# Opinions--Countertop Dishwashers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-countertop-dishwashers/745654>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 9, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-countertop-dishwashers/745654 "2016-02-09T21:11:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-countertop-dishwashers/745654/1 "2016-02-09T21:11:08Z")

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RE–Counter-top Dishwashers  
I’ve been looking at some online, & some sound pretty good.  
Good prices, too.

Anybody own one?  
Good or bad?

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**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-countertop-dishwashers/745654/2 "2016-02-09T23:30:46Z")

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You have a 24" base cabinet to dedicate to this?

I’ve never heard of them, but the 2 I just looked at do not want to be moved - something on the order of 50 pounds - and that’s dry weight - loaded and filled with water… How sturdy is that 24" cabinet\*?

- actually, they are about 22" wide. I use a standard cabinet width for ease of reference. Device does not require a dedicated cabinet, just the width of one.

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**Author:** ![Red\_Stilettos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Red\_Stilettos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Stilettos)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-countertop-dishwashers/745654/3 "2016-02-10T00:10:07Z")

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I had one in a rental house. I really didn’t like it. It doesn’t hold much, certainly nothing large, it was loud, and it didn’t do a very good job getting the dishes clean. I suppose if you intend to wash your dinner plates and utensils only, it could be okay. After wrestling with it for a month or so, I just switched to hand-washing everything. I wouldn’t buy one.

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**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-countertop-dishwashers/745654/4 "2016-02-10T01:41:45Z")

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I had one years ago. It was OK, but it takes up a ton of counter space, didn’t have the power to really blast away crud, and the snap lock thingy on the faucet was kind of a pain in the ass.

Now that I cook on a more regular basis, there’s no way I’d use one, even if I didn’t have a built in. That counter space is just too valuable.