Product review (5 stars): Renters Rejoice!
Got this as an early Xmas present after YEARS of being without one because we live in an apartment. Needless to say that since both of us LOVE to cook- this meant a LOT of dishes kept piling up over and over and over again until finally, my mother-in-law took pity and just got this for us.

Yeah, I was skeptical since it was so small but, the truth is that after living with it about a month? Yeah, it's a real dishwasher and, yes, it works.

Set up is easy. It took us a little while to figure how everything went together even WITH the directions but, frankly, I blame the readers (us) and not the instruction manual.

Putting it on and off of the faucet takes seconds- which is REALLY nice- particularly since, yeah, even though it can indeed hold a lot more dishes then it looks like it would at first, that still doesn't make it as large as a normal sized dishwasher.

It cleans dishes well and, my careful scrutiny turned up quite a few details that will make basic maintenance easier than even a normal sized dishwasher in some cases. Since maintenance is usually the largest factor on the longevity of an appliance- this is good.

It runs VERY quietly in comparison to all of the other dishwashers I've used. It DOES however, emit a beep when the wash cycle is done that can indeed be heard from the next room in if the apartment's quiet.

Rather then consider this a negative though- I'm putting it in the plus column because, frankly, if it didn't- I think that we'd wind up missing that it was finished a LOT more then we already do because it's so darned quiet. Hell, half the time we don't even hear the beep as it stands- so, yeah, even that isn't horribly loud either. I also think it's nice because- yeah, it DOES take up the faucet during the wash cycle so, yes, sometimes we have had to hold off on something until that beep happens.

Length of cycle isn't too bad considering that it IS a new dishwasher. For some reason, the energy and water saving redesigns mean that they all run a LOT longer then the older ones did/do. The light cycle seems to be pretty good so far for us though which runs at around 45 minutes. Which isn't too bad imho.

So, all in all that's the pros... now to the cons....

The only complaint that I have- seriously, the one and only complaint is that the tines of the rack inside are so damned close together that they're frequently a bit awkward to maneuver the dishes in. Seriously, I am half tempted to dremel off half of them and redip it in protective coating- they are that close together.

The only thing holding me back on that score however is the fact that I figure that since everything else seems so well-designed that there MUST be some reason for them being so closely spaced. In other words, all of those years without a dishwasher must be showing because there is no doubt in my mind that I am somehow using it wrong. There's really no reason why I should be having trouble fitting a plate into the darned thing.

Along those lines is the similar complaint that the utensil basket seems to get in the way more often then not. Half the time I don't even bother to use it because the tall- like REALLY tall handle keeps getting in my way.

I DO however, like the little mini secondary shelf on the one side and I still seriously LOVE this thing. It has been an absolute DREAM having this appliance around and I canNOT believe that I never thought to get one of these things for myself YEARS AGO.

Anyway, that's my initial take after a month of living with it. I can heartily recommend that every apartment in the entire world get one of these.