POLL: Dishwasher Door - to latch or not?

[washer111]

Closed, not "Latched"

With a DishDrawer, shutting the draw does seal its main air-circulation point into the kitchen - although stinky "fumes" can still circulate throughout the cabinet - as the lid does not shut when the drawer is shut. 

 

Typically, the drawer will remain ajar or in that shut position. Sometimes get one or two of those "German" roaches in there. We can't get rid of them, although we do put a dent in the population each time I get the Borax and Bait packs out!

 

If only one or two people are present, then sometimes I will enable the "Closed Drawer" option to seal the unit when it is shut (after 30secs). This keeps the odours at bay, if present but also keeps the soils moist - so you shouldn't need too much detergent or washing horsepower later on!

 

Machine runs anywhere between daily and every 2nd or 3rd day, depending on the cooking and number of people around at any given time. 

 

[tolivac]

I don't like sprays,either-tried the bait station things--NO GOOD AT ALL.The ants and roaches-waterbugs-whatever just turn their noses up at them.With the door locked-they still get in-esp the ants-these are small enough they could climb thru the screening-but an interesting idea.Since I have to rinse and scrape-no more roaches in the machine at least.Sometimes the ants.The creatures seem to like me-just wish they would stay outside.Buildings and houses are for people--The GREAT OUTDOORS is for creatures!The vacuums await for them,though!

 

[a440]

I do not latch between cycles.
The seal when closed on the KitchenAid dishwashers is very good without the latch.
I never have any issue with smells and such between cycles.
Sometimes however when you open one of them....yikes what you smell!!!