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(More customer reviews)I installed one of these light-weight sinks in my daughter-in-law's kitchen a couple of years ago. She choose this one [partially] because the larger of the basins has more room than a typical 33" wide double sink. I.e., the left sink bottom is 22" across the diagonal, and nearly 10" deep, to hold large pans etc. It has held up well, showing little signs of wear; i.e., there are no evident scratches (as happens with some stainless steel sinks). She wanted a garbage disposal installed under each basin, which introduced no strength issue with the sink. In other words, the composite material used is pretty tough stuff; it is not shiny like fiberglass or porcelain sinks, having a sheen similar to egg-shells.
The installation clips, which hold it down to the counter top worked just fine and no special tools were needed. Before the sink is installed, however, it is rather fragile. While carrying the sink to the counter top hole, one corner lightly bumped against a doorway. To my horror, a large piece of the sink corner broke off. We were very lucky that the local supplier replaced it for free.
Although the photo shows a single hole for the faucet, there is a second "hole-to-be", molded in for a soap dispenser. It's located at the far rear and right. Most of that hole's perimeter has no material (on the sink bottom), so if you do it right, you can knock it out and wind up with a proper-sized hole. I laid the sink face down with that hole area supported by a 2" socket from a tool set. A light whack from a small hammer punched the hole center out. Again, be really careful when doing this, or else you could break the sink.
Once installed, there didn't seem to be a weakness issue and it still looks good after two years; hence the 4 star rating. However, one Amazon reviewer of a Blanco under-counter Anthracite sink said her sink cracked near the drain and had to be replaced, at great expense.
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