Hi Anjali,

Caesar Stone is an engineered stone. Most man made stones come with a 10 year warranty backed by the supplier and the manufacture. Caesar stone is one of the best known brands of man made stone and have one of the best colour selections to choose from. Caesar Stone should not discolour, stain, chip or crack and will be covered under their warranty within reason (for example, if you leave red wine on the bench over night could possibly stain the surface or sit a hot pot directly from the stone onto the surface can cause the stone to crack suddenly). You can download and read about Caesar stone's warrantyhere

In my experience, granite being a natural stone means that the manufactures that I've worked with can only warranty the stone for a select amount of years dependent on the colour - generally being a lot less that 10 years!

I hope this helps :)

Emma

We recently purchased a house that has Ceasarstone ocean foam in the kitchen and it is around 9 years old and it still looks amazing (unlike the black quantum quartz that I put on the island which is a pain). The Ceasarstone has no stains or scratches and looks as good as it probably did 9 years ago. I would not hesitate to recommend this product. It doesn't show marks like the black does and is easy to keep clean. I would definitely recommend not going for a solid colour though.

Emma Gamble
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alex_vellere their warranty would not cover these issues anyway. Refer about

ksangus there is a big difference in the two colours. We assume your black is streaking, fingerprinting and looking patchy... .This happen with all quartz no matter the brand. Caesarstone jet black, night sky and especailly vanilla noir do exactly the same. In fact Vanilla Noir is nortorious for chemically etching from anything caustic especially glass cleaner etc

Use the correct cleaning products and you will love it as much as your white colored quartz

Stone & Quartz Care, Cleaning Essentials

We also suggest you view our cleaning videos to make life easier to care for them

We used Caesarstone in our kitchen - Emporado which is very dark brown and Dreamy Marfil which is a pale cream colour - on a bench top and a kitchen table top and have been living in our new home for about 18 months. It has performed very well, no scratches or stains, easy to clean with a simple wipe over and no other concerns. Have no experience of other stone types. Would recommend Caesarstone based on my experience so far.

I had a light coloured Caesarstone in my last property for 9 years without any problem. Have heard that granite is porous, therefore would not be as durable as Caesarstone.

i have black granite, chips easily, there is a hairline crack near the cooktop and when cleaning leaves streaks, so you need to polish it up with Mr Sheen to get it shiny.

My previous house had light coloured caesarstone. It was pretty, but a nuisance. It didn't stain per se, but was hard to clean. Also there are rules about what you can clean it with, so when there was a bad mark you had no choice but elbow grease and dishwashing liquid to get it out. But it was more resilient than the granite benchtop I had in the house prior to that. I believe granite needs to be quite thick to avoid cracks. If I had to choose between the two, I might opt for a (not too plain) dark caesarstone.

I've done two renos ( both baths and kitchen) with Granite Transformations - It's a man made stone that looks like Granite and Ceasarstone without the $$ and the straining. It's non-porous, never stains or chips, and can be laid on top of other benchtops if required. There is a web site for Granite Transformations that you can go to. I would highly recommend you check them out.

Have experience with white Caesarstone and Smartstone engineered benchtops. The times I have splashed anything containing turmeric (curries) I used a wet cloth and a spot of Jif and it removed the yellow colouring immediately. Apart from that, nothing has stained.