The black matte sink itself is gorgeous and bigger than I expected it to be. But it was supposed to come with a bottom grate, which mine did not. (I still have to discuss that with customer service). And the clips to attach the sink to the underneath of the countertop are completely worthless. Using the template cutout, there is not enough room to get the clip up into the hook on the sink. You have to swing them out a bit to get them in the slot, and there just isn't room to do that. So I had to cut an extra 1/4" all the way around, leaving very little area for the lip on the sink to catch the countertop. So I tried to install the sink with the clips already attached, and I discovered the clips are way too short. The teeth on the clip digs into the plywood before I could even get the sink into place. If the clip was maybe 3" long, instead of 1.5" long, maybe it would work. But this design is terrible. The lip on the sink should be wider, so you can cut enough space out to be able to use the clips -- if they clips were longer in the first place. I ended up putting coated wires through the slots and will twist and screw the wires into the plywood instead. And we ended up just using clear caulk to glue it in place for now. I might recommend this sink for undermount only, but I have no idea how you would secure it. So overall, with the solutions I created myself, it will work and look gorgeous. But I hope I can get the grate for the bottom, because the paperwork warns that the black matte finish can scratch. I'll change it to 4 stars if Wayfair comes through with the grate. But I've installed a number of other stainless sinks, and have never had these design issues before...mostly the poorly designed clips to anchor the sink in place.
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