Is there a real difference in water and electricity consumption? Personally, I don’t use a lot of water to wash my dishes (by hand), but maybe I should install a flow meter to make sure.

What is your opinion on the subject? Do you have any evidence or studies available that could confirm your intuition? Or do you have other alternatives in mind?

  • pyria@kbin.melroy.org
    4·
    4 days ago

    Little of both. If the sink is full of dishes, they’re going in the dishwasher. If there’s a handful, probably by hand.

  • Jentu@lemmy.mlEnglish
    14·
    5 days ago

    Technology Connections and his stranglehold on dishwasher conversations lol

  • TechnoCat@piefed.socialEnglish
    17·
    6 days ago

    Dishwasher. I’ve done hand washing and dishwashing depending on where I’m living each year. Dishwasher does a better job than me, uses less water than me, and saves me time. I run it at night and put away the dishes in the morning.

  • communism@lemmy.ml
    9·
    6 days ago

    By hand. I don’t have a dishwasher. The place I rent didn’t come with one, and I don’t have the space for my own (plus no money). I think I’ve only ever met one person with a dishwasher, although I suppose I wouldn’t know if someone has one unless I either go to their house or they bring it up. I don’t see the issue with doing dishes by hand, and I pay a flat rate for water so water usage is not a concern to me.

    • iByteABit@lemmy.ml
      2·
      5 days ago

      Same, and even if I wanted to install a dishwasher for my rented place, there’s no water supply to connect it to so it would take some very serious work to be done

      • stylusmobilus@aussie.zone
        2·
        5 days ago

        Here as well. We’re obviously not among those who put travelling down as a hobby.

        Edit: though my water supply is no issue

    • sem@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      Depends on the type of equipment. Usually there’s a reason like there is a seam that you don’t want water pummeling constantly or with knives you don’t want them banging into other stuff and getting dull.

      For a lot of good equipment in the sense of plates, food containers and stuff, the dishwasher is able to rinse at a much higher temperature than what hands can tolerate and will be able to get sanitized. So dishwashers are better in this sense as well if you want to sanitize your dishes without using a bleach rinse.

  • hanrahan@piefed.socialEnglish
    39·
    6 days ago

    By hand, don’t have nor do I ever want a dishwasher. There is zwtro chance of a world full of fishwashers being enviomentlaly friendly.

  • AstroLightz@lemmy.world
    5·
    6 days ago

    Dishwasher for sure. Many years ago, I had a dishwashing job where I had to wash everything by hand, and that made me really appreciate dishwashers ever since.

  • Tomtits@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    4·
    6 days ago

    By hand.

    One of my first jobs was a KP so I’m used to washing by hand.

    Yes we had a dishwasher, had to prewash everything because it was so shit.

    Also, never, ever put a chefs knives through the dishwasher.

    I wash as I go when cooking because it’s much easier and you’re not left with a load of minging dirty dishes after a meal

    • OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml
      1·
      6 days ago

      Helps if you have allergies to food and ingredients too. Hot dishes rinse easily. It’s extra steps loading and unloading when you keep a drying rack and rinse your dishes as you go and immediately after eating.

  • Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.world
    402·
    6 days ago

    I have 4 children. I would literally sell a kidney to buy a dishwasher, if I couldn’t afford one. Fuck washing dishes by hand. Anyone who doesn’t agree with me is either brain damaged or a masochist.