Product review (5 stars): And lo, after two years, there was dishwashing.
I moved into an apartment two years ago because it cut my commute from 1+ hour to less than 10 minutes.  Convenience drove that decision, and it was the right one at the time.  But that apartment did not have a dishwasher. Over the last two years, it became very clear to me that I'm a very lazy person in my own home.  I don't know if I use all my mental energy during my day job, but the absolute LAST thing I want to do when I'm at home is clean dishes by hand. Especially the damn little utensils, like forks and spoons and narrow cups.  Imagine my self-disgust and regret on those occasions when I would cook something, be too lazy or tired or busy to wipe everything down as I go or immediately afterward, and have to put in solid man-hours scrubbing and hand-cleaning every utensil and dish that piled up in my kitchen sink.

Suffice it to say, when I got a new job and moved again to a nicer place with a slightly longer commute and STILL no dishwasher, I spent some of my increased salary on this EdgeStar countertop dishwasher, and it may be the third smartest decision I've made in the process (the first being accepting the job with the higher salary & the second simply moving to a nicer place).  Maybe there's a lot of ambient noise in my new place, because I certainly think it's pretty quiet for an appliance that cleans all the things for me.  And it does clean! And dries without spots, as long as you're present to open the dishwasher slightly to release the steam that builds up after the wash cycle ends.  (If you're not there, some steam simply re-condenses and you'll have some moisture... definitely no big deal, in my opinion.)

The best place for it is on the countertop right next to the sink, since it requires hooking up to the faucet and draining into the sink.  It's heavy enough that you're mostly going to want to leave it where you put it, unless you have, like, a mobile microwave cart to and from the sink area.  (There's no digital programming or anything involved in the setup, just turn it on & press start -- so you could just plug & unplug as needed, if you're aiming for mobility or simply energy savings.)

After having this machine for a few weeks now, I've VERY satisfied with my purchase and have recommended it to others in my life who also don't have dishwashers.