Pros and Cons of having a Dishwasher

i have a brand new dishwasher in the house i moved into and i thought it was awesome, but it ended up being worthless. i have to rinse all of the dishes before i put them in because i doesn't get everything off the dishes. i have used it a total of 3 times so far and the pros are that it washed the dishes and it can dry them. the cons are that it takes a long time to finish, one time it broke one of my cups, and it seems like we use the dished faster than the dishwasher can wash them. so i just do them myself.

I can't think of any cons to having a dishwasher. You can get dish washing liquid or the powdered stuff to wash the dishes and that stuff lasts quite a long time and it's really not that expensive. If you want to buy those tabs all the time and stuff, then that starts to add up but we don't use any of those and we haven't had any problems with dishing getting clean. It saves us quite a bit of time when it comes to doing dishes. We may have a few items to wash here and there but we don't have to worry about standing there for a half hour or more to do dishes. You can just load the dishwasher as you use dishes and at the end of the day, turn it on and it does all the work. To save on energy costs you can get an energy star dishwasher and never heat dry your dishes. Air dry is fine especially if you wash your dishes at night and they can sit all night to dry themselves.

I would not want to do without my dishwasher. I do scrape off any food and load the dishwasher and run it at night every two days or so when it is full. Most of the time I am the only person in the house so it takes a couple of days to fill it up. I use the air dry cycle because it saves energy and it has all night to finish the job. I would like to buy one of the new energy I efficient dishwashers with two drawers. Pros: Dishes are clean and sterilized and free of germs. Saves time. Cons: Uses more energy and water. Sometimes it chips a glass or plate. Before you buy inform yourself of the advantages of each model you are considering. Also check out websites for energy efficient appliances.

At home in Canada I don't have a dishwasher, ut my husband who works in AZ, does. Advantages to not having one -uses less hydro to wash dishes by hand -takes up less space Dis advantages to not having one -have to wash the dang dishes by hand -takes way too long -can think of many things I'd rather be ding -I can't get the dishes clean enough Advantages to having one -don't have to wash them by hand -can fill it up, run it when it's full, and that's it -they get really really clean Disadvantages to having one -they take up space -you need a special hookup -they cost money -they use hydro -they're noisy

W have one but dont use it! it was here in the house when we bought it think we used it once or twice several years ago it is probably dry rotted by now where the rubber is. I heard the newer ones are real good at cleaning butthen I am not sure about that. and If there is just a couple of people I think they are a waste of money unless you wait to load them down

GET ONE! You'll never regret it. It does save time. The expense in energy and detergent is not that much. They actually get the dishes cleaner than you would by hand, and the dishes are much more sanitary. The heat of washing and drying is high enough to kill any germs that might be present. Think of it as the difference between doing laundry with a scrubboard and tub and owning a washing machine.

I have a dishwasher and I like it very much. I use it once a week. When my children all lived at home I used it a few days. I never had a problem with it, and it does not cost that much to run it at all. There are new dishwashers now that you dont even have to rince the food off the plates, you just pop them in the dishwasher and it does it all for you. I would not go without one.

I don't have a dishwasher but I see no need for one simply because it is just my husband and I at home. All I do is run a dishpan full of water and when we eat we just put them in the water. When I get ready to wash the dishes there is nothing to it they pretty well wash themselves. My sister-in-law has a dish washer and all the things she does before she puts them in the dishwasher I wouldn't bother. She rinses them off before she puts them in the dishwasher. Now my thing is if you have to do that why not just go ahead and wash them and get it over with. I see no sense in dishwashers.