If you truly wash dishes by hand and need a functional dish rack this is not it. First off the dishes sit in the bottom with only a thin wire elevating them above the run-off. Then the wire base is over an inch apart, so how do you keep the dishes stacked properly, and small lids, forget it? This is fine if you use a dishwasher and need a spare area to dry the inside of you crockpot. Also you can't use it on either side of the sink as the utensil holder only fits in the specified corner and we'll I don't like my utensils out front where I can bump the sharp knifes. I had/have the first gen of this dish rack for over ten years and I wish they would have stuck to the basic functional design, but nope it is cheaper made, and the functionality has suffered. I guess I'll still use my old one, the utensil rack has worn out that's why I wanted to replace.