Washing up bowls make me wonder.

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I can't actually see the point.

What's your position on bowels?

I have one because even though we have a double sink I managed to break both plugs and cant get replacements I bleach it every time its used though.

Isn't a washing up bowl more enviromentally friendly? You don't use a much water as you are filling a narrow container.

(I don't actually own one).

LivinginOz, I don't know how you couldn't find one, I found one in Go-Lo very easily.

I have one - always have had. Originally it was because we only had one sink, so it was to rinse down the side of the bowl - but now it's because I'm used to it, DH has a tendency to leave greasy stuff in "to soak" and then the water goes cold, so rather than having to put my hand in the water to find the plug, I can just tip the old water out of the bowl and start again.

Our plug doesn't work well either, I'm sure it's not the original for the sink.
Also our kitchen sink doesn't have an overflow, which shocked me (but then neither does the bath)

I always wash it out afterwards and wash the underneath of it regularly - can't bear for them to be dirty.

Same as most people. Only a single sink so wash up in the bowl and then rinse down the side of the bowl.

Everytime I was dishes though (after every meals) I automatically clean the bowl and sink as soon as I've finished so it never gets manky.

Hoping to get a one and half sink in new house though so will throw washing up bowl away.

Our sink backed up, and wouldn't drain, so I bought a bowl. My water bill went down by fifty dollars.... FIFTY fricking dollars. I now use the bowl all the time and treat myself with and save the extra money.

I love my washing up bowl because it signifies a minor war. I always buy a brightly coloured one. My mother-in-law who is all taste and scarves, buys me neutral John Lewis numbers, which I keep on the shelf in the ultility room. When she comes to visit she stares silently at my lurid monstrosity. It is my rebellion!

My bowels on the other hand are incredible. But at breakfast, you really don't want to hear that....

lol @punkatheart

We had a tiny sink in our last house which wouldn't take a bowl, so we got used to not using one. Can't say we break any stuff. Like a previous poster, we wash things one by one.

so when you are washing up, and you stumble across a more dirty than than others plate or a cup with tea slops in, what do you do?

with bowl you/i rinse or throw under the tap so it goes in the sink. Surely if you are using the sink, you have to wait till the end, let the water out, then rinse, using more water?

As for the bowl getting manky underneath, i find turning it over and washing it off under the hot tap each time works!

I have a diamond shaped bowl

I have a bowl - so I can rinse down the side like others have said. After washing up I clean it. When it starts to get a bit manky I chuck it away and buy a new one.

I dont have a bowl. They're the work of satan clogging up the sink area with their bowlyness.

Livinginoz
One word.....Bunnings
Round ones, rectangle ones all sorts of colours.

An for those who don't use them, in Australia many use them so that the water can be used on the garden afterwards.

I suppose if you wash dishes by filling the sink with water, then they're useful. But I never do. We always wash and rinse with running water - turning the tap on and off as needed, of course, not leaving it running all the time. (I loathe and am revolted by the British way of 'washing' dishes in a bowl of ever-dirtier soapy water and then not rinsing but drying with the suds on.) We have several washing-up bowls, they're useful for a myriad of things. Washing up is last on the list!

If I do use a bowl for washing anything, I always always wash inside, outside and underneath with washing up liquid and leave to dry on the dishrack.

I don't have one but should really. They save water. Would only use about half the amount of filling my very wide sink to the same level.

I am usually very green. I will buy one today.

I've just thrown mine in the bin, I'm fed up looking at the thing and cleaning it too. Wouldn't bother me so much if dp wouldn't leave the water in it after doing the dishes. I hate finding cold scummy water in the bowl!

Only problem is after throwing it in the bin I realised that the kitchen plug is missing so am going to have to source a new one before I can do dishes!

Going to see if it encourages him to wipe the sink down when he's finished or if it makes us do the dishes sooner so the sinks not full. It's too easy to lift the basin out of the way when you need in to the sink. Not so easy to clear it of dishes. God I sound like a right slattern

washing up porn

I used to have one as the sink in our house was horrible and I didn't like washing up in it, I now have a new sink and don't feel the need. I don't think my water consumption has increased particularly as I wash up in fairly shallow water.

I have one because we have one of the stupid butler sinks. It's huge and would take an enormous amount of water to fill, and it's ceramic so really hard and I know I would break things!

I also use the water on the garden in the summer.

I use one when to protect the (ridiculously expensive) sink when I wash wine glasses.

Don't you all have dish washers? I don't but thought I was in the minority.

I have a bowl, for same reasons as others. Rinse down the side, and rinse more dirty pots and pans before putting in the soapy water.

I hate washing up.

I've got a dishwasher TP. And no bowl.

But I have......a little round mesh thing to stop the food getting down the plughole.

One day I heard a strange noise coming from the kitchen, a metallic noise. It was DP patiently mashing veg down the plughole. He was 'helping'

Prettycandles - not all Brits leave the soapsuds on! I can't bear it, it's a disgusting thing to do, things have to be rinsed.

Loads of reason to use one -

Save water (use about half as much)
Stop plates etc being chipped on hard sink
Can pour liquids down plug while still washing up (we also only have single sink)
Can be used for other purpose away from sink too, like when I am cleaning oven.
Can leave things soaking in it and still have free sink.

why wouldn't you have one?

I use it to carry hot soapy water around when I need to scrub the furniture (DS2 and DD are food smearers)

When I moved in with dh, I bought a nice red bowl for the sink. Dh said "We are NOT using one of those!" He had visited my Mum's house once too many times, I think! Mum fills the bowl, then throws tea-bags and potato-peelings down into the sink itself, either empties some cooking water or tea down the side for good measure and makes a lovely sludge! I just wanted to be able to throw a little bit of tea down the side before washing the cup in the bowl but he obviously thought the slatternliness was hereditary!