[coffeebean]

My concern with granite, or any hard surface, is that I would have to treat my dishes, glasses and anything breakable with kid gloves. The "clang" noise that happens when anything breakable touches the granite surface, makes me cringe.

I have Corian bathroom vanity tops and I put "bumpers" on the bottom of my tumbler to protect the tumbler from breaking. I can not imagine having to worry about all my breakables in the kitchen. I just would not feel comfortable working in my kitchen on anything other than a Formica surface. I've had Formica counter tops in my kitchens for as long as I can remember and it is so easy to work on. I have no worries about breaking anything on Formica.