Product review (5 stars): scrub the floors or wash the windows than stick my hands in a sink full of tepid water and dirty dishes. I do all of the cooking
Oh little EdgeStar dishwasher, if it were possible to marry a household appliance we would already be Mr. and Mrs. EdgeStar at this very moment. We have been hand washing our dishes for nearly 5 years now and this odious chore was literally one of the only things that we fought about. I would rather clean the kitty box, paint the house, turn over the compost pile, scrub the floors or wash the windows than stick my hands in a sink full of tepid water and dirty dishes. I do all of the cooking, which I LOVE to do BTW and the BF is an appreciative audience, but after a hard day's work and a great meal and a couple of glasses of wine, neither one of us was thrilled about facing an hour's worth of hanging over a sink sweating through the washing, rinsing and drying of dishes, glasses, pots, pans, cutting boards, utensils, servingware, baking sheets, tupperwares, coffee cups, cereal bowls and assorted other crap. The BF gets up early so he goes to bed early. That means that I can't take an hour off and do the dishes at night. The bedroom shares a wall with the kitchen and the clanking of dishes in a metal sink wakes him up so we go to bed with a sink full of dirty dishes every night. Stuff gets crusty if it sits out all night. Putting the dishes in a dishpan and filling it with water results in dishes sitting in water that gets cold and slimy by the time one of us can get to washing them. Result? A sink full of dirty and or slimy dishes and an embarrassing MESS every single day!!! Enter the EdgeStar 6. Dirty dishes go in. Clean dishes come out. WHY DID I NOT GET THIS MAGICAL MACHINE 5 YEARS AGO!?! It takes me 10 minutes to clean up now. Our sinks are empty of dirty dishes. The entire kitchen looks and feels cleaner. It's tiny footprint is deceiving. Once you get the hang of loading this miraculous little machine, you will be shocked at the amount of dishes that you can fit inside. I made chilequilas tonight and I was able to fit my food processor bowl, lid and blade. 4 plates, 2 bowls, 2 wine glasses, 2 coffee cups, 2 large tupperwares, 2 small tupperwares (lids too),3 butcher knives, 2 spatulas, a cutting board, a cookie sheet, 2 serving spoons, a pair of tongs, a large salad bowl, a medium mixing bowl and an entire day's worth of knives, forks and spoons!!! This isn't just a dishwasher, it is a miracle!!!