Do you have or want a dishwasher?

Advbrd · 31-12-2016 10:20AM

Pkiernan wrote: »

Smart people have 2 dishwashers.
You take clean dishes from one and after use put them in the other. Then alternate.
You cut down on your cabinet needs considerably.

Yeah, I have one for each day of the week...not.
I do however have a sh1t load of delph and cutlery.

andekwarhola · 31-12-2016 10:49AM

If I lived by myself I probably wouldn't bother, especially if I was space constrained.

It's a bit of a godsend for avoiding mountains of dishwashing in a family home though.

_Brian · 31-12-2016 10:51AM

Family of four here.

Kids do lots of cooking and baking. Having a dishwasher is a must for us.

Fr_Dougal · 31-12-2016 10:52AM

Have a dishwasher, use it daily. One of the best purchases I ever made, along with an extra set of identical crockery.

JustAThought · 31-12-2016 10:53AM

I don't have one but have space ( & plumbing links for one). I hate sitting in a house with an appliance droning on hour after hour. & They are really environmentally unfriendly notto mention the ongoing expense - LX, water charges, filter/tablets etc. From years ago working in restaurants & shared flats In my head they are dirt refuges - filled with bits of rotting food & crud crusted old plates lined with rotting food and smeared with days old hardened cruddy sauces & dead meat. I have serious reservations about them & wouldn't use one even in my (relativey clean) ex-partners flat.

Be clean & save the planet! Boil a kettle, wash your plates in sparking clean boiling water, be finished in ten minutes, enjoy the peace & calm!

31-12-2016 10:53AM

The only time I've ever lived in a house with a dishwasher was in a house during college for 9 months.

My Mother has never had one in her house. Not really any room. But could never really see her buying one anyway.

Would love one in the house I live in now. The only times myself and my OH ever really fight is over the washing up.. Kitchen is too small though!

dudara · 31-12-2016 10:56AM

We have one but it's been broken for over a year now, and I just haven't had the time to sort it out.

TBH I don't really miss it. It's useful when you have people over for dinner, but most of the time, it's faster to 1/3 fill the sink and wash it by hand. All done in 5 mins. Plus I have a lot of good glassware that I'd only wash by hand anyway.

Rubberchikken · 31-12-2016 10:56AM

don't see the necessity. had one, wasn't using it so i gave it away. wash by hand, sometimes leave to dry naturally and then wipe before putting away. mostly dry when finished washing. kitchen always looks tidier when sink is tidy imo:) and we have plenty of clean teatowels ion this house. change them quite a few times a day so no drying with a damp one. very healthy here!!

meeeeh · 31-12-2016 11:00AM

_Brian wrote: »

Family of four here.

Kids do lots of cooking and baking. Having a dishwasher is a must for us.

Family o four here too. Kids do no cooking and baking. We still manage to fill it twice when in one day when we are all at home. .

Anyway a decent dishwasher will be fairly quiet. You don't even hear it after initial rinse cycle.

GreenFolder2 · 31-12-2016 11:02AM

A very good one usually can't even be heard at all.

evolving_doors · 31-12-2016 11:03AM

Put dinner directly onto the table and drink directly from the bottle/can. Eat with hands.
Sorted.

Teyla Emmagan · 31-12-2016 11:07AM

I love my dishwasher. Especially if you're cooking all day, being able to put it on and pull out clean dishes as you go is marvellous. And even when I don't put it on every day it's somewhere to store dishes which are waiting to be washed. There is only me in the house but it would drive me mad to have them sitting on the counter, or drying rack. And I hate doing 5 small hand washes a day.

And most importantly it gets things really clean!! Far more than hand washing ever would!

Graces7 · 31-12-2016 12:15PM

McGaggs wrote: »

Anyone who refuses to use a dishwasher is guilty of environmental treason.

I would say the opposite?

RobertKK · 31-12-2016 12:18PM

I am the dishwasher.

Graces7 · 31-12-2016 12:19PM

There is one in the rental here but would never use it . Useful for storing crockery though.. Cost is one consideration. I heat water on the solid fuel range to keep ESB costs down and love to get hands in hot water.

Sono · 31-12-2016 12:23PM

An absolute must in any household, would be lost without ours.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 31-12-2016 12:23PM

We had one, still do, for many years and when the family were younger it was invaluable. It saved so much time and hassle. Now there's only two of us here, so it's isn't used on a day to day basis. It will be used tomorrow, as we have a house full of kids and grandkids for New Year's Day dinner. We can eat, stack the dishwasher and get back to the craic and chat.

peasant · 31-12-2016 12:30PM

Household of two with a half size dishwasher.
We put everything in it, including pots and pans, haven't handwashed anything since we have it.
It's absolutely great, keeps the kitchen tidy and the dishes cleaner than they ever were; wouldn't be without it.

pauliebdub · 31-12-2016 01:43PM

I had one, it broke and I never replaced it. There's only two of us so washing up is never really a problem

Nonoperational · 31-12-2016 01:44PM

Must have in my opinion.

ongarite · 31-12-2016 01:54PM

Graces7 wrote: »

I would say the opposite?

Dishwashers are far more efficient & put less soiled water down the drain than washing by hand.

http://www.treehugger.com/kitchen-design/dishwasher-vs-handwashing-the-winner.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/why-you-should-use-a-dishwasher-instead-of-cleaning-by-hand-10229612.htm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eatingwell/hand-washing-dishes-vs-dishwasher_b_1542991.html

jester77 · 31-12-2016 01:58PM

ongarite wrote: »

Dishwashers are far more efficient & put less soiled water down the drain than washing by hand.

http://www.treehugger.com/kitchen-design/dishwasher-vs-handwashing-the-winner.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/why-you-should-use-a-dishwasher-instead-of-cleaning-by-hand-10229612.htm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eatingwell/hand-washing-dishes-vs-dishwasher_b_1542991.html

Exactly, plus cheaper as well. When you take the cost of water, electricity and detergent, then the dishwasher works out cheaper.

Chuchote · 31-12-2016 02:01PM

The two-dishwasher idea is great if you have a big kitchen - one is always filling while the other is emptying. Great labour-saver.

Estrellita · 31-12-2016 02:02PM

When you have a few people in the house a dishwasher is a God send. You would never be away from the sink otherwise.

bee06 · 31-12-2016 02:04PM

We have one but have probably used it less than 10 times in 2 years. There is only 2 of us so it would take days to fill it and we'd run out of dishes. We only use it when we have people for dinner. My husband is also a bit of a weirdo who enjoys washing up so he's anti dishwasher anyway.

Ciaran_B · 31-12-2016 02:07PM

An essential appliance. There's no way I could go back to a life with a dishwasher.

smurfjed · 31-12-2016 02:12PM

An integral part of our kitchen, it really makes our maid's life easier

JillyQ · 31-12-2016 02:20PM

It was the first appliance I bought for my house. Wouldn't be with out it.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 31-12-2016 03:15PM

JillyQ wrote: »

It was the first appliance I bought for my house. Wouldn't be with out it.

At one point my wife said she would do without the washing machine before the dishwasher.

How times have changed!

Yawns · 31-12-2016 03:19PM

Moved house year and a half ago. No room for dishwasher. There was a small nook space beside the fridge but it was too awkward for a dishwasher and it would have meant unusable space in a corner with it. So got a set of shelves and this from Ikea. All the cutlery and bits n bobs go in that and on shelves. Took out the 4 drawers in the main kitchen unit which was perfect size for a slim dishwasher. Worth it.

Do you have or want a dishwasher?

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