Blanco 441313 Performa 1.75 Medium Bowl Sink, Café Brown

 (4 customer reviews)

The sink that we have owned for a about 2 months has been great until suddenly there was a long hairline crack that developed on the vertical front wall. From our research, this is not common, but it seems to be more prevalent in the latest version of the sinks. As most of these sinks will be undermount installs, as our was, the replacment installation is very costly ($500 for ours), and Blanco only covers the sink replacement. It's been about a week and we still have not heard back from Blanco on their decision to replace the sink, although I am certain they will. Anyway, be forewarned as this can happen without any trauma to the sink, perhaps just a bubble in the material that resulted in a cracking over a short time.

We had our ancient kitchen remodeled around 8 months ago and had the "truffle" colored version of this sink installed (undermount). So far, we've really enjoyed it. It's very quiet when the water is running -- much less than with our previous stainless steel sink. No staining or visible wear and tear so far, and we've been less than perfect about cleaning it regularly. Good depth without being too deep (my wife and I are both on the short side).

Also, it's not 100% clear from the picture, but with the 1.75 version, you get two separate bowls, but the divider between the two is low enough that you can still fit larger pots with handles on them into the sink fairly easily. A nice compromise if you have one person who wants one big bowl and one person who wants two separate bowls, like my wife and I did.

We've had no issues with cracking at this point. If we do, I'll revise the review accordingly. As of today, we would definitely buy this sink again.

This Blanco sink is awesome! The sink is very deep, 10" on both sides. It is perfect for large pots and pans. They easily fit (with handle) into the larger side of the sink. The sink divider is not the full height of the sink, which I wasn't sure I would like but it is actually really handy. Because the sink is so deep, the smaller side of the sink is still plenty big for washing dishes.

One consideration. If you are replacing an existing sink with this sink, look at your plumbing carefully. Because the sink is so deep, you could get in trouble with the plumbing and making sure that the s-trap is the right height in relation to where the plumbing exits the cabinet.