Blanco 440177 Diamond 1-3/4 Bowl Silgranit II, Um, Café Brown

 (15 customer reviews)

We built a house and selected this sink from a catalog a little more than a year ago. The sink has developed a crack near the drain. The sink is covered by a warranty. The problem is that you have to pay for shipping and labor. The shipping is just a small insult and does not amount to much money. It is the thousands of dollars that we have to pay to replace the sink that really sucks. To get at the sink requires removing the granite, which requires removing the stone above the granite. We do not have the final bill, but it is safe to say it is thousands and many-many times the cost of the sink. And then we have another sink that could easily fail and then we have to pay again.

My kitchen has two full size sinks and they are both the blanco cafe brown. I have a beautiful brown, creme and gold granite and the blanco sinks make the counter tops rich and beautiful! Easy to keep clean! I recommend this product. I have had my sinks for 6 months and get compliments all the time from my friends.
Debbie in Texas

I always read the reviews for items I like (and want to continue to like) with a great amount of optimism. If someone has had a problem, I tell myself it won't happen to me. Well, despite reviews that this item required work to maintain its appearance, I bought it. What I wasn't expecting, was that when a trusted handyman lightly tapped on the knock out holes before installation to prep my new sink for my new faucet, that the corner of the sink would break off. I watched it happen and there was no excessive force used. The directions were followed and the sink just broke. I immediately checked my warranty and, of course, chips and breaks aren't covered. Since I won't be able to buy another new sink, I've had to repair the crack the best I can. Not exactly the brand new sink feeling I was going for. If you're going to buy this and need more than the one hole knocked out, practice extreme caution.