After reading the many positive articles<\/a> and product reviews<\/a> for our Five Two Dish Rack<\/a>, I needed to know: Is this thing as good as everyone makes it out to be? Now, one week into drying-rack-ownership, I have my answer: Yes. It really is that good. My kitchen has never been cleaner and my dishes have never been drier.<\/p>\n Since there is already a slew of stories detailing this drying rack’s appeal<\/a>, I figured I\u2019d spare you the fluff and get right to it: Here are my five really good, never-outlined-before reasons for why you should make the Five Two Over-the-Sink Dish Drying Rack your newest kitchen accessory.<\/p>\n Because you can roll the rack onto the side of the sink without actually removing it, you\u2019ll never need to find space to store it. This is especially great if your kitchen, like mine, can barely store a box of cereal. And if you\u2019re worried about your dish rack permanently occupying the side of your sink, you shouldn\u2019t be. Who uses the side of the sink?<\/p>\n The gray-colored dish rack perfectly blends in with my sink. Thanks to its compact design and flawless shade of muted silver, it\u2019s a stealthy dish rack. It\u2019s subtle enough that your stack of drying dishes won\u2019t be drawing attention and nobody will accuse you of being an ostentatious ramekin dryer.<\/p>\n Before my dish rack nestled into its forever home (the sink), I carried it the half mile between our office and my favorite bar. With any other drying rack, that could\u2019ve felt like a burden, but this walk was easy. With the rack rolled up, you\u2019ll have no issues carrying it to your neighbor\u2019s house or, for some reason, your local watering hole. If you\u2019re someone who moves to a new apartment or home every year, it\u2019s the perfect choice. Since it\u2019s easily carried, that also means it\u2019s not a headache to pack\u2014it\u2019s essentially the THUMA<\/a> bed frame of dish racks.<\/p>\n At first glance, I thought the dish rack looked flimsy, so I worried it would struggle to support my nightly mountain of dishes. However<\/em>, once I spread its rods across the sink, the rack’s structural integrity was no longer a point of concern. The rack has no give and it refuses to move unless you want it to. Anything in your kitchen can rest upon this mighty rack (well, up to 50 pounds).<\/p>\n You don\u2019t need some narrow, long-reaching brush to wash this thing\u2019s nooks and crannies. Instead, you can just toss it in the dishwasher. If you don\u2019t have a dishwasher, that\u2019s fine\u2014the rack\u2019s simple design (rods and a rubber pouch) lends itself to easy cleaning with soap and sponge.<\/p>\n1. It never leaves the sink but isn\u2019t always blocking it.<\/h3>\n
2. It took my girlfriend three days to realize it was there.<\/h3>\n
3. It travels well.<\/h3>\n
4. It\u2019s sturdier than it looks.<\/h3>\n
5. It\u2019s easy to clean.<\/h3>\n