Unlike the dishwasher, the washing machine has a window. Photo: Getty Images While you can watch laundry spin through the window of a washing machine, this isn’t possible with dishes in a dishwasher ...

Your dishwasher cleans your dishes, but that doesn't mean you can neglect cleaning your dishwasher. These tablets penetrate grime, residue, and build-up. They remove stains, odor, and limescale. Just ...

It's an argument as old as the dishwasher itself — is it better to wash dishes by hand or to use the dishwasher. For some, the labor of washing dishes or cleaning the house can be therapeutic, and we ...

April 7, 2009 To handwash or not to handwash? When it comes to saving water, it seems some people firmly believe that the dishwasher is one of those things that need to be sacrificed. Too much water ...

A clean dish is a clean dish. Sure, you can spend thousands if you want a whisper-quiet dishwasher with hidden control panels and other tailored touches. Stainless-steel facades, for instance, can ...

I’VE been writing on some weighty topics lately — too little money, too many choices, too few jobs. It’s time, I decided, to move on to some questions that haunt me almost every day. How much soap ...

Alina Bradford has been writing how-tos, tech articles and more for almost two decades. She currently writes for CNET's Smart Home Section, MTVNews' tech section and for Live Science's reference ...