Where to look for reviews for the Best Dishwasher?

[s219]

This is pretty much how I feel right now. Because of so many recommendations for Bosch, that's where I'm leaning right now. Some of the reviews say that the 300 series Bosch is the top one to get, but the people on the Lowes website reviews hated it. The 800 series seems to be where all the positive reviews are on Lowes.com. I was in Home Depot today and looked at what they have. I wasn't impressed. But the more I look, the more I hate dishwashers. They all seem flimsy, plastic, with too many buttons to go wrong.

Yep, and all the flimsy parts will nickel and dime you if they need to be replaced. I had started replacing rack parts (they get brittle and then break) on our last unit, $25 here, $40 there, getting original parts at a discount on eBay or other third party sellers. But then a major rack part broke that distributed water to the sprayers, and that was going to be $270 (for flimsy plastic!). That's were I drew the line. It had still been working good but I couldn't see putting $250 into a 6 year old unit when we could buy new for about $750 and start the clock over again. I did pick a new one that had more metal parts instead of the plastic stuff that had kept breaking.

15-20 years ago I think Bosch was really out in front with quiet reliable units. But I think they declined a bit, and most of the other brands are super quiet now too. Bosch still has a good reputation though.

 

[BoylermanCT]

Consumer Reports Top 10 24" Dishwashers:
1. Bosch
2. Bosch
3. Bosch
4. Bosch
5. Bosch
6. Bosch
7. Bosch
8. Bosch
9. Thermador (big bucks)
10. Thermador (more big bucks)

I replaced my dishwasher 2 years ago with a Bosch Ascenta. Was around $350 on sale, regular $450. Its currently CU's #2. #1 is a similar model in stainless for a couple hundred more. Mine is very quiet, cleans great. No complaints.

 

[txdon]

https://www.costco.com/concierge-two...-warranty.html

I bought a on sale Whirlpool from Costco with the above 4 year warranty. Their price beat the box stores, they delivered and installed the new dishwasher and took away the old one.

Most products don't seem to last just get the best warranty.

 

[Captain Dirty]

. . .My thought is that the review sites that I'm reading are all the same. Reading a lot of reviews, I'm also seeing that they are the exact same review as I saw on another review site.

Is there a website that has good, reliable reviews of what the better brands and models are?

Everything is on sale right now, so we're wanting to buy as soon as we can find something that we feel will last longer then our last one did.

I too, have wasted a lot of time trying to scope out on-line reviews. Some, like "The Best 20 Widgets for 2020", read so much like advertising copy that I suspect they are paid adds. Many laudatory comments are worthless e.g. "I love my new Widget. I haven't plugged it in yet, but it was delivered when they said it would, and the paint is shiny." OTOH The negative reviews often sound like the reviewer has an axe to grind--exactly the same verbiage on several different sites--or the reviewer is a salesman out to badmouth the competition.

In my opinion the comments you (the OP) elicit on this forum are more likely to be unbiased, honest, and intended to be helpful. Combine them with the recommendations of an appliance store that has been in business for more than one generation and the BS detector you have built up through experience and you should do OK. The only thing certain when buying a new appliance is that it will not be as well made as the appliance it replaces.

 

[Rebeldad1]

LG for us.
never looked back.

dont forget to clean out the filter on any of the brands

 

[MossRoad]

... But the more I look, the more I hate dishwashers. They all seem flimsy, plastic, with too many buttons to go wrong.

AMEN! :laughing:

That's why we bought the cheaper one this time; past experience says THEY ALL DIE!!! :laughing:

There was one in this house when we bought it around 1995. It died shortly after.
We bought another one from Wards. It died in 10 years. 2005.
We bought a Whirlpool from somewhere. $350. It died in 10 years. 2015.
Went without a dishwasher for 4 years. Wasn't bad as the last kid left for college and wife and I don't generate many dishes.
We bought this Bosch for $450 last year.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Bosch-Asce...24-in-Actual-23-625-in-ENERGY-STAR/1000447453
Despite all the settings, I just leave it on HEAVY and SANITIZE all the time. If it gets full, before I go to bed I toss in a Finish Powerball, push ON and START.

Bosch recommends Finish detergent and Finish Jet-Dry, so that's what we use. Seems to work fine. Uses a lot of Jet-Dry, but the dishes are spotless.

Anyhow, if you buy one for $450 and it lasts 10 years at, say, 4 loads a week, that's

4 x 52 = 208 loads per year.
208 loads x 10 years = 2080 loads in its lifetime.
Dollars per load
$450 / 2080 = 0.216 per load. Call it a quarter.

 

[MossRoad]

Consumer Reports Top 10 24" Dishwashers:
1. Bosch
2. Bosch
3. Bosch
4. Bosch
5. Bosch
6. Bosch
7. Bosch
8. Bosch
9. Thermador (big bucks)
10. Thermador (more big bucks)

I replaced my dishwasher 2 years ago with a Bosch Ascenta. Was around $350 on sale, regular $450. Its currently CU's #2. #1 is a similar model in stainless for a couple hundred more. Mine is very quiet, cleans great. No complaints.

