lead crystal, bone handled knives, good kitchen knives, granny’s porcelain, silver,
best French stainless steel pans, cast iron pans do not go in the dishwasher, or anything fragile, gold edged or which might rust, as le Crueset lids
needless to say, the above are little used, high days and holidays only, because
first of the month or thereabouts we remove the blades and run hot tap water through them, scour the filter, run a hot wash with dw cleaner or half a bottle of white vinegar, 29p Tesco or Asda, squirt of same in a washload, never had an unpleasant smell yet.
Should we be away for a few days I prop the door open, same with the washer,
the soap dispenser of which will be in the dw for its monthly rub down, basic housekeeping, maintenance, keeping the machines primed.
btw, we buy dw gel from Sainsbury when they have it, as now not so easy to come by, its excellent for glasses, (we have a glasses wash on our dw) or less robust china, non scratchy, can recommend
cheap tablets just do not cut it - I bought them once and had to use 2/3, a false economy, Fairy are the best imo, on offer
OP , when I moved and bought this dw, my own daughter who was brought up with a dw - in fact it was her chore to empty it, challenged me declaring “why do you need a dishwasher when there is only you!”
I didn’t feel any need to justify this decision
its on daily, once at least
love it
out of my cold arthritic fingers,
here take my jewels,
leave me my Bosch