Dishwashers vs Handwashing

The cluster centers on debates about using dishwashers versus hand washing dishes, including best practices like avoiding pre-rinsing, efficiency in water and time savings, and tips for optimal usage such as waiting to fill or using multiple units.

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US youtube.com FOUR WMF NYE dishwasher dishes washing rinse wash dirty dish water hand gallons

Sample Comments

RandallBrown Apr 17, 2025 View on HN

Don't most dishwashers pre-rinse anyway?

petre Jul 5, 2024 View on HN

Why hand wash dishes when we have dishwasters?

amalgamated_inc Jan 17, 2023 View on HN

I don't use the dishwasher, what now?

balfirevic Oct 4, 2022 View on HN

Get a dishwasher, seriously. No dirty dishes in sight.

hawski Jun 30, 2024 View on HN

Buy two dishwashers and use one as a cup board for clean dishes and one for dirty dishes. When the dirty one is reasonably full simply run the cleaning program.

c22 Mar 13, 2023 View on HN

This is how commercial dishwashers work.

andersonvaz Apr 17, 2019 View on HN

Why care if dishwasher is empty?

IvyMike Apr 6, 2025 View on HN

Just put your dishwasher in airplane mode...

abstractspoon Sep 6, 2025 View on HN

That's not doing the dishes, that's stacking the dishwasher

thorin1 Feb 7, 2022 View on HN

Dishwasher - saves so much time.