sink even if a pot is sitting in it. The whitehaven grates go in the dishwasher. I don’t know why anyone would get a divided one, though.

We have it. I am in the minority where I will only have a divided sink. I love the love divide. You can wash cookie sheets and larger pans easily. My depth is 4 inches. I bought the grates and even though they are a bit of a pain to clean and also to clean out the sink, I think they are necessary to protect your sink. We love our sink.

I have a single-basin Riverby, which I love! I've always had Kohler cast-iron divided sinks in the past--not low-divide. I will say that the top edge of the high-divide always seemed to suffer the most from constant contact with pots and pans, and so that area of the sink had many marks that were difficult to remove. I really loved the high-divide for hanging a dish rag, but now I use the Riverby utility rack for that purpose. I love the grates that I am now using--no marks at all in the 2-years since its install, and the function of the grates is wonderful! I don't find the grates difficult to wipe clean, and I only seem to have to do it once in a great while. I don't however have a garbage disposal, so that may be why my grates don't seem to gather much grime. When I need to soak something, I just use a bowl or pot. However, I hardly ever need to soak anything, but I understand that we all have different needs in our everyday function in our own kitchens.

The grates serve two very useful purposes besides protecting the bottom of the sink from marks. First, the added height allows water to run beneath any pot sitting in the sink, facilitating drainage and avoiding gunk. Second, because the Kohler grates only have parallel lines (as opposed to my Julien rack in my city kitchen which is cross-hatched), you can rinse a plate and stand it up to dry if you don’t feel like putting it in the dishwasher, so the grates serve as an in-sink drying rack. Another advantage of the Kohler grates is that they come in two pieces. Being able to remove just one is a good thing.

i would never, ever have my Whitehaven sink without the grates.