Poll of the Day > Do you usually use a dishwasher to wash your dishes?

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or by hand usually?

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Yes just to make sure they are fully sanitized, plus I guess I might've missed something.

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All of the time

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I might start, since my water is included in rent.
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I don't have one. Unfortunately. Biggest complaint about this place.

$4k/month rent and no dishwasher lol ; ;

to be fair this was on the lower end of rent for 2 bedrooms of this size in the area (1000 sq ft..). buuuut. Coming from Texas it's sad.

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No, I just use it to hide my PS5 in it.

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I clean them by hand and then load them into the dishwasher

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I've never used one of those.

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Mead posted...

I clean them by hand and then load them into the dishwasher

I'm sure pretty much everyone does. Dishwashers are nice but they don't really remove everything...and ideally there should be almost zero bits of food on there before you load it.

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grimhilde00 posted...

$4k/month rent and no dishwasher lol ; ;

to be fair this was on the lower end of rent for 2 bedrooms of this size in the area (1000 sq ft..). buuuut. Coming from Texas it's sad.

You and I come from two entirely different backgrounds lol.

DANTE20XX posted...

I'm sure pretty much everyone does. Dishwashers are nice but they don't really remove everything...and ideally there should be almost zero bits of food on there before you load it.

Makes me wonder, if you are trying to conserve water, then would it be better to just wash them by hand without using the dishwasher?

Xfma100 posted...

Makes me wonder, if you are trying to conserve water, then would it be better to just wash them by hand without using the dishwasher?

Most likely yes. But like Zedonra said its in case you miss something and or sanitizing. That's the main reason to use 'em IMO.

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No, I don't have a dishwasher, it sucks.

DANTE20XX posted...

I'm sure pretty much everyone does. Dishwashers are nice but they don't really remove everything...and ideally there should be almost zero bits of food on there before you load it.

its definitely the smarter way to do it but Ive known some people that just put plates and stuff that are still filthy right into the dishwasher

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Yes I do and they're called my hands. I have a dishwasher but I hardly use it. I wash my dishes the old fashioned way by hand.

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Good modern dishwashers don't use all that much water, and should get pretty much anything clean in one go, with no pre cleaning.
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No. I've never had one. I actually have one now, but it doesn't dry the dishes and the management won't fix it because "it still washes the dishes" but leaves them soaking wet. I hate the management here.

I just hand wash everything.

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As you must clean the dishes before using a dishwasher I've never seen any point in them so I wash them manually.

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No. When I was younger, I had to hand wash dishes even though we had one. But I hated washing dishes, and still do to this day. These days, I have one. But I can use it until I get a new water tube for it.
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Yeah, though I've lived in a couple places without dishwashers and it wasn't a problem

I've never used one.

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When I was single I never used enough dishes to warrant using a dishwasher. Now GF lives here and we still just hand wash everything.

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I use the dishwasher every day for some of them. But some dishes I hand-wash.

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Mead posted...

its definitely the smarter way to do it but Ive known some people that just put plates and stuff that are still filthy right into the dishwasher

I wonder if they get clean then because the water might come out strong (i assume) but it certainly does not scrub anything. People overload them too so that doesn't help.

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Still hand wash.

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My dishwasher is pretty good at getting gunk off.

But I always handwash my pots and pans and my good knives

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DANTE20XX posted...

I'm sure pretty much everyone does. Dishwashers are nice but they don't really remove everything...and ideally there should be almost zero bits of food on there before you load it.

If you have a good dishwasher that isn't over 10 years old and you didn't do something silly like only connecting it to cold water, then it shouldn't have any problems properly cleaning your dishes without you washing them first.

Most of the time I don't even bother rinsing my dishes before putting them in and they always come out perfect.

There are many models (once you step out of the budget washer range) that even have built in hard food disposals for grinding up leftover bits that were still on the dishes.


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I grew up without one, so even when I am living at a place with one, I tend to wash my dishes by hand.

Bugmeat posted...

isn't over 10 years old

Hmmmmmmmmm

Bugmeat posted...

There are many models (once you step out of the budget washer range) that even have built in hard food disposals for grinding up leftover bits that were still on the dishes.

Now that's fancy.

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ultra magnus13 posted...

Good modern dishwashers don't use all that much water, and should get pretty much anything clean in one go, with no pre cleaning.

Are you using a "drying aid" some literally won't dry at all without one.
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