Pros and Cons on handle-less cabinets/cupboards please

Handless cupboard doors for overhead cupboards is a good idea. Nice and sleek looking. The doors overhang down a bit and that's the part that you grab to open them.

For doors that cannot have a "underhang handle" I would get handles. Otherwise opening and closing is a two step operation. I originally was going to get push to open and close doors for my full height cupboards, but moved away from this when I thought of the inconvenience (actually, was highlighted the inconvenience by the kitchen builder). In my case what made the handles acceptable was that I matched the handles (stlye, size and height) to those of the fridge. Very nice look.

The doors can hang down a bit but it's apparently hardly noticeable (if at all) because it's only a few milimetres below the bottom of the cupboard. I was worried how it would look and whether it would be noticeable so I didn't go that option. The kitchen place for my builder would only do that option or the push open cupboards. I didn't want the push open cupboards because I thought they may get fingerprints as I've chosen glossy doors.

The option I wanted was what I saw in a display home. There seems to be two bottoms to this cupboard. The glossy lower one was slightly set back from the bottom of the door creating a nice comfortable nook to open the door with. That's another option.
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I'd suggest going to display homes and looking at kitchens with no handles there and having a play to see what suits you.

Overhead cabinets are easy as has already been shown.

There are a few options for the base cabinets.

Sharknose - the back of the door or drawer is cut on 45degrees and this is what you use to open the door. Each door or drawer is set down 20mm to allow for a finger gap. This can look good but can allow water into your cabinets if you dont allow enough bench top over hang.

Tip On - A blum product like touch catches but alot better. Only available for doors. You do end up with finger prints on the face of the doors.

Servo drive - A blum product that is electronic. I is a system that sits behind the drawers and is connect up to 240volts. You push on the face of the drawer and the mechanism opens the drawer for you. Great idea but isnt cheap.

I had the option of handleless overhead cupboards and chose to go with handles. The fingerprint and staining issue were important factors, but for me, I realised that I don't like to second guess where to correctly push the cupboard to open it. Each to their own I suppose.

We used unsprung hinges and touch catches, then most of the time put it back to normal hinges and handles, yep that's right, most of the customers felt it looked unfinished, I thought it looked crap myself. But each to his/her own