Midea Countertop Dishwasher Portable, 6 Place Settings, Energy Star

TL;DR: Buy it, it's a good washer and I'm super happy with it. - Noise level: Overall it's quiet. I have it on a wooden shelf about 4' off the ground in the open kitchen, and the noise while washing is that of a small, quiet, dishwasher. You know it's on but it's not annoying at all. The drain motor however, has to be the most enthusiastic drain pumps I've ever seen. The quiet whoosh of the dishwashing is just fine, the sudden and jarring sound of water exiting the drain hose at what must be close to 200 MPH hitting the sink 5" below is, well, it's jarring. Mercifully draining only takes the machine 3 or 4 seconds due to the speed (seriously). - Ease of use: Very easy. There are several cycles to choose from, but "POWER" and "START" are the only two buttons you need to worry about. It powers on with Normal selected and I've found that wash to work flawlessly. I have changed cycles naturally, and it's just as easy to cycle through using the "CYCLE" button. - Water usage: Very little. From memory, the manual says the most intense wash uses less than 4 gallons of water. I did by mistake leave the sink drain closed and the washer did empty into it once. One wash/rinse (not a full cycle) used a shockingly little amount of water. While I'm not saying 'drain the washer in to a closed sink' I do think I'd probably be safe from overflowing based on what I saw if the drain happened to close (I just take the twist off sink stopper out when I connect the water now). - Performance: Great! Wonderful!! I can either stop now or gush for six more sentences. It works, it works well, and I don't have to do a thing. I don't rinse nor pre-scrub. I use a dirty spoon on the dirty dish to scrape the food into the trash, and then I put the dish into the washer. Literally--no rinsing no nothing. I put one Finish Quantum pack in the main wash dispenser and I'm golden. The filthy dish washer it drains and the sparkling clean dishes I put away is all the performance I need. - Durability: Well, that's the real question eh?! The machine seems to be made well--it's made to a price for sure but it does not feel or seem cheap. It was packed very well and even after it arrived in a VERY banged up box, it fired right up without a single scuff mark. I'd love for this to run forever but I'd be pretty happy to get five years out of it, and it probably can do that based on the two dozen or so loads I've run through. - Fit: This is a relatively short machine compared to all the others. It is wider but not unreasonably so. It does need to be connected to the faucet (or plumbed in) and there are hoses on the back that stick out a little. On the plus side, you don't need extra space over the unit to pour in water. A pro for some, con for others. Around the back, the drain hose on mine bends enough so that it fits neatly under the overhang on the back the machine has. The water supply hose however has a more pronounced bend making the hard plastic hose stick out from behind that lip. It's not a terrible thing since the front of the machine can overhang the shelf by the half inch in the front to make room, but it's unfortunate that the hose choice ruined the very thoughtful layout of the machine itself. New hoses would fix this I'm sure, but a small sliver of the star rating off for the oversight.

I was suffering from a bit of research paralysis trying to decide what kind of dishwasher to get. Ultimately decided on this one because I didn't want to redo cabinets and plumbing to get a built-in one, and I didn't want a big rolling standalone washer that would just take up floor space in the kitchen even when not in use. This was still bigger than I expected and won't fit on my kitchen counter with the overhead cabinets. Just not enough vertical space between the counter top and the cabinets. You can measure it and compare to the height of this unit to be sure before buying if it will work for you. I just bought it since even if it didn't fit I have a rolling kitchen/breakfast stand already and figured at worst I'll put it on there. That's what ended up happening. I don't mind at all though because it works great. I was able to unscrew the tip of my kitchen faucet and screw this one on. I needed to use some cheap Teflon tape to make sure it didn't leak, but after that I have had no leaking issues at all for the several months I've had it now. I use a powdered detergent in the detergent compartment, plus I throw a little bit more powder in the bottom for the pre-wash as well. I always make sure to run the sink tap until the water is hot before hooking up the hose. That makes sure the prewash has both detergent and hot water to really help clean. Those two steps make sure this machine gets everything insanely clean. It works better than the top end machine my parent have in their home! It saves so much time and water too. I regret not buying one of these sooner. I honestly have nothing bad to say about it, other than the faucet adapter isn't great to use when using the sink as normal. It just lets water come out so fast that the stream is uncontrolled and has a lot of over spray and slashes a lot. I just change back to the sink's aerator tip though and that solves that problem.

