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A wife is a much cheaper alternative. [snip] is much quieter
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Quiet? Where did you find yours?
lieu - wife said something about they use less energy to dry which makes it take longer. Didn’t matter to me as it didn’t seem like folks in our house were in all that big of a hurry competing over who got to take the dishes out and put them away first. I’m fine with letting them sit there and drip dry overnight - especially if it takes less juice.
No idea what model we are getting as I played no part in the shopping or buying. Main (only?) thing I ask of most appliances is that they perform their basic function reliably for a long time before needing to be repaired/replaced. Must admit, tho, that the reported quiet will be a plus.
The detergent you use matters too. Experiment with a few brands. I find that the ones that come in dissolvable packets with a liquid and solid component tend to work a lot better than powder or hard tablet kind. For dried on food I throw in two or three of the tabs in there instead of one and even dried food dissolves away.
I agree wholeheartedly with this. My new dishwasher does a great job of cleaning the dishes, but if you fill it too full, it leaves a lot of it on the glasses. (And then it bakes it in.)
I noticed a marked improvement when I started using these as well.
The new detergents with enzymes do a better job of removing food.
Old machines probably dried better because the manufacturers weren’t concerned with energy efficiency. They would just cook the water out, damn the electric bill! If your oven went out you could cook your turkey on the dry cycle.
Dishwashers do a much better job of sanitizing dished than hand washing. They can really help in preventing the spread of food poisoning, flu and colds among family members.