SONGMICS Small Dish Drying Rack, Expandable Dish Dryer for Kitchen Counter, Stainless Metal Dish Rack with Utensil Holder, Rustproof, for Dishes, Knives, Spoons, Forks, Silver and Black UKCS035B01

Compact, space saving
Love it

Divino
Divino

Not ideal for larger households.
I had high hopes for the SONGMICS Small Dish Drying Rack to help me organize my dishes after they were washed, but I was let down by it. It feels like the design is too small for daily use, especially in a multi-person home. The rack seems more suited for smaller items, like salad plates, and my standard-sized plates kept falling over because of the cramped area. In addition, the utensil holder is poorly made; it frequently slides off and won’t remain attached, making it difficult to use. Although the design in stainless steel is sleek and contemporary, it is not practical for someone who has to dry a range of dishes. This may work for someone who does not need to wash dishes frequently and lives alone, but I cannot recommend it for families or couples. The small size restricts its usefulness, and the substandard utensil container design adds to the disappointment. Overall, I was unimpressed with this dish rack and am still looking for a better solution.

not big enough for a small 8″ skillet
I was very excited for this dish rack with the expanding bottom tray but figured as soon as the box arrived that it wasn’t going to work. Unpacking was simple and in theory so was the assembly-ish. Okay it was a pain. So you have to push/snap the metal rack into the main compartment (the part that holds the plates) and it didn’t quite line up. Then, as you are trying to apply pressure to attach the rack, the bottom plastic in the tray is flexing and bending and starting to slide out of place from the edge. I had to have my husband put his hands between the slide out tray and the like basin part and push up on the plastic bottom as I pushed down on the metal rack. It finally snapped in place. Then the silverware holder was the other piece to install. The metal portion slid on easily enough but the plastic 3 compartment piece really has to be forced down onto it in order for it to actually sit in place securely. I assembled the item as the picture and instructions show and here are my thoughts with use and what I washed and tried to dry in it at once. I had 1 dessert plate, a travel coffee tumbler, a spoon rest, our coffee percolator, a full sized plastic cup, and a microwave airpopper popcorn bowl (like the size of two larger cereal bowls, a spatula and a butcher knife. These items are shown pictured in my review in the drying rack. As you can tell, not really any room and things were piled atop one another. Our coffee percolator is the same size as a juice pitcher, it took up half the space. I had also washed a cookie sheet, a large saucepan used for making spaghetti sauce, a normal sized cutting board, an 8″ and 14″ skillet. None of these items fit in the drying rack. I also tried to fit a regular sized dinner plate and a platter, both of which almost fell out and broke. The slots where the plates go is right next to the silverware holder. A normal sized plate is too big to fit in this space and the little grooves on the other side were not enough to keep the plate upright . Additionally, the slide out tray is not very thick and when I put our ceramic mugs on it, it bowed a little and they started to tip inward toward each other. The water drained off okay for the majority of it but 4-5 hours later when I went to put dishes away, there was still a significant amount of water on both parts of the rack. I am curious to see how someone is able to fit all of the items listed in the description in this drying rack