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Ive always used a washing up bowl and never rinse plates to put in my dishwasher but I do soak pots and oven dishes before I put them in.

Always had a washing up bowl. Firstly stuff doesn’t scratch the sink. Secondly you use less water. Thirdly if someone appears with something else to wash up with residue in the bottom of a cup say, it can be tipped away into the sink and the cup added to the bowl. Last thing at night when the dishwasher is still warm and full a couple of things can be chucked into an empty bowl and put next to the sink. Can also put clean washing into it to carry outside to hang up.

Blossoming - a dishwasher actually uses less water than washing by hand, so you’re not actually saving anything.

My DH says a dishwasher uses less water than handwashing I thought he was mad but you have proven me wrong I will have to tell him now!

I use a washing up bowl, but dispensed with a plate rack years ago.

Yes, it protects the few bits of crockery and glasses that don't go in the diahwasher

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^You are recommended not to rinse plates before putting them in the dishwasher. It says so in my dishwasher instructions and it is a waste of water and any watersaving advice sheet says not to do it.^

I know Monica. Try telling my husband! I too use the short cycle, pat tops of cups and glasses dry and leave to air dry.

Yes, that’s what I do too.DH usually puts things in and takes them out again when clean so I never need to do that ( suspect he doesn’t like my packing the dishwasher technique)?

I did keep one in the sink when I didn’t have a dishwasher. I keep one in the laundry room for the rare occasion I have a bunch of glassware that needs hand washed.

I also keep them under the children’s beds as an emergency sick bucket for the unexpected attacks of nighttime vomiting…. Easily emptied and disinfected!!

Oh yes! But I make sure to wipe it clean and dry after use, ditto the sink.

Not in the kitchen, but have a round lime green one our round utility sink .

I find it useful for washing hands after gardening.

Soak plants in

Put smalls in to hang out on washing line.

Washing hands after painting

Other day used it to clean out fridge.

Transport water around house for cleaning down skirting boards etc.

Chucking some warm water into paddling pool to warm it up abit.

If hydrangeas are looking little limp in the heat, I often throw a basin full of water over to liven them up until the evening watering with a hosepipe.

Its use are endless and I would not want to be without one.

My daughter also has a basin.
She has a dishwasher.
She still finds plenty of uses for a bowl.

Including filling one with ice and cold water to dip her hands and feet in order to get her temperature down whilst pregnant in the hot july 2013.

The bowl was also useful to let tots sail wee boats in the garden.

I have a red tie dye bowl.
I like it a lot, but it just became something else to clean.

Yes I have a washing up bowl even though I have a dishwasher, silver, crystal and China with silver edging do not get put in dishwasher.
My sink is Corian but it does stain so try to avoid putting things directly into the sink.

Both my son and daughter don't use a bowl in their sink either I think it's a pain. My son fitted our new kitchen and convinced me to get a dishwasher. I thought it was too much bother cleaning plates off stacking the machine emptying it. Then cleaning the machine itself so I gave it to my brother. I am back to basics and it suits me I clean the bowl and sink every night before bed.

I use one because I can use the uncovered part of the sink for rinsing under the tap.