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What do you reckon,average hand dishwashing takes 15mins once a day. If you want to spend 91 hours a year washing dishes crack on, I think I'll use the metal box next to the sink
Funny innit. Those hand washer uppers can stand at their sink staring at bubbles and think about what to type in this thread and what they've typed.. the rest of us, push the button, close the washer door and go and fix a bike or watch telly or something.
Blimey. I can’t believe the STW Dishwasher thread has run to four pages.
Pick a position and be a dick about it. There's more than one position, so...
Never eat pork or lamb chops?
Never eat ribs?
No, never.
I love stw - you will always get called out by a world renowned expert on any subject!! 😆
If you had a hoover which only picked up light dust you’d bin it and buy another one, or similarly a washing machine that would only wash out smells but not dirt.
If I had a dishwasher that didn't wash dishes and dirty pans, I'd buy another one.
The cooked on blackness on the outside of the frying pan is now coming off bit by bit as it's been through the dishwasher. I don't think there's been anything I've had to pre-wash or re-wash since I got the dishwasher.
It's not labour free, but it certainly takes less effort than hand washing. I only hand wash things that don't fit or will break in the dishwasher, and I find myself avoiding using them so much these days!
If you are using teaa towels and don’t wash them after every use then you are simply smearing bugs all over the clean dishes
Doesn't drying out kill many bacteria?
I do sometimes use a teatowel, in fact, I do lots of 'unhygenic' things that expose me to bacteria. I wonder how come I am not constantly ill? In fact I am hardly ever ill.
Glasses + hard water + hand washing = cloudy deposits
To anyone that moans that their dishwasher doesn't get their pots and pans clean, may I rudely suggest that you learn to cook.
Doesn’t drying out kill many bacteria?
I do sometimes use a teatowel, in fact, I do lots of ‘unhygenic’ things that expose me to bacteria. I wonder how come I am not constantly ill? In fact I am hardly ever ill.
I guess if it does kill many, it's by no means all - many will lie dormant for a good while if dry.
Further to that I guess there's a big difference in what you might do that's fine at home (where you will have had contact with all the bacteria anyway), and that might be a significant risk in somewhere like a hospital or even a workplace.
I just binned the expensive built in AEG that was installed in the kitchen for a second hand low end Bosch I got for £70 (to be fair it looks new, despite being 8 years old). The Bosch can clean stuff, the AEG was useless. If you'd only ever experienced the AEG you would be quite justified in thinking dishwashers were pointless, its not just about how you load them...
Our Smeg dishwasher is crap. Gunges up in corners, flimsy trays and door, really bloody annoying control unit (e.g. you can only cancel a wash and pump out by selecting a new programme, starting it and stopping it again after it's pumped out but before it's filled - this is in the manual). However it does clean dishes 🙂