On Tue, 18 May 2021 14:26:27 +0100, Janet > wrote:
>In article >,
>says...
>> Personally, I would rather to the dishes by hand. I find it more work to
>> load and unload a dishwasher than it is to do them by hand.
>
> Ditto.
>
>Ours came with the property and we very seldom use it. If it goes faulty
>or dies I shan't repair or replace it.
>
> Janet UK
I think it depends on the number of people. With a large family a
dishwasher can prove useful but for just the two of us it's much
easier to hand wash the few items. About the only times we use the
dishwasher is when we have company but that's rare these days as with
time those we'd invite are now long gone or have moved far away.
One thing a dishwasher does well is cleaning plastic freezer
containers as food fats have an affinity for clinging to plastics. Our
dishwasher has become the storage unit for plastic food storage
containers and waits until there are enough for turning it on. Pots
and pans are washed by hand as those tend to block the water spray and
also modern dish washing compounds are strong enough to dull the
finish of metal cookware, same as it does to fine glassware.
During the times I lived alone I never used the dishwasher as it took
too long before there was enough to turn it on and they made the
dishwasher stink... I hand wash the plastic food storage containers
for that reason, however handwashing alone doesn't remove the food
fats from plastics.