Product review (5 stars): Changed My Living
I knew it would change my life to have a dishwasher again. I just had to decide which counter top model. I would recommend this to anyone. I live alone. I don't cook but I use a lot of dishes - when I pick up food, often times I put it on a plate. I also make hot cereal for breakfast, make bread, and do some baking. I use bowls all the time because I love cold cereal too. Okay, with that said, I used to have all these dishes sitting in one sink with soapy water, then I'd fill up the other sink with soapy water. All week long Id just change the water until the weekend. In other words, I had dishes all over the place. Cutting boards were dirty, etc. I thought I could keep up with dishes by handI was wrong. I hated every minute of washing all that stuff, not to mention that I know I wasn't doing that great a job of it. I bought this about two months ago and it really has changed my way of life. My sinks are clean. I put my dishes in the dishwasher and every couple of days I run it. I'm very bad about doing a bunch of prep work so I make sure the food is off, I rinse (no, I don't do anything but run water over it), and then I put in the dishwasher. Before running a load, I always run the rinse cycle to rewet the dishes and get them ready to get a good washing. I was concerned about the plate height and all that. I haven't had any issue at all and mine are regular sized plates. I do find that my glasses clean much better in the regular racks and not in the area they were probably intended for on the left side. I have all Tervis glasses so that may be a reason, I don't know. At the same time I bought this, I bought a new sewing machine. I thought that would change my life - nah, it's just better than my other one. It's the dishwasher that has helped my life improve :)
All the best...