Hi
We are having a 3000 x 1200 island bench and have been recommended the acrylic. Our cabinet maker is using hafele. I too found it very hard to find much online regarding this product.
The reasons the cabinet maker gave for using this product were:
- the size of our bench meant CS would need some major joins
- we are located smack bang halfway between adelaide and melbourne and the costs of having someone from Adelaide travel to install the benchtop are prohibitive
- the cabinet maker is licenced to install the hafele acrylic which brings costs down
We were really concerned as we couldn't do much research on the product but have seen a kitchen our cabinet maker installed with the hafele acrylic and it looks and feels fabulous. The 40mm is a good depth as it seemed really solid and not plasticy at all.
If anyone has any comments on what i have been told that would be great.
But back to the original poster. Don't discount the acrylic, if you can get a look at a bench top installed it would really help you make a decision.