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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Dishwashers
Hi gals, we don't have a dishwasher in our home. (pfffft lucky we had running water, lol). Anyway, I ran a load last night at my parents home. It is a fairly new maytag (I think they got it last summer). I ran a "normal" load and no fancy heated dry or sanitizing option. Um. it took 2 hours! (BTW thank you Navy and Chrishvny for talking me through this last night.....by the time I was done sorting mail and watching the dishwasher, the cycle was over).
How long does your dishwasher take to do a load? What is the appeal of using a dishwasher? Do your dishes come out cleaner? Does it save water? This bumpkin does not get it.
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Re: Dishwashers
I couldn't live without a dishwasher honestly. It takes 10 minutes to load (although we usually rinse off dishes if leaving them in the sink to load eventually) and I use mine on quick cycle with one of those cascade with dawn detergent packs, unless doing a larger load. The whole cycle takes maybe 1/2 hour. We don't use the heat dry because I dishwash random things that are plastic a lot. I'm afraid of chemical seepage with plastics. I wouldn't say they come out cleaner, but it's easier in my opinion, especially if having lots of people over with lots of dishes or when we have lots of pots and pans that I don't feel like scrubbing.
I haven't timed mine... it's new so I really can't guesstimate b/c I usually run it at night.
I prefer not to use it, but if we didn't have one DH's dishes would always be strewn around the kitchen (He doesn't know that a sponge, soap and water does the same thing), and then I'd have one more thing to nag him about. It does, however, come in handy when I wash bottles/pump parts on the sterilizing cycle. Honestly, it also comes in handy when we have company so I really shouldn't be talking smack about it behind its back.
And here I thought it was only my husband that was incapable of this. Lol
L I think mine takes 75 min for a regular wash. I do not used heated dry- it uses more energy and they are dry in morning regardless! You may be able to read the manual online or on the may tag website.
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I'm an energy guzzling assshole, I guess. I run mine pretty much every day and use the tough scrub/heated dry cycle very often so it takes a looooooong time. It's one of my only luxuries in life! LOL
ETA: My dishwasher was a freaking gamechanger for me. It freed up counter space where I once had a dish drainer and is immeasurably useful when we have people over.