Dishwashers. What brands are good? What should I stay away from?

Current Kitchenaide is on the fritz. Maybe not even 5 years old. Sheesh.

My wife is a fan of Sears.

We have about the cheapest Maytag with a stainless tub you can get.

Bosch

Get one that's versatile. Did you know that you can convert some dishwashers to lawnmowers?

You might have to start it for her but.....

Get a Miele. These washers are astoundingly better than anything in my experience.

RS

I just bought a Bosch---Made In The USA.
Check them out.

Sandwich dispenser, too!

That's what we have,

+2

Married mine in 1995.

Seriously though, take my wife.

No, I mean it, seriously though, we have a Whirlpool that's 20 years old and still going strong. I'm not sure if they're all good or still good 20 years later, but there you have it.

We have a Bosch - VERY quiet, in fact it projects a red laser light on the floor so a person can tell it's running. Has a third, shallow upper tray that works very well with things like spatulas, tongs, any flatware etc...

Going on year fifteen with an ASKO. Dead quiet too.

Bosch here as well. Now that the serious question is answered, a bit of hijack humor...

That's exactly the experience we had with a top of the line

That's exactly the experience we had with a top of the line KitchenAid. About five years. Since it just the wife and I we decided not to worry about it and do the dishes by hand. If we ever move or get the urge I'll replace it.
I actually prefer getting the dishes cleaned up and put away. It's no more work than with a dishwasher if you stop and think about it.
Unless you go commercial quality they are all 5 year junk.

Bosch going strong for almost 20 years.

A batcher friend was told to get one, with skirts.

Yeah, but one you can buy now won't last that long and that's the problem.
I had a high end Bosch cooktop that lasted about 6 years before quitting. Capacitors went bad.

Had one named Jennifer that wasn’t worth a chit!

Bosch here

I bought a used one for my sister's house about 3 months ago too

Bosch is pretty good…

The problem however is they changed the federal requirements on how much electricity motors should use so the makers moved to having 1 or 2 motors, to 3-5 motors that break down because they are much lighter duty.

Yes. With smart ass motherboards installed in everything from a fridge to natural gas cooktop stove, there's little chance of getting one serviced when the chips outdate in six months.

The company I work for is a tier one parts supplier to Whirlpool in Clyde Ohio

I get everything at cost straight from the factory shipped directly to my house so there isn't a thing in my house that's no Whirlpool

Can't help with the best make,we gave up on them years ago because they did not last long with this water we have.


On the other hand i guess i have had the same dishwasher for 43 years and so far she has not gave me a minute of trouble.

I have the current model. Not much has changed. I’m looking into the Bosch.

Bosch here also. Very quiet and works great.

Friend of mine has a Miele (I think it at least)... about 35-40 years old and never a hick-up.

Very impressive stuff.

This.

The blue difference between a cheap one and a good one is how much noise it makes. That’s what the appliance boys where I used to work told me.

Cove.
Buy once, cry once.

thats a lot of crying. 3 dishwasher in cost. it better last 25-30 years

of course the problem may be actually finding one in stock

Same here.

Our Bosch is a decade old. It's been a good one. Will probably crap out tomorrow.

We had a Maytag from 2004 untill about 6 years ago.
Wasn't happy. Had issues, including not getting dishes clean.
It died, neighbor gave us a newer Kenmore. It was better, but still
we got dirty dishes occasionally. The bottom seal leaked. Found that out
when water came through the basement ceiling.

Fall 2020, I wanted to check out Miele.
Nearest dealer is 3 mountains and about 60 miles away, called them.
None in stock. That's a lot of money to order something I've never seen
They couldn't even get one in until April.

Hit the box stores in the big towns, no Bosch. Only cheap anything.
(Cheap Bosch probably is not worth the money)

Went shopping in town, 5 miles from home.
Talked to the old man who is second generation in the business.
They are known as the GE dealer, used to deal in Hobart (Kitchen Aid when
They were top shelf) still is a Speed Queen dealer.
He doesn't sell Bosch, told us where to go to maybe find one.
I ask what he had. He was really high on LG. And claims he gets their
parts as well as anyone. At that time. (They are also a repair facility)


So, we just bought LG.
Have had it over a year, and we love it.
We don't rinse, my wife barely scrapes. Casseroles, things you wouldn't
think you had a chance of getting clean, come out spotless.
The filter is no big deal, there is rarely ever anything in it.