That's the same one we have. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[dragoneggs]

I didn't read through all the threads but we have a Bosch dishwasher. Loved it so much that when we moved and turned our old house into a rental because the market crashed, I swapped the 'new' dishwasher at our new place with the Bosch which was a couple years old then. Now 15 years later, never an issue and still can't tell it is running unless I get my ear fairly close. Can't recommend any stronger.

Hoping my little 4gal Bosch water heater does half as well that I am installing in my shop along with a sink. The dog house is getting cozier!

 

[spitter]

Bosch models must vary dramatically because because of the dozens of DW I have installed mine was the absolute worst !!!! Water and electric was hooked up in front water line ran through a cut out in base and 90 over across front any flex line I would use wood get tangled in the wheels when it was pulled out and the electric 90 over and was hard wired .:confused2: I dreaded pulling that thing out the 10 or so times it came out over its life. The new Asko I bought has it's own pex line and 3 prong elec line , easy peasy parchisi. :drink:

 

[dragoneggs]

Bosch models must vary dramatically because because of the dozens of DW I have installed mine was the absolute worst !!!! Water and electric was hooked up in front water line ran through a cut out in base and 90 over across front any flex line I would use wood get tangled in the wheels when it was pulled out and the electric 90 over and was hard wired .:confused2: I dreaded pulling that thing out the 10 or so times it came out over its life. The new Asko I bought has it's own pex line and 3 prong elec line , easy peasy parchisi. :drink:

Nope... just yours.

 

[MossRoad]

Bosch models must vary dramatically because because of the dozens of DW I have installed mine was the absolute worst !!!! Water and electric was hooked up in front water line ran through a cut out in base and 90 over across front any flex line I would use wood get tangled in the wheels when it was pulled out and the electric 90 over and was hard wired .:confused2: I dreaded pulling that thing out the 10 or so times it came out over its life. The new Asko I bought has it's own pex line and 3 prong elec line , easy peasy parchisi. :drink:

Mine went in pretty easy. No problems with the water line and I hard wired mine as well. They did offer an extension cord if you wanted to plug it into an outlet.

 

[5030]

Mine went in pretty easy. No problems with the water line and I hard wired mine as well. They did offer an extension cord if you wanted to plug it into an outlet.

Mossy... The best dishwasher is still your wife. Second best is a daughter or son and third best is you.....

 

[MossRoad]

Mossy... The best dishwasher is still your wife. Second best is a daughter or son and third best is you.....

Was just thinking about 1/2 an hour ago that I'm only 59 and have been with my wife for 41 years..... I'd like to try for more, so, uh, NO! I won't be telling her that.

 

[riptides]

True story.

Dishwasher goes out a few years back, I do some research...expensive.... lagging in my effort to decide...

Wife and I walk into big box one day, I says"let's go look".... some brand model never heard of... clearance sale...middle of isle...
marketed down to 250 or something low like that...you know special price......"has the I'll take it ringing in my head"....

Wife agrees....sales guy rings it up....gets up...has to go find manager.....seems price is even lower! Wife has card whipped out already.....LOL....deal done..computer is says so...LOL

Ended up walking out of there paying more for the installation and delivery and haul away than the dishwasher!

And it's a really good one too. Heavy family load...still doing great...Frigidaire Gallery Model.

 

[5030]

Was just thinking about 1/2 an hour ago that I'm only 59 and have been with my wife for 41 years..... I'd like to try for more, so, uh, NO! I won't be telling her that.

Dishwashers are pretty expendable here (no not my wife, the machine)....lol

We have lots of dissolved minerals in the well water (calcium) and it destroys dishwashers pretty regular so we (wife) always buys the cheapest one available as none last more than a couple years anyway. Same way with washer machines. She always buys the cheapest so the anguish of landfilling them isn't so bad....:laughing:

 

[deezler]

Go German. Bosch (we got our 500 series for around $500, flawless since 2015) or Miele.

I proudly bought whirpool fridge, oven, range fan, and laundry, but knew I had to go german for the dishwasher.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Bought a Miele as suggested by a friend. Noisy and doesn not dry the dishes. Probably ECO-Friendly.

My Lady Friend HATES dishwashers. First thing whe did when she bought her house is RIP out a brand new dishwasher.

 

[kcflhrc]

I think all dishwasher manufactures have their good, better and best models. I think our Bosch is the better variety and has been great so far. Stay far away from Samsung Appliances

 

[MossRoad]

Dishwashers are pretty expendable here (no not my wife, the machine)....lol

We have lots of dissolved minerals in the well water (calcium) and it destroys dishwashers pretty regular so we (wife) always buys the cheapest one available as none last more than a couple years anyway. Same way with washer machines. She always buys the cheapest so the anguish of landfilling them isn't so bad....:laughing:

Yep. We have lots of lime/calcium in our water. Not too much iron, but that is all around us. Our old, water-inefficient dishwashers didn't care about that. They just had huge nozzles, sprayed everything down like a power washer, and that was that (actually ruined the Corelle plate edges by blasting them so hard over the years). The new water-efficient dishwashers have much smaller nozzles, and therefore, are much more susceptible to liming up. That's one of the reasons they recommend only using soft water in the new ones.

 

[MossRoad]

Go German. Bosch (we got our 500 series for around $500, flawless since 2015) or Miele.

I proudly bought whirpool fridge, oven, range fan, and laundry, but knew I had to go german for the dishwasher.

Those German dishwashers are made in North Carolina.