This is a great little dishwasher, that I have about a year. Get everything clean and saves time. Only real downside is that standard US dinner plates are a little tight maneuvering, so I always have to add those before anything else.

This thing is great. No leaks, no stuck-on food, and it's relatively quiet. It takes a standard dishwasher inlet hose, so the route I went was to cut a hole in my sink (that can be plugged later if necessary), hook the water inlet directly to my sink's inlet with a tee, and then use the supplied adapter just for draining. My large plates barely fit, so maybe check the dimensions before you buy if you do have large plates. My workflow is to rinse stuff off in the sink, put them in the dishwasher, then run it when it gets full. I get the full use of my sink back this way! The drying cycle doesn't get dishes completely dry. There's no way it could without venting steam, which it does not do, so I'm not upset about that at all. The dishes get close to dry and then go in the drying rack to finish the job. This is the product I used for the water inlet: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DP3V6JXY Worked great, zero complaints. Normally I have to chase a few leaks to get things tight enough but it was free from leaks on the first try.

Not easy to assemble and doesn’t look good if it has to be places on counter with all these hoses. If I knew before how it would look like I would never buy it. This is not for people who like their kitchen to look nice and tidy. This is for people who like messy kitchen. My intention was to hide it in cabinet next to kitchen so that my kitchen still looks elegant and clean and only have plumber to drill some holes on the side of cabinet and connect it with sink.. But unfortunately, that’s not the case. So if you think that you may have in kitchen small dishwasher replacing the big one, forget about that idea. It is not going to look the same but smaller as I expected, it will look so weird!!

It will leak if not level but other than that I have had no issues since purchase. It’s very quiet. Surprisingly quiet. Super easy to setup and plumb. It connects directly to your faucet and comes with the necessary attachments. Great value. If it broke I’d buy another. It washed my dishes really well sometimes have an issue with silverware if they end up stuck on each other but all dishwashers have that issue. Has all the functions you need including a power wash and extended dry function. I wash my pots on normal mode and they are super clean after cycle.

My apartment doesn’t have a dishwasher and I spent 10 years putting off washing dishes right away and letting my sink fill up way too often. This changed my habits and has made life so much easier! It’s easy to setup, it packs a powerful punch, and is perfect for what I need. It’s great at cleaning everything that I’ve put in it…and I fill it up nightly and sometimes twice a day. It’s pretty quiet, but the loudest part and the one that always takes me and my dog by surprise is when it drains into my sink. It shoots out powerful jets throughout the cycle and it takes a bit to get used to it. There are several cycles to choose from, but weirdly the “normal” cycle is the longest…taking almost 2:30 hours. I also use the extended dry feature bc just like regular dishwashers it lacks the ability to dry Tupperware lids. But if I need to run some dishes and don’t have 3 hours, the 45 minute quick cycle is great, just doesn’t dry like the regular cycle. Some things that are cons but still not a dealbreaker for me: the rack doesn’t allow you to adjust it, so it can be challenging to always fit bigger bowls, pots, and some pans. It also doesn’t allow for tall items. I have a 40oz hydroflask and it needs to really tilt in order to fit. Finally, it really needs Jet dry and you can tell when it’s low bc the items will spot for sure. I also use liquid detergent to make sure it dissolves with no issue and I can control how much for the quick cycle. Lastly, for the cost and its abilities…totally worth it! Highly recommend.

Dishwasher itself is great and works surprisingly well. I did have a leak once but that was because i moved it and the drainage hose got bent in the back and came loose - so make sure all hoses are properly connected and are not overly stretched or bent. Cleaning is as good as a regular sized one, however it is easy to accidentally block the spray arms, which impacts performance as in every dishwasher. Extended drying as well as heavy cleaning cycles both perform well. Yes, it did come with a dent out of the package even though it was packaged well - but that's on the shipping and delivery pipeline and not a fault of the product - I nevertheless had no issue with the functionality of the dishwasher.