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Will a dishwasher transform my life?

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ClosedForCleaning · 09/09/2008 12:32

Okay, I know it's not up there on Maslow's hierarchy of needs, but I spend more hours than I dare calculate fuming resentment at the kitchen sink. (Yes, I am spoiled, but that's another subject).

So, liberating, or just an expensive gadget that is sometimes handy?

Please.

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DaphneMoon · 09/09/2008 13:22

Lionstar are you putting enough salt in?

pigsinmud · 09/09/2008 13:33

I'm with Lionstar. We got one about 2 years ago just before the birth of dc4. I thought it was great to start with, but am not so keen now.
Yes I can hide all the dirty stuff in it, but I HATE unloading it. I'm also very territoral and cannot stand the way dh or anyone in fact loads things - yes I know that's sad! I wash a few bits up by hand and often wash everything up.

Having said that I love it at Christmas and other big occasions when you're knackered and there's loads of mugs/glasses/plates as you can bung it in and sit down.

I do one load a day and it runs in the night as it's cheaper electricity for us then.

midnightexpress · 09/09/2008 13:35

nervousal, we've had the same problem with ours, sporadically. I looked it up on the internet and it is apparently quite pricy to get it fixed, but the posts all said that you can stick the tablet into the cutlery tray and it'll be fine. I've done it, and it is.

midnightexpress · 09/09/2008 13:38

Oh, and to answer the OP, yes it does transform your life. Sort of. I too used to spend the entire day sometimes washing up (or that's what it felt like) and now just bung it all away and press teh on button once a day.

I don't like unloading it either, but ds1 and ds2love doing it, so I recruit a helper or two (good training for when I shall be sitting reading the Sunday papers while my DCs cook and wash up for me - ROFL at the very idea)

tessieb · 09/09/2008 13:39

I love mine and found it made a big difference when I got one.

DaphneMoon · 09/09/2008 13:57

Unloading is a pain, but until they invent one that unloads and puts it back in the cupboard I'm happy for it to just wash and dry my stuff! I also put mine on once a day, I set it before I go to bed and it comes on in the night.

stillstanding · 09/09/2008 14:04

IT WILL TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE.

I really couldnt be without it.

Made such a big difference to our lives. So much less bickering re chores between DH and I. Life is too short to be washing dishes.

JamesAndTheGiantBanana · 09/09/2008 14:12

those tabletop ones still need plumbing in though, don't they?

hifi · 09/09/2008 14:16

i couldnt live without mine even though

i hate unloading it

you have to buy extra cups/glasses/beakers for when the others are being washed.when they are all clean mine wont all fit in the cupboards.

it costs a bomb on tablets, rinse aid, salt, dishwashere cleaner, dishwasher fragrance thingy.

the beeping sound drives me crackers, to signal when its finished, and im upsrairs and cant be arsed to switch it off.

bootsmonkey · 09/09/2008 14:18

God yes! If you have room for one get one!! It saves so much hassle & resentment over the washing up. I don't mind unlaoding it and it is DDs job to put the cutlery away. Works a treat in this house!

nervousal · 09/09/2008 14:24

hmm - cutlery tray - it doesn't have one? Can I just stick the tablet anywhere inside? Might use it for the next couple of days as DP is away!

hifi · 09/09/2008 14:37

should have a small compartment on the inside of the door to pop your tablet in, next to the rinse aid.if really dirty i put another one in the cutlery thing, sits on the bottom, has a handle on top.you must have one?

midnightexpress · 09/09/2008 14:46

Dishwasher fragrance? WTF?

I just use a tablet and that's it. No rinse aid or salt (we live in a soft water area).

DaphneMoon · 09/09/2008 14:49

No cutlery tray? Where do you put your cutlery then?

PrimulaVeris · 09/09/2008 14:59

It has transformed my life

It has transformed DH's life even more

Sidge · 09/09/2008 15:04

Essential!!

My old dishwasher broke down and I couldn't believe the amount of time I wasted spent washing up. I was desperate for my new one to arrive.

They save on the cost of heating hot water for washing up, they wash more thoroughly and save you hours a week. How can you live without one?

Niecie · 09/09/2008 15:06

We have just been without ours for a week and it has been horrible. It takes so much longer to wash up and dry up too.

And washing up water makes my dermatitis flair up on my hands

I am soooo glad the man came to fix it this morning.

We first had one before we had children and only used it at the weekend. DH reckoned it wasn't any different to washing up when it was just us.

Children changed all that.

Apparently they use less water than a person washing up by hand. Don't know if that is true. Probably is if you have a big family.

deanychip · 09/09/2008 15:08

I got mine about a month ago and it is fab!!!

I fill it through the daay and dh (is his job) puts it on before he comes t bed.
Done, dusted and i am sat comfortably doing something else after tea...like reading with ds or doing home work...tis bliss.

cafebistro · 09/09/2008 15:14

I love my dishwasher. My MIL bought it for me for my birthday a week after DD was born and its fab. Though I think the real reason we got it was because DP hating having to do the washing up ( He was only doing it as I'd just given birth!)
Lionstar- my dishwasher gets everything squeaky clean. Though its only 6 months old, maybe they clean less effectively the older they are.
It saves so much time and you can hide your dirty pots instead of having them sat in the sink.

nowirehangers · 09/09/2008 15:17

can't imagine life without one, get one at once!
if it's not washing properly use salt, and Finish tabs - a dishwasher engineer told me they are way superior to all the other brands. Before we used it our dishes weren't getting properly clean (hard water area) now they are sparkling so sadly worth the extra pence

Niecie · 09/09/2008 17:46

Nowirehangers - I agree with you about the tablets. The engineer said the branded ones were much better than the shop brand ones because they have more enzymes (although he recommended Fairy particularly).

He did a course apparently and saw the results first hand of all the different sorts.

What a thriller of a day that would have been.

whoops · 09/09/2008 17:50

It's great until the fecking thing breaks down
I've not had one for a couple of weeks now and it's driving me mad but I have no Idea when we will be in a position to get a new one

Niecie · 09/09/2008 18:17

Whoops - is is definitely terminal?

Ours even smelt of burning, with just a horrible whirring sound, and all it took was an hour of the engineers time to upblock it and only cost £44.

Original poster

ClosedForCleaning · 09/09/2008 21:40

Thanks. I was expecting many lectures about how its easy if you just do it all as you go along. (No, that day you develop webbed fingers).

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quint · 09/09/2008 21:49

YES!!!!!!

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