If I didn't have a dishwasher I'd really be washing dishes constantly. My daughter hates hand washing and even hates it when I do because for some reason she thinks it's harder to put dishes away from the sink than the dishwasher. don't ask me to understand her reasoning; I gave up on that. Mine is 10 yrs old and when it goes out I'm getting the one w/2 drawers. This way if I have a load of glasses or whatever to do but not enough to fill the dishwasher I can just run it for the one drawer plus you can keep the dirtiest dishes separated from the glasses