Product review (2 stars): GE is NG
This machine is great for storing your dirty dishes in a concealed, out of the way spot until you are ready to wash them by hand. It can also be used as a draining/drying rack after you wash those dishes by hand. What it is NOT good at is actually washing dishes. It is SLIGHTLY better if you run it when it's no more than about half full, but that's not very environmentally friendly. Today I opened it to find small plates with literally all the same crumbs on them. Mind you, this was not tough, stuck-on food - just crumbs from toast. You know, the kind that brush off really easily. But it hadn't even managed to remove those. If I did not clearly remember putting detergent in, hooking it up to the faucet, etc etc, I would seriously think it hadn't been run at all. I'd say it is WORST at silverware. I've tried with more detergent, less detergent, but no matter what you do, you end up with an icky filmy residue on them. I'm willing to use them at that point but would definitely be embarrassed to use if I had guests. Then if you DO use them that way, though, after a few cycles, that film has built up to the point where it's significantly more work to remove (by hand) than if you had just washed them by hand to begin with. It is highly disappointing when you are used to a good-performing non-portable. I don't know if there ARE any good portable dishwashers in existence. I do know this ain't one.  James Dyson, are you listening? Could you save us poor renters by inventing a portable dishwasher? Because unlike you, apparently GE doesn't think things should work properly.