The one complaint. It is of the stainless tub, no heating element design.
Plastic stuff doesn't dry real well. You often have to wipe it with a towel.
No big deal, just a swipe. But it's a negative.


Time will tell how it hold up. I'm still worried by that.

But, in this amount of time the Maytag had broken basket wheels.
And that continued until I fashioned new axels from copper. It also broke
A door latch under warranty, and a couple out of warranty.

Bosch or Thermador, same company and for the most part same dishwashers.

I had the older model, never was worth a crap!

GE. Bought it about 6 mo ago. SS tub, steam option, heated & vented drying - important if you like dry dishes. Food disposal in it - also important if you want clean dishes unless you prewash everything first. Kinda defeats the purpose. It’s the super quiet model, can’t hear it unless you are standing in front of it. We had an LG before. Should have replaced that POS sooner and it wasn’t that old.

We have what's supposed to be a top-of-the-line LG. True, it's quiet unlike the previous KitchenAid but it's nothing but junk. Seems like once a week the touch controls freeze up and the only way to "solve" the issue is to power cycle the breaker at the panel. LG Tech Support was zero help. NEVER again LG.

Bosh. Any level is better than the rest... fine home building magazine ...an me ,

My GE damn near caught fire. Melted the box that holds the motherboard thingy. Stunk up the house bad.

Put a Samsung in. (Knocking on wood)

Miele is what we would install in the fire stations here. Those guys were hard on appliances and those seemed to hold up the best.

Bosch

My wife is the best but we have a Bosch for a backup! Works great!

Teenagers . They only last seven years though.

I have found that if I put wine in my dish washer, it cleans the pool also !

I had a Kitchen aid that I replaced every part on I think. Did it myself and kept it running 10 yrs.

Then I got a Bosch. 15 yrs no problem. Better design. Less moving parts. Less electrical.

Bought the lowest price GE we could find that also had the stainless interior. After 15 months the motor quit. Repairman said he saw it all the time on cheap GEs. Never again. Two years into a kitchen aid, sometimes motherboard freezes and needs to restart at the breaker.

It’s a dishwasher. Don’t overthink it.

Guy in town sells Whirlpool, Maytag, Bosch, Miele, and a few others I don’t remember. I asked which he repaired the most and which were the most reliable. He said they’re all pretty much the same these days. I went with a higher end Whirlpool and it works just fine. Quiet and clean dishes.

We have fairly hard water and I have gone through two fairly expensive units in less than except able times , so I have been buying cheap GE units. The first lasted 6-7 years and the second is going on 2 years now.

I have found that a repair guy costs for a good unit costs more than a GE does new and getting one to come quick with out me spending a day of work waiting. I can install the GE in about 30 minutes. they are really pretty simple and a lot of repairs you can do your self in just a few minutes. On the down side its fairly loud.

based on my anectdotal experience, GE is the last appliance brand I would buy. But knock on wood, I've yet to have a bad experience with Samsung and people on here say they are a nightmare. Everything I have is Samsung except the Bosch dishwasher. Its been so good (Bosch), if I can afford it, that will be my choice for any future appliance.

Two things , the amount of noise would depend on how your dishwasher was serviced 👍
Secondly , we’re in the hell is a video of dish washer washing dishes 😀

This^^^

About 15 years ago I remodeled my house. I put in upper-mid range Maytag stuff with the only requirement that the dishwasher be quiet, and it is. Since then the handle has broken twice ($30 off eBay) but otherwise it’s been good, it’s quiet and gets the dishes clean. It didn’t break the bank, does what it’s supposed to do, and has lasted a good while.

Most appliances are made by a couple of companies so there’s not really any difference between them. I’m not putting a dishwasher that costs more than a pickup in my house so I can wow the neighbors. If a $700 dishwasher goes out then buy another and spend the hour putting it in. It doesn’t need to last 80 years and have lasers.

You ask, don't forget that.

This guy is a duke among geeks.
I laugh at his mannerisms, and how far down rabbit holes he goes.
But, I go right along, so...🤓!


https://youtu.be/_rBO8neWw04

get one with the sheet washer and skidmark eraser setting....
I will warn you that they can be expensive..

LMAO , ok , your right . I asked for it , but hanco being hanco it wasn’t the dish washer I was thinking about .
But as we know , ya just can’t have everything .
Kenneth

The noise level is mostly the amount of insulation.

She is in Aruba today!