[JFC]: Hand washing vs dishwasher

[Airual]

Not only does it take longer, but it uses more water too to do them by hand.  A full load of dishes takes about 10 gallons of water or less to run, the rinse and hold cycle uses only about 2 or 3 gallons (if you don't have enough to run a full load daily). If you think about all the water you use hand washing, running the tap to get the water warm enough, rinsing each dish, doing several batches a day, it really adds up.  We're on a well that isn't very abundant, so we have to be careful with water.  When we remodeled the house, having a dishwasher at long last was a must.  If you want another reason to justify using the washer, think of the money you save on hand lotion by not getting those dreaded "dishpan hands"! lol  It also saves a lot of time, probably a good half hour a day  that's 172 hours a year!

Airual

Theresa Breithaupt wrote:

  .  I broke down and bought more dishwashing soap for the dishwasher.  I had some crazy idea that I should try and do them by hand, but it certainly takes longer.