hand-washing dishes versus dishwasher...

[PapaZita]

I wish you could get one for dogs.

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyY6aws_2nQ

 

[Jane Smart]

By the way, they also clean our cycling water bottles so well

 

[gbb]

I'm amazed they're so well regarded...we have one and i can't figure out whether i love it or hate it.
One negative not mentioned, the amount of bloomin extra pots and pans, dishes and cutlery you have to have is a nuisance.
Otherwise i like mine...
Drying Maz ?...most have several cycles, one particually is a full wash with a dry cycle on the end...it takes about 2.5 hrs.
A cunning alternative is to use a quick cycle with no drying. BUT...as the quick cycle finishes, its still very hot. Just open the door as soon as its finished and all the steam flood out and the dishes will dry themselves really quite quickly. Quick cycle only takes about half an hour, so there must be huge energy savings.

I read before that a good dishwasher is actually more cost effective than doing pots in the sink.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

on my 10th wedding anniversary someone asked me what the secret to our success was.
i said "our dishwasher"
i stand by this.

people ask me the secret of my 22 year happy marriage (she's my best mate!) but i learnt a lot from jack duckworth his magic words were 'yes dear'. never has one man spoken such wise words!!

 

[Norm]

Says it all doesnt it. Men, tsk

It says nothing about "men" or "women", just the way that it was in our home with me working in Central London at the time.

 

[Linford]

Says it all doesnt it. Men, tsk

Emiline Pankhurst will be doing about 50rpm in her grave now with Norms comments

 

[Slartibartfast]

It's probably the only appliance in our house which if it broke down, we would go out and replace the very same day.
I've always wondered about cleaning cassettes, chains etc in it. Does it do a good job, and is it likely to leave a mess inside and get me in trouble oith the missus?

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[Linford]

It's probably the only appliance in our house which if it broke down, we would go out and replace the very same day.
I've always wondered about cleaning cassettes, chains etc in it. Does it do a good job, and is it likely to leave a mess inside and get me in trouble oith the missus?

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Don't do it. Go and get a can of paraffin and a small paint brush to do this. Your dishes will taste of oil and grease for ages IMO

 

[swee'pea99]

I wash pans out as soon as they are emptied, which means less stuff stuck on them, (and gives my dinner time to cool to eating temperature).

You wash up before you eat? That's way past weird...that's deranged. No offense.

 

[MossCommuter]

[QUOTE 1840599, member: 1314"]Would it be cheaper just getting a cleaner in few times a week...? Do the hoovering etc too...[/quote]
No

Price of (cheapest) AAA dishwasher (based on a cursory Google) is just over 10 weeks of my cleaner (and she doesn't waste time doing dishes because I have a dishwasher)

 

[Trembler49]

We've effectively got 2 with something similar to this (ours is a different make). Dishes in one, pans in other. Bottom drawer is a bit smaller but the breakfast dishes usually fill it quite nicely.

Brilliant thing, we almost bought one!!

 

[Fab Foodie]

paper plates

Nah, they go soggy and clog the filters ....

 

[Lisa21]

We only got one 4 years ago when Mrs Norm's hand was broken in a car accident, we wouldn't think of going back now, though.

But...but.. you said.. and so I..

It says nothing about "men" or "women", just the way that it was in our home with me working in Central London at the time.

.....Oh never mind, iv got the other 6 dwarves to talk to.........

 

[summerdays]

It's probably the only appliance in our house which if it broke down, we would go out and replace the very same day.

My first dishwasher arrived in 1997 with my second child and we discovered it could double as a sterilizer for bottles. However it wasn't brilliant and broke down after a couple of years (Philips I think). We had a gap of about 3 weeks without it. Since then we have had Bosch which seems to be better built. I would replace it fairly quickly if it broke down, with 3 teenagers producing lots of washing up each day, and generally do a load a day. (Sometimes 2 at the weekend, depends if I've been baking or what we have for lunch/tea). They don't dry plastics very well but I just pop those on a drainer afterwards.

 

[Doseone]

They are great. We are a family of four and it gets used once it has filled up which is about every 2 or 3 days. You still have to do some washing up for the non dishwasher stuff and we tend to handwash the pots and pans. There are a few other small plus sides - I haven't read the whole thread but I think somebody has already mentioned that they are brilliant for bike bottles, and when it comes to chutney making time the hottest setting is great for doing the old jam jars.

When our last one broke after 7 years we decided to pay more and get a "good" one. We bought a Siemens and TBH I'm very disappointed with it and wouldn't recommend them. Our old cheapie one was miles better.