Dishwasher or handwash?

martinthebandit

Just the two us here too.

When our dishwasher gave up the ghost we bought a replacement the next day.

Ms_Chocaholic

There's only 2 of us but luckily our dishwasher (AEG I think) has a 30 minute quick wash that is marvellous; it cleans even stubborn stains off oven dishes and pans and is the one we mostly use. As it's so quick (other programmes can run for 90+ mins) we use it more regularly.

Artytarty

Always a dishwasher, my own has just bought a house and has out the washing machine in the garage so he has room for a disahwasher in the kitchen! Seems like a good plan to me.

PollyWollyDoodle

I'm single and I wouldn't be without my dishwasher. Economical, it cleans much more thoroughly (in my view) than hand washing and as above, it's somewhere to put the dirty dishes. I can easily fill mine within a couple of days especially if I've been baking, and I put all sorts of things through it - cat bowls, the cooker filters, soap dishes, flower vases, anything that will stand up to the temperature.

Spendless

I really regret not having a dishwasher put it when we had our kitchen re-furbed. My old one had died a year before and I thought during that 12 months I hadn't missed it, so didn't bother. What a mistake - I'd failed to take into account my kids were becoming teens Anything can change your current situation - I'd go for the DW.

JIL

Absolutely love my dishwasher, it's like a cupboard where you put your dirty plates, press a button and they come out clean.

Did you know households with big posh kitchens now have two dishwashers. This means whilst one is in use, the other can hide away the next lot of dirty crockery? It is a common theme adopted by kitchen planners.

ScarletRibbons

Dishwasher all the way. I would hate to be without mine, and there's only two of us.

If any of the family come round for a meal. which they are today, we're not fighting our way out of piles of dirty dishes.

It makes life so much easier.

GwylimT

Dishwasher.

With hand washing your are using a bowl/sink of water three times a day, plus extra water to rinse the dishes.

DigForVictory

Whereas I have three teens, one of whom likes to try to cook (very messily) and the other two who can use the minimum pans to fill the maximum stomach space.

No water meter & a clear sense that the young should be taught that with cooking (or being fed) comes responsibilities, like washing up.

In years to come they may be housed with a dishwasher & one godparent has patiently taught them how to load it correctly, so they know the basics, but I prefer to keep them on hands-on terms with brillo, stardrops & the teatowels...

LameWolf

Sorry, I'm going to buck the trend, here.

Hand wash.

There's only the two of us; and waiting for the dishwasher to be full enough to switch it on would bother me a lot , as I dislike the idea of stuff hanging around waiting to be washed. (Someone mentioned being able to fill theirs in "a couple of days" - I'd literally lose sleep over having dirty dishes left overnight).

Also, I have "favourite" dishes and utensils that I'd still have to wash by hand, in order to be able to use them again before the dishwasher was full.