It’s funny cause i was just talking about this video the other day with someone who didn’t know you have to run the tap hot before starting the machine. It’s just such a good video.

Oh you (rest of the world), with your 220vac everywhere and your "yeah electricity can heat that up" attitude.

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Ah yes, Dishwashers and their operation. The quintessential americana. Surely no one else in the world has dishwashers but America.

The hot water was the big thing for me. I don't see a noticeable performance difference between the pods and the powder, but the pods are easier with a small enough cost difference over time that it might as well be zero.

But the hot water is clutch.

It was purely me not getting the hang of the amount of powder. I also have a lot of plasticware (kids), and so it amplified the residual issue.

The problem is that I have zero issues with pods. I out in pod, turn on, close door, and that's that. It's the lack of problems, and the fact that powder requires some fine tuning, that had me lose interest in it.

And I basically scrape food matter off plates and load them in. Only time I ever rince is when we have lots of tiny food matters on plates and it'll be a pain in the ass to scrape each individually into the garbage, where a jet of hot water will blast them into the strainer ezpz.

So yeah, I'm running the dishwasher daily, and for me I need the path of least resistance.

Were you using the expensive powder?

Do your dishwashers not have different temperature programs? Tap water is generally set at 65ºC here. My dishwasher has a 45ºC program, a 50ºC program, etc. Depending on how dirty your dishes are you can use lower-temp program to save energy. They even make dishwasher pods specifically for lower temperatures. If it always takes in hot water it would need a way to cool it down.

Much the same reason as electric kettles not being as popular in low-voltage countries as in Europe - with higher domestic voltage, the appliance itself can heat the water it uses in a timely manner.

We have 230VAC (on all outlets) instead of your guys' puny 120V, so our dishwashers aren't handicapped out of the box and can heat their own water properly. I feel like having to run the tap before doing dishes is an L for the US, not Germany/Europe?

A lot of houses are older than the concept of central heating or running warm water, so there are some homes that don't have central warm water, but instead small heaters under the kitchen sink/next to the bathroom, which might or might not hook up to dishwashers