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Oh, I thought the urban legend was that she was fed up with the servants breaking her prized porcelain so she wanted a machine that would wash automatically and safely. (actually the article says that as well)
Semi-related: anyone here, like me, not find automated dishwashers very useful? To me it seems to take nearly the same amount of soap exposure, and time at the sink, to wash dishes by hand. Maybe if I needed gloves, I'd get frustrated with the smell your hands take on from dishgloves, but honestly washing dishes (particularly dishes that aren't precious) is pretty easy.
most of my dishes, which I have a lot of: finish eating/drinking, straight in, no sink stage.
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I think the calculus changes when more than one person eating is involved, especially when the ratio skews more eating than washing
As a single person I can wash my dishes in less than a minute. Glass, plate no. 1, plate no. 2, bowl, fork, knife, no more than a few seconds each.
"If I only added colorized ascii to my command, I probably wouldn't have to really read the output"
Semi-related: anyone here, like me, not find automated dishwashers very useful? To me it seems to take nearly the same amount of soap exposure, and time at the sink, to wash dishes by hand. Maybe if I needed gloves, I'd get frustrated with the smell your hands take on from dishgloves, but honestly washing dishes (particularly dishes that aren't precious) is pretty easy.
It depends what you are washing. If you live by yourself and only have to wash one bowl and one spoon every day, a dishwasher can be overkill. But that's not the situation for everyone. If you have a larger family with babies, a dishwasher can be very useful. Baby bottles have many of different parts and washing them by hand can be time consuming, baby toys can be washed in the dishwasher as well... And if you cook y…
Tip for the pro when buying a dishwasher. Make sure the distance between so lower and upper drawer is big enought that the "washing wheels" can still spin if you have your plates inside. My new Whirlpool dishwasher is nearly useless.
Not that there’s an iso standard for plate size, but I have a hard time imagining this being a common issue.
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I think the calculus changes when more than one person eating is involved, especially when the ratio skews more eating than washing
Two people in a small apartment and currently spend 15-20 minutes a day hand washing but I feel like its right on the line where 3 or more people it is clearly faster to machine wash.
I suspect it might be more water efficient and energy efficient to do this instead of repeatedly heating up water, which takes 30s or so and wastes a lot of cold water / hot water that gets left to cool down in the pipes.
I also spend 10x the time automating something instead of just doing that damn work. It's how procrastination works. "If I only added colorized ascii to my command, I probably wouldn't have to really read the output"
I’m tired of using the sink or shelves as a buffer.
Just pull from the clean unit and push into the dirty unit and rotate which is which.
Voilà, dramatically less handling.