Dishwasher recommendations?
 

I am looking to purchase a dishwasher and wondering if anyone has any recommendations. I have been considering Kenmore and Bosch, but would consider other brands if anyone knows something I don't.

Features I value most:
- clean
- dry
- fast

Hoping for some good advice among the jokes. Planet, don't fail me now.

Bosch or LG

I agree, but not fast.

the restaurant I work for would probably recommend Mexicans and myself.

He said he values "clean" and "dry" as features. Must be some kind of racist thing.

my first choice...

http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/q...ing-dishes.jpg

second choice would be a Samsung.

Just recently got Bosch SHX3AR75UC from Lowe's. It was the top rated dishwasher by Consumer Reports and it has worked beautifully. Super quiet as well as clean and dry. Not sure if it is the fastest, but I often have to put my hand on it to see if it is running. It can be set to start in four hours, which is pretty nice for at night or in the morning when you are going to take showers soon.

1. Wife
2. Bosch

I like out Bosch a lot. Not sure off hand which model.

So you are volunteering your wife to wash his dishes?

Not married

But when i am, and if the money's right....guess I'd have to talk it over w/ the wife.

Don't know about Bosch but I disagree about LG. Bought a $600 LG from NFM about 3 years ago. Biggest POS I've ever owned.

My recommendation is Whirlpool.

Whirlpool sucks.

Girlfriend
Wife

I bought a Bosh earlier this fall and I love it. It's crazy how quiet it is and it does a great job getting everything clean.

another good feature to look value is "quiet"

Some of them can be annoyingly loud.

I have a GE that I bought 2 or 3 years ago. It's junk. Washes fine, but we have to set literally the entire top rack out to dry after it's done.

And it wasn't a cheap one. I don't remember specifics about how it compared to other brands, but it was the most expensive GE model out of 3 at the store I bought it from.

At the same time? Isn't that dangerous?

Here's a piece of sage advice:

They ALL suck. Why? Because they're mass produced in 3rd world countries.

You could buy any brand you want and you've got a 50/50 chance of getting a lemon.

So buy what you can afford and be prepared to replace it sooner rather than later.

I purchased a Bosch and it is a total piece of shit. I use it to store my nice Wine and Whiskey glasses and just wash by hand.

Not sure where you get that idea. I actually replaced that crappy LG with a Whirlpool last June. Actually looked up on Consumer Reports which brands had the most and least problems. Whirlpool was something like 3rd behind Bosch (I think) and something else. Just sayin'.

The problems with the LG I had was due, mainly, to poor design.

I have an LG washer and dryer.

The washer is the best washer I've ever seen, hands down.

The dryer has had to have the motherboard replaced TWICE.

They were made in the same factory, at the same time.

I own some rental properties and I've literally owned every major brand of dishwasher. They all suck.

Front Loaders?

I obviously can't post entire articles but here is a bit of information that I think might be useful. This is a couple years old but I doubt much has changed.

Hence why I mentioned the poor design. It doesn't matter how good of quality the factory puts out if the design is poor.

Bosch is a good brand.

They are quiet, get the dishes clean, and are incredibly efficient with respect to water and energy use.

They take about 2 hours to go through the cycle. If you have anything with a lip on it, such as the bottom of a coffee cup or the edge of a plastic container it will come out a little wet.

For the different models of Bosch, look at the dish rack configuration and how you would plan to load it with your dishes. Mine isn't ideal for our dishes, but it works well enough. I'd pay $100 more for a better rack configuration though.

Yep.

I have a Whirlpool Gold and love it.

Its the only appliance that doesn't match in the kitchen but since it has a blank stainless front nobody knows.

Liked it because it was hundreds of dollars cheaper than the comparable GM that matches the rest of our appliances. I've had a number of different brands and have always thought the Whirlpool cleans and drys the best.

KCNative

I have a Kenmore that I bought in 2006. It was highly rated by Consumer Reports back then. It's been a great washer. There is one caveat. To meet energy ratings they wash at a lower temperature with less water than years past. If I have a full dishwasher with lots of crud I'll run the pots and pans cycle with hi-temp setting.

Dishwashing detergent makes a huge difference, too. I bought a store brand and it didn't clean worth a shit. I switched back to Finish All-in-One tabs and things were normal again.

I got those to. I found out it is benificial to leave the Washer door open, or it will start to smell because the water will sit around the seal and go bad.

Haven't had that issue. Nice to know though.

Unfortunately, I think this is probably the right advice. I just bought a Kenmore, and replaced a Kenmore that was only five years old. You used to be able to get six to ten years out of a dishwasher, but most of the insides are made of cheaper plastic parts now. They just wear out sooner. The guy who installed mine said Samsung was crap and to avoid them.

I own an Appliance repair company and I have an LG dishwasher. Before that I had Bosch. Both are really good. One thing to look for is a model with the heater built into the pump. Don't buy one with an exposed heater way less efficient at heating the water and will melt plastic dishes. When the heater is in the recirculation system it heats the water quicker and you can load plastics on the lower rack. Go with stainless steel they retain heat better and dry more thoroughly.

Yup. And don't leave the clothes in the washer for too long or they start smelling.

I'm impressed. Only 16 percent of posts so far are sexist and only 5 percent are racist. That's incredible progress in only 12 years.

They are lesbians.