Compact dishwasher?

[mrs.chappie]

Those 6-place ones. Does anybody have one and are you impressed with it?

Also, do you have to break the dishwasher tablet in half, or can you buy smaller tablets?

Thanks.

[Whoever]

We have one - there are only two of us in our household and in any case, only had space for a slimline one. It's fine but obviously you have to run it more often than you would a full size one. We run ours, on average, every second day. We use a full tablet but I've read that many people do in fact break their tablet in two and only use half of one. Suggest you try using a half tablet and see if that gets your plates clean. Perhaps only very badly soiled articles would need a full tablet.

[ummmm]

Every other day?

Do you use disposable plates and pans?

[mrs.chappie]

Thanks for reply. I haven't got one, I stayed at a holiday home last weekend and it had a slimline dishwasher. I put an ordinary tablet in and soapy water oozed from the bottom of it. I didn't use it after that, but I guess there was too much detergent in the tablet.

I have a full-size DW at the moment (not the husband, lol) but there are usually only two of us at home, and we are looking to move house soon, so I am thinking about getting a smaller dishwasher when we move.

[LoftyLottie]

Where do I go wrong? There are only two of us and I have a full sized one which I managed to fill up completely every day!! Mind you pet bowls go in there too. I used a slimline one whilst on holiday this year and it was fine. but I wasn't cooking as much!! I simply couldn't manage with a slimline - only if there was just me.

[mrs.chappie]

Hiya Lottie!

If I put the pet bowls in, I could easily fill up a full-sized one every day, but I like to keep them separate from our dishes. I always do the pet dishes by hand, and I have a washing-up bowl solely for this purpose.

I have several hedgehogs from the hedgehog hospital recuperating in my garden, prior to release back into the wild. They get clean dishes every day and I could probably fill up a slimline dishwasher with their dishes alone! They certainly keep me busy.

[LoftyLottie]

Hello, Mrs Chappie xx

How hygienic you are! I just rinse the two dog bowls and cat's dish first. I reckon if they are washed at a high temp. then they will be OK ..... hopefully. How lovely that you take on hedgehogs from the hospital, ahhhh. Have noticed that they are now eating the bread under our bird table but I am loath to feed them in our garden because of the cat/dogs/marsh harriers!! Lovely little creatures.

[mrs.chappie]

Lottie, I sometimes get fed up of having to wash the bowls by hand, then I think of the poor old lass who runs the hedgehog hospital. She has over 100 hogs in there and she washes all their bowls, every day, by hand.

Her devotion to the hedgehogs is quite remarkable. She is one lovely lady.

[LoftyLottie]

People like her deserve a medal. They quietly go about their work and usually get little recognition or even seek it. Keep up the good work Mrs C.

My son has just got in touch from Scotland to say do I want 2 ferral kittens that are on the building site he is working on. I regret I had to say no. Our finances will not cope with any more and I have to be tough.