As a person who used a dishmaster while growing up in the 50’s and 60’s, I was familiar with the way it would make quick work out of the chore of the daily task of doing dishes. Fast forward and now I am in my 60’s and had not used one in years because once I used a dishwasher, well, why have a dishmaster, right? Welllll.... this last Christmas we replaced my daughter’s double sink with a single bowl sink and because they do not own and there was no room for a dishwasher, we installed the sapphire dishmaster. She is beyond thrilled. But then, I realized how much hand washing dishes I do, and even though I have a dishwasher, we installed a sapphire as well. I absolutely love it. Last weekend we visited our daughter and since she had used her black brush since Christmas, she thought she should change it to a new one. I picked it up, looked at it and felt the brist, and said ‘why change it? It’s just like new!’ And although 2 months is not a long time, there was absolutely no difference from a new one. Dishmaster rocks!