Where to look for reviews for the Best Dishwasher?

[NorTracNY]

Interesting read. I had a GE for 16 years. I had to periodically pull it out and clean things. Periodically we would run it with just a bowl and a 1/2 cup of vinegar. I did everything I could to keep it going. It got to a point were it wasn't certain if it was going to wash the dishes well or not. I did all the research and came to the hard decision that everyone has now when buying a new appliance. Get a "good" one for double/triple the price of the cheap ones or just buy the cheap one and hope it last 3-4 years. I've been told by several appliance stores that all appliances are only expected to last about 5 years.

In the end, I went with a Bosch. It's only been a year, but let me give you the one pro and con I have. It CLEANS dishes. I didn't know how clean a dishwasher could get things. Our old one didn't come close to what this does. The down sides of our Bosch, sorry mid level - maybe 500 series, is it's TOO QUIET and it takes a long time to clean and dry. When I push the button to start it, I don't actually know it's started. That's how quiet it is. And the more expensive versions are supposed to be even quieter. It also dries through condensation. We do not use the chemicals to help the drying, but we're happy with how it comes out. Only plastic items need to set out to dry for a few minutes when the washer is clean.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I also don't like the Miele for the fact that the controls are on a horizontal surface (edge of the door) that get's covered with dust and whatever else at the edge of a kitchen counter. It is NOT conducive to cleaning and in fact rather delicate. ALSO, no indication of how much time is left in cycle.

 

[Alien]

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.

Our Ariston has a receptacle for salt for softening water I guess. We don't use/need it fortunately. Not sure if any others have that but it's the first washer I have had with it.

 

[MossRoad]

Our Ariston has a receptacle for salt for softening water I guess. We don't use/need it fortunately. Not sure if any others have that but it's the first washer I have had with it.

Yeah, I've been reading a lot this week and that feature was news to me.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Miele had that as an option that I rejected having a softener already.

 

[spitter]

I have to totally disagree with all you guys the best dishwasher is my mom. My father bought her a new dishwasher when they did the kitchen in 76 :confused2: She never opened it still has the original paper work in it never used . She says they don't get the dishes clean enough. She is 88 and still does the dishes buy hand and wears out sinks and counter tops buy scrubbing them with comet clenser. She had a stroke 20 years ago couldn't wait to get home to clean the kitchen.:confused3: Worst dishwasher my wife every time I took a plate or glass out she yell [what another friggen plate I gotta wash] I would say yea it's gotta kill you opening the door and putting the dish in especially when you are home all day doing nothing .:drink:

 

[Gem99ultra]

What you DON'T want is anything that has 'LG' in its name. We switched our appliances over to LG last year. So far every one of them has had and electronics problem. Right now our newest appliance is a LG dishwasher. It has a mind of its on. It starts and stops on its own pretty much any time of the day or night.

Their 3rd party service company is totally incompetent. It only took them 5 service calls over a 6 week period to get our nearly new refrigerator repaired. And the extra cost HD "repair or replace" 5 year warranty isn't worth the paper it written on. That just ain't gonna happen!

 

[dragoneggs]

What you DON'T want is anything that has 'LG' in its name. We switched our appliances over to LG last year. So far every one of them has had and electronics problem. Right now our newest appliance is a LG dishwasher. It has a mind of its on. It starts and stops on its own pretty much any time of the day or night.

Their 3rd party service company is totally incompetent. It only took them 5 service calls over a 6 week period to get our nearly new refrigerator repaired. And the extra cost HD "repair or replace" 5 year warranty isn't worth the paper it written on. That just ain't gonna happen!

I agree stay away from LG. No personal experience but more than a couple friends have complained about them and I don’t usually have appliance discussions.

 

[bunyip]

Our Ariston has a receptacle for salt for softening water I guess. We don't use/need it fortunately. Not sure if any others have that but it's the first washer I have had with it.

Our Blanco has that and I never knew what it was for.

 

[bunyip]

Our first dishwasher was a Hoover back in the mid 70's, two rooms away it sounded like a Sikorsky skycrane taking off, we rented our house out for a while about 25 years ago and when we got back the dishwasher wasn't working, unplugged it and pulled the front control panel off and found it was empty, turns out the renter was an appliance repairman and just helped himself before he left.