Dishwasher verses Washing-up

moonrakerz

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Lyndsay_21

i dream of the day i have a kitchen big enough for a dishwasher!!!

irishwexford

hilstep2000 wrote: »

I always said I didn;t need one, now I couldn't do without it!

I said the same thing but when we bought a new kitchen two years ago the salesman included one in the plans so we decided that we may as well have it. I would not be without it and will replace it straight away when it packs up. I buy my tables from co-op as they are always having a bogof and do wait until it is full as just the two of us. I wish I had found room for one when I had three children here. Kitchen look tidy all the time now. Definately a good investment for a family.

moanymoany

I saved my family allowance and bought my dishwasher 25 years ago. Back then it was the piece of kitchen equipment that was considered beyond the pale and everyone and their MIL felt they could pass judgement and ask stupid questions like - does it really clean properly?

Well now even my posy SIL has one, but as we don't speak I can't say I told you so!!!

1. They do get things clean
2. They do mean you need extra crock and cutlery - see car boot sales.
3. You may have to give up a cupboard, this time next year you will be so glad you did.
4. Even if it wasn't money saving I would not get rid - I just don't care!:p
5. I use the cheapest d/w cleaner I can get.

The biggest and best reason for me is because I LOATH washing up.

larmy16

I gave up a cupboard to have a slimline dishwasher installed. I run it either once or every two days. Months ago Waitrose were selling off all their dw tablets, so I snapped the lot up, still got loads of them.

I have also used the economy washing powder for clothes (as advised on here once). I also use the v. cheapest washing up liquid (13p or thereabouts) in a tiny amount in the section where you dont put the tablet. This gives the dishes a prewash and being cheap it does not foam up. I do not always use a whole tablet but darn it some of them just dont seem to want to break in half.

Only use white vinegar in the rinse, so all these things keep the costs or running down.

I absolutely adore my dishwasher - never could see the point of them till I got one! If it breaks down I will make every effort to replace a.s.a.p. It is only an Indesit about £190, but touch wood it will keep going for years!!

vivw_2

I hated my dishwasher and have given it away on freecycle. It was scratching my glasses, left water spots on my stainless steel saucepans, dried up wooden spoons/chopping boards and took the pictures off my grandchildrens mugs, plates etc. This meant that although I could put plates, cutlery in everything else had to be washed buy hand so I was doing both. If I had a bowl of soapy water anyway, it was easier to do it all in one go....so out went the dishwasher and the kitchen looks instantly tidier as things that were out in the kitchen can now go where the dishwasher was

Softstuff

I got rid of the dishwasher in our unit without even trying it. It had to go to fit in a small freezer. Given the space that it would have taken and the extra space that would have been needed for even more crockery, there was no way we could have one.

Having said all that, it wouldn't have been good for us anyway. There are only 2 of us, and being in Australia it's not too good to leave dirty plates around much past the meal itself (they quickly smell, attract flies and ants).

belfastgirl23

I think dishwashers are fab

I did read an article a while ago (I can't track it down though) where they observed people handwashing dishes in about 10 different countries. On average across cultures dishwashers used a lot less water (and by definition less energy to heat it).

I only use mine when full (about once a day for two of us), try hard not to rinse before I put stuff in except for tomato-y and potato-y stuff which somehow sticks to other dishes if I don't rinse. I use lidl dishwasher tabs (£1.99 for 30) these break in half really easily so I just use half a tab. I don't use rinse aid. I do everything at 40 deg which is the lowest setting and only use the hot setting once a month to give it a good clean out.

I wouldn't be without it for anything!

LandyAndy

vivw wrote: »

I hated my dishwasher and have given it away on freecycle. It was scratching my glasses, left water spots on my stainless steel saucepans, dried up wooden spoons/chopping boards and took the pictures off my grandchildrens mugs, plates etc. This meant that although I could put plates, cutlery in everything else had to be washed buy hand so I was doing both. If I had a bowl of soapy water anyway, it was easier to do it all in one go....so out went the dishwasher and the kitchen looks instantly tidier as things that were out in the kitchen can now go where the dishwasher was

My experience as well. I'm told modern dishwashers don't do this but I don't mind washing up by hand.:rolleyes:

Vampgirl

Lyndsay_21 wrote: »

i dream of the day i have a kitchen big enough for a dishwasher!!!

Oh me too!
We also have the problem that we're renting so we can't change the units without the landlord's permission, and it'd be too expensive to restore them when we leave.