Does anyone have a portable dishwasher? Hubby just got one at a yard sale and

[GreenPartyVoter]

I was wondering how well they work. The trailer park doesn't always have great water pressure. Is that going to be a problem?

[auntAgonist]

1. It shouldn't be a problem ..

It might just take longer to fill (?).

I had a portable for years. I never noticed any difference from one house to the other. (different pressures)

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[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Good to know. :^D

[spinbaby]

3. We used to have one

Two kitchens ago. One thing they're good for is to soak pots and stuff. Just park your crusty pot in the sink under where the dishwasher drains and the hot, soapy water will do the rest. Kind of a two for one deal.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Good idea!

[Lars39]

4. I have one.

Make sure to check for food gunk at the bottom periodically. Also run hot water before hooking the hose up. And the most important thing: take the sink stopper out of the sink before running the dishwasher...ugly things could happen. :)

[Midlodemocrat]

6. Had one growing up. One caveat.

Make sure that the hose is SECURELY attached when you turn it on. It popped off one time when I was a kid and flooded the entire downstairs. I was the only one who heard it; woke my dad who spent three hours in the middle of the night sopping it up. Thankfully, we had a clothesline, or we'd still doing laundry.

[Blue Diadem]

7. You're talking about a regular size dishwasher that's portable right?

That's what we have to use because the sink area of my kitchen cabinets are from the 1920's and are at 34" tall instead of 36. Anyway, portable dishwashers clean just like the built in's. I've used portable DW's here for 20 yrs. The first one we bought was also used and lasted us 15 yrs. We paid $35 for it. The 2nd one we bought new..it was over $500.

You may need an adapter to use it on your faucet. You'll find out when you hook up the filler hose/discharge hose to the faucet. If that little aerator thing with the screen on your faucet is too short or decorative and bell shaped(my new faucet is that way), the hose may not connect right and/or blow off under pressure. They make longer straight ones and they're only a couple bucks but *warning* some sales people at home improvement stores often don't know what a portable dishwasher is much less what a dishwasher/faucet adapter is.

The poster that mentioned they are excellent for pot soaking is right on!

edited for my stupid spelling.

[yellowdogintexas]

8. I had one for many years, it was a Sears and it was just the basics, no special

features. That thing could clean some dishes.

[Blue Diadem]

10. Both of mine have been Sears brand too

They really do work well. We were surprised when we got 15 yrs out of the used one that was probably 8-10 yrs old when we bought it.

[yellowdogintexas]

11. did you have one of the ones with the round rack on the top that revolved?

That thing got my dishes cleaner than any other unit I have ever had since except the brand new one (also a Kenmore) that I just bought ...

[Blue Diadem]

14. No, but that sounds interesting.

I'd never heard of a revolving rack.

I've been very happy with my current Kenmore too, gosh it's 5 yrs old already. I hope this one has the life span our other one did.

[NMDemDist2]

9. I loved mine, and the dischage water into the sink gets the pots and pans

so ready, it takes a sponge and a quick rinse to be done. I loved having the extra work surface too. and a lack of water pressure won't matter, once it's full it will just rock and roll and do it's thing.

[Skittles]

12. I've never ever used a diswasher

nope :D

[CreekDog]

13. i hate those dang things

i guess it's better than actually washing dishes, but rolling it back and forth and hooking it up are a PITA. that said, i think they work as well as the built in kind, they are after all, the same machine, only the water source is slightly different.

good luck.

[trotsky]

15. We had one in our first house.

Worked well. Don't worry about your water pressure - that only affects the time it takes for them machine to fill up. Once it starts washing it's using its pump/motor.