Goomba > wrote:

>Steve Pope wrote:

>> I must live a sheltered life, but I've never encountered placing
>> a dish drainer in a sink, as opposed to on the counter next
>> to the sink.

>> Not only would it need to be a very large sink before you could place
>> a reasonable-sized dish drainer in it, but there would be less
>> air-flow around the drainer and I would expect things to not
>> dry as fast. Also, such an arrangement is at more risk of having
>> detergent splatter onto the dishes being dried, if you are
>> washing dishes and filling a drainer in the same sink.

>Nope, they're great. I have a double sink. The dishes don't fall around,
>it doesn't make your counter cluttered, the water drains right down the
>sink... I can't think of a negative to them!? I keep one in my sink for
>the odd piece I hand wash, the rest of my dishes go into the dishwasher.

Aha. So, they're useful if you mostly use a dishwasher. That
makes sense.

Steve