Dishwashers use less water than hand washing. Perhaps you were imagining that the entire dishwasher fills up with water like a clothes washer does?

Dishwasher use less water and energy (for heating) than hand washing does 🥰

if your dishes aren’t clean then try putting dishwasher powder in the machine as well as in the small door for it.

if you want a deep dive then I highly recommend “technology connections” a youtube channel which has a longer video on dishwashers (and some tips on how to best use it)

That’s not true, generally it uses less water.

https://web.archive.org/web/20220930071039/https://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/sciencecommunication/2017/09/29/is-your-dishwasher-saving-the-planet/

If it doesn’t clean your dishes properly, you’re not using your dishwasher properly, remember to clean your sieve regularly.

If you hand wash your dishes for more than 2 minutes, using a dishwasher actually uses less water.

If the dishwasher isn’t doing a good job cleaning them, you probably did one of these things wrong:

• Didn’t run sink until it hit hot water

• Didn’t use powdered detergent

• Didn’t put powdered detergent in the pre wash slot

• Didn’t load the dishwasher properly

• Didn’t clean the filter

This video gave me a new appreciation on how these appliances work and showed me how to actually use them effectively!

https://youtu.be/jHP942Livy0

don’t even do a good job cleaning them.

yeah, if they’re shitty ones