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I can live without folding laundry (I can just shove my undershirts in the closet, who cares if it's not folded), but whoever manufactures a reliable auto-loading dishwasher will have my dollars. Like, just put all your dishes in the sink and let the machine handle them.

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But if your dishwasher is empty is takes nearly the same amount of time/effort to put dishes straight into the dishwasher that it does to put them in the sink.

I think I'd only really save time by having a robot that could unload my dishwasher and put up the clean dishes.

That's called a second dishwasher: one is for taking out, the other for putting in. When the latter is full, turn it on, dirty dishes wait outside until the cycle finishes, when the dishwashers switch roles.

I thought about this and it gets even better. You do not really need shelves as you just use the clean dishwasher as the storage place. I honestly don’t know why this is not a thing in big or wealthy homes.

Another thing that bothers me is that dishwashers are low. As I get older, I’m finding it really annoying to bend down.

So get me a counter-level dishwasher cabinet and I’ll be happy!

We have a double drawer dishwasher and it hurts my brain watching friends plan around their nightly wash.

Hmm, that doesn't match my experience. It takes me a lot more time to put dishes into the dishwasher, because it has different places for cutlery, bowls, dishes, and so on, and of course the existing structure never matches my bowls' size perfectly so I have to play tetris or run it with only 2/3 filled (which will cause me to waste more time as I have to do dishes again sooner).

And that's before we get to bits of sticky rice left on bowls, which somehow dishwashers never scrape off clean. YMMV.

1. Get a set of dishes that does fit nicely together in the dishwasher.

2. Start with a cold prewash, preferably with a little powder in there too. This massively helps with stubborn stuff. This one is annoying though because you might have to come back and switch it on after the prewash. A good job for the robot butler.

Why can't dishwashers just be small, single-dish appliances in which you put the plate/mug/wine glass/forks/whatever, close it, push a button, and 10 seconds later it's clean and dry, you unload and repeat?

Buy one bowl you like (I use a silicone one) and use it for everything. Rarely requires more than a quick rinse.

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