Thanks so much for posting this! I have the 12x12 sample and love it, but I'm not really loving it in these pictures. Hmmmm...

Same...it looks great in my sample, but not as great in the photos.

I'm hoping maybe it just doesn't photograph well? Or am I being delusional?

Same here. I've had some nagging not-exactly-regrets on passing over the Torquay because the local dealers weren't 1) easy to find, and 2) anxious to make a sale. Basically, I gave up on them and found a granite I like. But I sometimes have wondered... Seeing these photos, I'm now sure I made the better choice for our space.

I wouldn't go by the photos at all! Acylic, granite and quartz tops never look true in photographs. I have a Caesarstone Carerra display in my showroom....a regular photo...the tops look like solid white. Until I do a close-up, they look like nothing special. But people rave about this piece in my showroom.

Here are the pics.

From a distance:

Closer up you can see the detail better:

I just got my sample too. It is going only on perimeter counters - behind a huge walnut island. It looks much better in person than the pics, and much better than the OKITE sample I have. It may be still a little gray but the best, most accurate marble look quartz out there I think. More expensive than marble but bulletproof - 24 hours of red wine didn't stain. Perfect and easy to clean . . .

Thanks, kompy, for your pictures and for reassuring us it will look better in person. The sample is so nice, and it's not at all plastic-looking like some quartz.

athensmomof3, I'm with you on the stain testing. I tried everything - red wine (with a bottle sitting on it), coffee, black raspberry jam, etc. - overnight and it all wiped up with a damp paper towel.

Please, anyone who sees it in real life or puts it in their kitchen, let us know how it really is!

I so WANT to like the solid-surface manmade materials. But it just looks "fake" to me, I guess because it is too perfect and unvarying in pattern. I would just rather have a natural stone.

It's been a very good surface and we are pleased. I still dream about marble, though!

Close up:

Pantry:

At work:

Island: