CES Was Full of Useless Robots and Machines That Don’t Work

Re:CES Was Full of Useless Robots and Machines That Don’t Work by emdowling on Monday January 15, 2018 @03:36AM (#16149334)

I live alone and have a “half width” dishwasher. It’s amazing at saving me time but also clutter. No dirty dishes on the bench top. The thing is on every night. Research has also shown it uses far less water and energy than hand washing.

By far the best investment I ever made for house cleaning though is a cordless Dyson vacuum. It’s mounted on the wall and I end up vacuuming (5 mins max) every day so it hardly feels like a chore.

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Re:CES Was Full of Useless Robots and Machines That Don’t Work by UweSchmidt on Monday January 15, 2018 @04:51AM (#16149575)

Less water and energy, but using a brutal kind of soap that is surely more harmful to the environment than hand wash soap.

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Re:CES Was Full of Useless Robots and Machines That Don’t Work by rsynnott on Monday January 15, 2018 @07:00AM (#16149983)

Old-fashioned dishwasher detergents caused significant phosphate pollution, but since the regulations were changed, they're considerably less nasty.

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Re:CES Was Full of Useless Robots and Machines That Don’t Work by girvo on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @08:24AM (#16157949)

Three small squirts of handwashing liquid, fill it 2/3rds the way with baking soda, then fill the rest with cooking salt: works wonders in a dishwasher, is cheap as hell, and pretty good environment-wise.

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Re:CES Was Full of Useless Robots and Machines That Don’t Work by mnw21cam on Monday January 15, 2018 @05:38AM (#16149739)

Or you could use Ecover dishwasher products, which are a bit better.

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