Hi localeater, sorry I just saw your post with your question. We sold the house with the MRDirect sink a year ago, but while we lived there we thought it was a very good sink. We had absolutely no issues with it at all - it was very sturdy. My kitchen is definitely for cooking but DH does almost all the cleanup, and he gives the sink a thumbs up too.

In my current remodel I would have used another MRDirect sink but wanted an offset drain so went with Elkay.

I was wondering why you were doing a new glossy white and walnut kitchen when your other kitchen was so nice. Moving explains everything.
What Elkay sink did you go with, my first preference is for a sink that drains in the right rear corner, as that will give my the most undersink storage. I only seem to find them in 8" or 10" depth and my preference is 9". Maybe I am too fussy.
When I start thinking I am too fussy is when I say- just get the Very Reasonably priced MR Direct sink. I do like the Orca-esque shape. The other sink I am considering is actually an ELkay lowdivide 60/40 {{!gwi}}From GW Photos

Who knew picking a sink would be this hard?

localeater I'm so sorry, I thought I'd responded to your post and now I see that I hadn't. This is the Elkay sink I ordered, in the 8" depth.

Here is a link that might be useful: Elkay sink