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Hello all, I recently moved and was looking to buy a portable dishwasher. Unfortunately there are no used full 24 inch on wheel units anywhere near me and brand new they’re like a thousand dollars. I looked a bit into countertop ones and actually am considering getting one.

Does anybody know of a solid brand for a good price on a countertop dishwasher? I was looking into the Magic Chef from Home Depot and I like it but I don’t know much about these units. Do they come with an upper wash arm at the tippy top of the tub? Just curious.
 
Years ago Equator had counter top dishwasher, don't know who made it or how good they were.

Nowadays there's Danby, Magic Chief, Farbarware and some others; all Asian made IIRC.

As with portable 18" dishwashers the market just isn't that large in USA for counter top units for many manufactures to get into the game. So you have basically one or maybe two factories cranking them out under various brand names.

In Europe IIRC Electrolux/AEG and others make decent counter top dishwashers, but only saw one on this side of pond ages ago. It was on CL and since it ran on 220v/50hz didn't even bother.
 
Ok thanks guys appreciate the feedback, If I don’t find a used one within two weeks I’ll buy the brand new magic chef model for 240$, very nice machine for the money.
 
I have one

 

<span style="font-family: helvetica;">I used to keep one as a spare in my utility room off the kitchen.  Here are some photos of mine.  I agree that they all seem to be made by the same company or a very few companies.  The one I have is very quiet,  does a load in about an hour or so, heats the water and does a great job.  It has three of four cycles.  I plumbed mine in sharing the washing machine connection and drain so I never had to tie up the sink.</span>

 

<span style="font-family: helvetica;">It does not have an upper spray arm but I don't think it matters.  I echo the comment about CL and Facebook Market place.  I see them fairly often.</span>

 

<span style="font-family: helvetica;">I picked up mine at an estate sale for about $50.  No issues with it.  Hope you find one.</span>

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I don't know that we've done one of these. If we have, I missed it. Yesterday morning my kitchen sink stopped up so I decided to use the Countertop dishwasher that I have in my utility room. These things run as long as most modern dishwashers. They heat the water, have a rinse aid dispenser...
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I have one

 

<span style="font-family: helvetica;">I used to keep one as a spare in my utility room off the kitchen.  Here are some photos of mine.  I agree that they all seem to be made by the same company or a very few companies.  The one I have is very quiet,  does a load in about an hour or so, heats the water and does a great job.  It has three of four cycles.  I plumbed mine in sharing the washing machine connection and drain so I never had to tie up the sink.</span>

 

<span style="font-family: helvetica;">It does not have an upper spray arm but I don't think it matters.  I echo the comment about CL and Facebook Market place.  I see them fairly often.</span>

 

<span style="font-family: helvetica;">I picked up mine at an estate sale for about $50.  No issues with it.  Hope you find one.</span>

www.automaticwasher.org

Countertop Dishwasher Thread

I don't know that we've done one of these. If we have, I missed it. Yesterday morning my kitchen sink stopped up so I decided to use the Countertop dishwasher that I have in my utility room. These things run as long as most modern dishwashers. They heat the water, have a rinse aid dispenser...
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Many years ago I bought my sister a Danby one. She had Corelle dishes and a ton fit in. She used to do multiple loads in a row to clean her kitchen. It only lasted 3 years and then it died. I bought her a Kenmore 18 inch dishwasher but the Danby cleaned much better I felt. Plus the water was heated to over 150 degrees so they dried in a few minutes.
 
Facebook marketplace, Craigslist, eBay...

I’ve checked them all for used ones, I did inquire on one about an hour away. It’s an SPT model, almost brand new selling for only 100$. If I don’t find a full size portable dishwasher, I’ll buy this from the seller on marketplace. Marketplace had 2 near me, and everything else was brand new. My second pick would be the Magic chef model, but I’m trying if I can to get a full sized unit that wheels across the floor. But unfortunately there aren’t any near me on any used websites besides one GE but I think it’s been sold.
 
I have a Bosch countertop dishwasher in the kitchen of my home hairdressing salon for the coffee cups, couldn’t manage without it, and on occasion, such as Christmas or entertaining we use it for overflow from the main kitchen. Works great, the 20 minute cycle is perfect for the coffee cups and the regular cycle works fine for any overflow of household dishes I need it to do.
 
A few years ago I did some research (aka online window shopping) for a friend who was thinking about buying one.

As other have said, they all seem to come out of the same factory in chine. There seemed to be two models of the same unit. One heated the water and one did not so they each had slightly different control panels. IIRC

I just did a quick check. There seem to be a few more modeles on the market now than the last time I looked.

Here're some links to what I found:

https://www.homedepot.com/b/Appliances-Dishwashers-Countertop-Dishwashers/N-5yc1vZ1z18g8e

https://www.amazon.com/s?rh=n:19201451011&brr=1&rd=1&ref=dp_bc_aui_C_3


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