We have 2 DWs flanking the clean-up sink for our family of 4 and we love, love, love it. It really makes life easier. There are so many different scenarios where I think about how happy I am to have that second empty DW, ready to be loaded. We have our trash on the island, next to the prep sink. I planned to put a small trash under the clean-up sink for scraping into, but my husband persuaded me to wait and we have found the island trash is fine. We are the type to empty a DW as soon as it is done, so there is always an empty DW waiting for that item that is too large for the half-full DW and there is no more running a half-full DW so you can empty it in anticipation of a large amount of dirty dishes. I now put our pots and pans in the DW (better for the environment) instead of handwashing them to save room in the DW. We never have dirty dishes in the sink awaiting the end of the DW cycle. If the middle and lower racks fill at different rates, no big deal — overflow goes into the empty one. As soon as a DW cycle is started, I move the black leather tassel that means “load this one” to the other DW. Also, I doubt anyone with two DWs has ever thought of it as a flex or status symbol. I think it often cheaper than 24” of cabinetry.
I think there is a potential issue of seals drying out or something if a DW is not used regularly so if you plan to use just one primarily, make sure to use the other one sometimes too. However, I really enjoy using both and alternating. I’ve had the set-up since August and we still talk about how happy it makes us all the time.
We have 2 DWs flanking the clean-up sink for our family of 4 and we love, love, love it. It really makes life easier. There are so many different scenarios where I think about how happy I am to have that second empty DW, ready to be loaded. We have our trash on the island, next to the prep sink. I planned to put a small trash under the clean-up sink for scraping into, but my husband persuaded me to wait and we have found the island trash is fine. We are the type to empty a DW as soon as it is done, so there is always an empty DW waiting for that item that is too large for the half-full DW and there is no more running a half-full DW so you can empty it in anticipation of a large amount of dirty dishes. I now put our pots and pans in the DW (better for the environment) instead of handwashing them to save room in the DW. We never have dirty dishes in the sink awaiting the end of the DW cycle. If the middle and lower racks fill at different rates, no big deal — overflow goes into the empty one. As soon as a DW cycle is started, I move the black leather tassel that means “load this one” to the other DW. Also, I doubt anyone with two DWs has ever thought of it as a flex or status symbol. I think it often cheaper than 24” of cabinetry.
I think there is a potential issue of seals drying out or something if a DW is not used regularly so if you plan to use just one primarily, make sure to use the other one sometimes too. However, I really enjoy using both and alternating. I’ve had the set-up since August and we still talk about how happy it makes us all the time.