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They're all the same stuff. Choose by color alone.
- Ceasarstone started it all. Israeli company. They have normal and "honed" finishes. The concrete and and blue lagos are distinctive.
- Silestone came next. Spanish company. Microban makes no real difference as all of the quartz surfaces are non-porous. Their honed finish is called "leather" - great in combination with their more sandstone like colors (Tigris, Yukon, Caramel, Sonora, etc)
- Zodiaq came next. Made by Dupont. I think they have the smallest selection.
- Cambria is actually made by the company which Dupont subbed the manufacturing out to - then went out on their own after licensing obligations. Their products tend to have the largest clumps of color, resulting in a more natural looking product - though Silestone's Mountain series is supposedly almost as good.
They're all the same stuff. Choose by color alone.
- Ceasarstone started it all. Israeli company. They have normal and "honed" finishes. The concrete and and blue lagos are distinctive.
- Silestone came next. Spanish company. Microban makes no real difference as all of the quartz surfaces are non-porous. Their honed finish is called "leather" - great in combination with their more sandstone like colors (Tigris, Yukon, Caramel, Sonora, etc)
- Zodiaq came next. Made by Dupont. I think they have the smallest selection.
- Cambria is actually made by the company which Dupont subbed the manufacturing out to - then went out on their own after licensing obligations. Their products tend to have the largest clumps of color, resulting in a more natural looking product - though Silestone's Mountain series is supposedly almost as good.
Did a kitchen six months ago.
It has nothing to do with the permeability, but germs. Microban is a germ fighting agent.
Not true. The increased surface area of a porous (permeable) structure gives bacteria a better toehold for colonization.
Any remnant soap or cleaning compounds left on a quartz countertop are more than enough to kill a vast majority of bacteria. You want to know what the absolutely cleanest area of your house is, on a bacterial level? It's your toilet bowl. Give it a lick because the trace amounts of cleaners make it extremely difficult for bacteria to grow.
Microban (or triclosan in the generic sense) has a bunch of other concerns.
- When exposed to UV light, such as sunlight, it degrades into a dioxin - a class of chemicals that are extremely toxic.
- There's also the concern that the widespread use of Microban spurs bacterial resistance, much like what is currently evolving through antibiotic over-prescription.
Now if we could only get rid of the sponge and scrubber in the sink. That's a bacterial breeding ground!
I have HanStone quartz countertops... love them. There was a chip in the counter from the installers, and they fixed it to the point where you can't even tell where the chip was.
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