Product review (5 stars): I love it,  I love it, I love it, and did I mention I love it?
I love my EdgeStar countertop dishwasher! It is about the size of the microwaves of 1980s, so it isn't huge like a built-in, but it isn't tiny/mini either. I would venture to guess there is about the room of the bottom level of a full-size dishwasher.  It is a perfect size for my husband and me, and it would be perfect for any mobile home or apartment.  I've had it about 1 month, and it is THE best appliance we'd ever purchased. I was skeptical at first because I couldn't go into a store and touch it and look for myself before we decided to buy one. We had no problem hooking it up [and you can go online YouTube for a tutorial to watch how simple it actually is].  We have very hard water, and all I use is one Cascade action pac and I just place it into the soap container and shut the lid of the soap container. I use JetDry rinse agent, which you take the lid off, pour into the specified spot, and replace the cover [the directions state that the container should be refilled every month for great results]. I have no spots on any of my dishes and flatware at all.  I always rinse off my dishes before I place them into the unit, because that is how I am. [If I ever wanted to hire a housekeeper, I would clean house before she came, too.] I don't wash my pots and pans in the EdgeStar, I prefer to wash them by hand. I usually wait until evening to wash dishes, because there is just my husband and me. The last rinse is heated in the dishwasher [there is no heating coil like in the large dishwashers], so when the dishwasher drains for the last time, it will beep 8 times, and the LED reading shows the minutes you had chosen for washing--it will not say DONE or FINISHED, so don't wait for it  I just open the door a couple inches, go to bed, and in the morning everything is dry, spotless, and ready to put away. I washed a load, earlier than usual yesterday afternoon, and after the wash was finished, I cracked the door open, and about 1 hour or so later, everything was dry and ready to put away. After I put the dishes away, I always take out the filters at the bottom of the unit and rinse them off, as the directions state to do.  I take a microfiber towel to sop up some of the water that naturally sets under the filters following a wash, and I use that wet towel to wipe down the inside of the dishwasher, my stove, countertops, and sink, as there is some of the JetDry mixed into that last water. Everything I wipe stays spotless and shiny, as well. I love it!! After I put dishes away, I always leave the dishwasher door ajar because there is naturally a bit of water setting under the filters. Something to note: As the JetDry bottle nozzle is too short, and I found I did more spilling around the "rinse agent", I went to the DollarStore and picked up one of those plastic red/yellow mustard/catsup containers that you refill and take on picnics.  I just emptied the JetDry into the plastic mustard container and affixed the little tab that is attached to the purchased container,  to keep the opening covered. It works great! The nozzle is long enough that I don't spill as I refresh the rinse agent into the container. I hope that this has been a help to you. It is easy peasy and the dishes are beautiful and spotless and I couldn't be happier.  For 16 yrs my husband has poo-poo'd getting a dishwasher until I mentioned seeing this EdgeStar on Amazon.com.  We live in a mobile home and we just didn't have room for a huge rolling unit and I didn't want to give up cupboard space for a unit. He liked the idea, checked out ALL of the comments on Amazon.com, and agreed to get it. We purchased the SmartGuard Protection insurance, as well.  If anything ever happened to my EdgeStar, I would purchase another one in a heartbeat! You will not be disappointed.