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I actually like this.

I like it too especially for a deep sink.

Genius!

I think it's adorable.

Genius.

Too bad I have a porcelain sink...

I cannot believe nobody thought to do something like this years ago! Brilliant....want one.

Great idea! I hope I get the chance to buy one...

I only use sponges. Which are also ugly to look at as they sit on the ledge of the sink to dry. So he now needs to design a little basket to attach to that arm!

"Too bad I have a porcelain sink..."

It wouldn't matter if you have a porcelain sink or stainless steel - there's a counter-magnet that you place on the outside of the bowl to attract the inner magnet (most stainless steel isn't magnetic anyway)

OMG WANT. A lot.

Genius! I love it.

Their website says their webshop opens March 2009. I hope it's not too expensive, b/c I am so there!

I just use one of those wire baskets with suction cups that you can stick to the inside of your sink--holds a sponge and a small rag.

Ooh. I like this. And I live in Finland, so I will skip off to the store tomorrow and have a look for it. If I remember, I'll post the price here and let people know. :) There's seven retailers of it in my small town, so I should be able to find one.

I am jealous pikku.sukka!

I REALLY WANT ONE! Great idea, I can't believe no one's thought of it yet. Now I hate the ugly dish cloth hanging from my faucet even more every time I look at it.

Love it. My dish towel is so not cute- it's bright fugly pink. I got a whole pack of them for free from my grandma, and I'm too cheap and lazy to replace them. So this would be quite useful.

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Oooooo. Want.

Wow! Neat! This is one of those ideas that comes along and changes everything. Not like this sink drain that appears on AT periodically, which is cosmetically cute but impractical of function.

I strive to have a kitchen so clean and tidy that a mere visible dishcloth ruins the image. :-)

I have thought of this!! I'm glad someone was able to get it funded. I still have my other magnetic ideas, though. Thankfully, there is a growing market for these designs.

For anyone curious, they're 34,90€. That's $55.60 Canadian, and $45 USD. They look pretty, but I think I will be experimenting with some magnets and metal cabinet handles. ;)

ooh, post pics when you make one pikku.sukka!

I have an even more radical device for hanging my dishcloths. It's so brilliant that when it's in use, a dishcloth becomes completely invisible! It's a cup hook screwed into the inside of the cupboard door under the sink. When a hung on it, a dishcloth dries out of sight. And the cup hook stays sparkling clean even when greasy dishwater accidentally backs up in the sink. My grandmother invented the device, but she never had it patented or put into production.

Maybe I'm not picturing your grandmother's device properly, Aulaire. Doesn't the wet dishcloth drip on the bottom of your cupboard? If not, please explain, because I like the idea of keeping the dishcloth completely out of sight.

I'm not quite sure either, Brandyjane, how it works to dry in the cupboard if it's a standard cupboard.

Although, now that I've had the chance to ponder, I'm not sure why these are such a huge flying off the shelf hit in Finland either. :P Finnish kitchens come standard with astiankuivauskaappi, which are "dish drying cupboards". Basically, the cupboards above the sink have wire mesh inside instead of regular shelves, so you wash the dishes, rinse, and put away. They'll drip dry into the sink. So my question is, why not just toss the dishcloth on the bottom rack of the kuivauskaappi?

I took a pic just now of my kitchen to show what I mean by the drying cupboards. Clicky for the cupboards

Brandyjane--basically, my granny wrung the cloth out very well before hanging it on the hook. As do I. I've never suffered any drippage at all!

I actually think this is pretty great - I would consider getting one - I'm one of those people with a cloth hanging over the tap.