Product review (2 stars): Worked well for 8 months...
Had a tough time rating this because while it worked, it worked well. Looks really nice, too. It is kind of noisy, but in my experience, dishwashers pretty much are noisy unless you buy a really high-end one. Some people had commented on the noise, but I didn't find it any worse than, well, the average regular dishwasher, but then I haven't had a dishwasher for the last 20 years (yep, I'm a renter...). It does NOT clean mugs (i.e., coffee cups) at all, but I got over that because it whips through most pots and pans, which is the stuff that I really hated washing by hand. Cleans bowls well; plates--depends--knocks the big stuff off and loosens stuck-on junk, but I still had to clean or rinse them. FYI, I have VERY HARD WATER, so that may have been a factor in the cleaning effectiveness. I recommend you turn it off (just open the door) BEFORE the drying cycle and just let everything air dry because if stuff is left on, it gets dried on. That said, it was a HUGE help with getting larger items done---I have a TINY sink--and I LOVED it while it worked. I bought the Square Trade warranty and ended up getting my purchase price back minus the cost of the warranty. (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!) But ultimately, I wouldn't buy one again as it simply stopped working after 8 months--nothing came out clean despite the hot water clearly splashing around in there. I'm not very mechanically inclined, so I can't explain why nothing is being cleaned, but bowls, plates, pots, pans and glasses went in dirty and pretty much came out dirty--maybe not quite as dirty--like if you rinsed dirty stuff in hot water without scrubbing and without soap. I'm so disappointed because it was such a great help while it worked.