Those knives would get absolutely backsplashed by bacteria.
They’d also be very difficult to place and remove.
Some people will literally do anything to avoid using/purchasing a dishwasher. I don’t get it. Hand washing is unsanitary, time-consuming, and wastes water. Just fork over the $600 and get one already. It’ll change your life for the better.
Edit: Why are you booing me? I’m right! Are you seriously going to call Alec from Technology Connections a liar? Here’s your proof right here: https://youtu.be/Ll6-eGDpimU#t=36m31s
Some of us rent. I want a dishwasher, I can’t have a dishwasher here
Where are you living that the unit doesn’t come with a dishwasher? I’ve been all over Houston, on the rich side and the poor side, and I’ve never seen a unit that doesn’t at least have one of those bargain basement whirlpools.
Chicago suburbs. I’m definitely not the only apartment in this town without a dishwasher, either. There genuinely isn’t space for me to have anything but a countertop unit, and counter space is limited as is
In the greater Seattle area it’s about 50/50 whether a rental will have a dishwasher.
That’s crazy, especially considering rental rates.
You need to check your available space privilege.
I have both. I’m not putting my plastic salad spinner or German chef knives or old plastic food storage containers or blender jar or my pots and pans and etc. in the dishwasher. Restaurants have human dishwashers for valid reasons.
How is it unsanitary?
Because the machine is generally more reliable at doing it in a more sanitary way. People often cut corners when doing it manually.
Because in order to sanitize, the water temperature needs to be above 60°C/140°F. It is impossible to get the water that hot when hand washing. You would burn yourself immediately.
Just fork over the $600
I prefer paying my rent over kitchen appliances
If you’re paying rent, you’d think the unit would just come with the kitchen basics.
Do you have a refrigerator, at least? A stove? Or is your landlord making you use a shared root cellar and chimney fire?
You can get them for way less though (esp. used).
If you’re paying rent, it is expected that a dishwasher is included in the cost of your rent. If it’s not, you need to find a place that provides basic appliances. It is the landlord’s responsibility to provide a dishwasher, not yours.
Ok, and how are you fitting it in your kitchen when all cabinets are overflowing and you do not feel like removing your oven.
I put it in the space for the dishwasher. If you do not have such a space in your kitchen, there are standalone units, even countertop variants. You could remove a cabinet if you can afford to lose the space.
Many people rent. You can’t just remove a cabinet in that case. Can’t decide how big the kitchen is either. I’m sorry, but your comments come off as very privilaged and honestly ignorant.
even countertop variants
Good thing countertops have no use in a kitchen!
So you wheel it around?
The counter top ones take up a lot of space, and you cannot use your kitchen sink while it is running because it connects to your kitchen faucet. Which also means you need to have the correct kind of faucet for the attachment to fit. Also, dishwashers use a lot of power. There are hidden costs at play here, and with the price of power only going up, why wouldn’t I do dishes the cheap way? Not to mention haveing to buy dishwasher tablets and all the waste products created by the single use packaging.
It doesn’t have to waste more water. There are ways to do the dishes where you only use water to rinse off the already washed plates. That is in fact less water than with a dishwasher. Maybe you are thinking of washing the dished with the water constantly on.
This old wives’ tale objectively untrue and has already been debunked. It is impossible use less water than a dishwasher, no matter how you wash the dishes. Like I said, Technology Connections already tested this.
There is nothing more frustrating than being told I’m wrong when I know for a fact that I’m right, and even have proof. Hive mind mentality drives me crazy sometimes.
Just take a s deep breath. You’re going to survive this
If space was at a premium, sure, but I’d hate to have this in our kitchen.
Unless that window has a view of a brick wall I agree. Also butcher block with a drying rack dripping on it isn’t gonna last long.
Looks neat and space efficient, but I have questions about why someone keeps fruit next to the dishes.
Don’t worry, they’re plastic.
A clean kitchen is a triumph of the modern era. Show this to a caveman or a renaissance era scholar and claim two middle-age adults with at least one child and a dog accomplished it in less than an hour. They will praise it as a miracle.
Im sure the caveman would be impressed, probably more by the knives than any organizational aspect, but i feel like scholars in the renaissance had plenty of experience this keeping things organized. This picture of an alchemy workshop is like organizational goals for me. Its full but not cluttered and it looks cozy as fuck.
Its full but not cluttered and it looks cozy as fuck.
I guess we’re operating on different definitions of “cluttered”. Although, I’ll happily cede it looks cozy, I would be afraid to swing my elbows without knocking over something extremely rare and expensive.
Lots of folks saying “why don’t you just dry and put your dishes away?” but I have this exact model and use it mainly for storage. Zero cabinet space in my tiny kitchen. With this I can actually own enough plates and bowls to feed guests!
yeah I own one cause even though I have a dishwasher there’s some stuff that’s hand wash only and you can use it for handy storage too like yours
I have one of these and it’s pretty cool. The knife holder thing sucks ass though, idk who thought that was a good idea.
Looks terrible. I can’t use the sink without worrying about splashing the clean dishes. Disgusting. And they’re practically just hanging in my way.
How would you possibly splash dishes so high above the sink?
Splashed water can fly surprisingly far. Remember those studies about toilets and toothbrushes?
So why doesn’t the dish rack next to the sink have the same issue?
It does. Why wouldn’t it?
We just got one of these a couple weeks ago, my mom and I got to crack up over this, thank you. Who knows how many more laughs I’ll be able to share with her before death comes knocking.
You know how to take your dish rack to the next level? Slap some large googly eyes on that bad boy. Surpise your mom. Make those memories.
This is normal in Italy. Just the rack would be higher.
I just have a dishwasher so this would be a bit overkill.
So, the art is a bit deceiving. We have a few things that can’t go in the dishwasher - the espresso pot which would be ruined in the machine, a few bigger pots and serving bowls that don’t fit neatly, some of my son’s high chair components that get gunked between meals, our nice set of enameled chopsticks that need to be hand-washed - and this works great to keep them out of the sink while we’re doing the rest of the kitchen.
But I agree, there’s no reason 90% of the image art stuff can’t just go in the dishwasher normally.
I prefer the Dutch cabinet (I think that’s what they’re called) is what I want. It’s basically that except it’s in a cabinet.
i would’ve loved this as a kid but i had a Bad Childhood
Magnificent.
I once had a tiny apartment and considered something like that. But it was too large to fit the space…
Um but wtf is all the water draining to? The work surfaces?
Also imagine knocking this over. Fml.
Most of the stuff that needs draining should flow mostly into the sink, but I do agree it looks like one could get where you don’t want.
As for knocking it over, the “feet” look relatively sturdy, so ideally that would be difficult to do.
