As most have read or heard, I am not too happy with the wear n tear on my TK cups and I said I'd upload pics so here they are:

The Red was always washed in Dishwasher and the Orange was only ever hand washed.
In the dishwasher I use Finish Powder and in the sink I use soft colored sponges (pink for the sink, blue for the loo, green for the coffee machine...) and Morning Fresh. I'm really the only one that uses these as the wifie prefers latte's in a glass. The blue one has obviously been used the most:

So, there you have it... how are everyone elses holding up? I have heard so much good about these that I suspect I got a bad batch but who knows. It's dissapointing that they are advertised as dishwasher safe and obviously mine are not, heck they can't even handle a soft sponge.