Product review (5 stars): and it worked great. The only thing is that you don't want ...
I washed dishes at various levels of "pre-washed," and it cleaned off dried-on coffee, small bits of food on utensils, and food smeared plates. You really only have worry about large food chunks, and baked on stuff. I used a detergent pod in the main detergent holder, and it worked great. The only thing is that you don't want to turn it on right as you go to bed, because you have to manually turn off your sink when it's done or your water will be running all night. (This isn't a problem with the dishwasher, just something I hadn't thought to consider before buying.)
I live alone and work full time, and this little dishwasher has enough capacity for a full week's worth of dishes! (Minus pots and pans.) If you have fairly large plates though, let them lean over a little when you load or it gets hard to pull them out.