You have a dishwasher that is capable of handling your true needs. Sadly, most don't or didn't have that at one point.
Dishwashers losing popularity in US Homes???
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You have a dishwasher that is capable of handling your true needs. Sadly, most don't or didn't have that at one point.
How do I get my family to understand there's no need to pre-wash or pre-rinse your dishes?
Honestly, I have no idea. Explain that unlike previous machines, your new machine can indeed handle your dishes dirty. That they will get clean and the soil will be flushed away while suing less water and energy.
Of course, its no guarantee.
Everyone who knows marketing, human behavior, psychology, ect knows a first impression is everything.
I mainly use, and I refuse to run water over the dishes before going in. First of all, the detergent is caustic. Second, there are enzymes, and third, the racks will be ruined and dishes/glasses will be etched if I rinse dishes.
Correct, all correct.
Unfortunately, most dishwashers in existence aren't like yours Jerome. Be happy you have a machine that can actually be called an automatic dishwasher.
It is interesting to see the variability in comments about one's using a dishwasher. There is no right or wrong, per se, just what you feel is right for you. Personally, we live around our dishwasher. As the day progresses, we just pop in the dishes from meals, snacks, etc. At the end of the day, or sometimes the next day, just pop in a Cascade Complete pod, and then go about normal business. No muss, no fuss just clean dishes.
As mentioned in a previous post, when we purchased this house, the inspector found the builder installed dishwasher, a Whirlpool, leaked. The builder offered an allowance and pulled out the new Whirlpool. I stuck in my GE Tower Wash dishwasher. I plan to occasionally alter it with my Maytag Reverse rack. My two favorite machines. My tower wash gives impeccable results in about 90 minutes. Even if the Whirlpool hadn't been factory defective, I would have pulled it and sold it. I won't trade quiet for performance or speed or quality, so I will likely will never own a new dishwasher as I would likely have to compromise on at least one of those three parameters. I was astounded at the build of the new Whirlpool, unbelievably flimsy plastic door and cheap racks.
There are many reasons why people don't use their dishwashers. When questioned, I often find at least one of the three unpardonable sins have been committed, 1.) water ENTERING the dishwasher is less than 120 degrees. F (too many people unwittingly set their hot water heater to 120 degrees, not realizing there can be substantial heat loss in household plumbing.) 2.) People have hard water (over about 10 grains per gallon hardness) Calcium binds with detergent at the molecular level and reduces the detergents' ability to remove food wastes and hold them in suspension, not to mention calcite deposits in the form of spots. 3.) Non-quality detergent. Dishwashers ability to clean is directly proportional to detergent quality.
Hot water, soft water, and quality detergent makes for sanitary and sparkling (literally) dishes and pots and pans....
A dishwasher, of any brand, can't do it's job well unless you give it the above three things. Give your dishwasher what it needs and it will be your best friend.
BTW--It's almost ten p.m.,...only two hours until Santa Comes!!
Wishing all my friends at Automatic Washer.org, a Blessed and Merry Christmas!!
As mentioned in a previous post, when we purchased this house, the inspector found the builder installed dishwasher, a Whirlpool, leaked. The builder offered an allowance and pulled out the new Whirlpool. I stuck in my GE Tower Wash dishwasher. I plan to occasionally alter it with my Maytag Reverse rack. My two favorite machines. My tower wash gives impeccable results in about 90 minutes. Even if the Whirlpool hadn't been factory defective, I would have pulled it and sold it. I won't trade quiet for performance or speed or quality, so I will likely will never own a new dishwasher as I would likely have to compromise on at least one of those three parameters. I was astounded at the build of the new Whirlpool, unbelievably flimsy plastic door and cheap racks.
There are many reasons why people don't use their dishwashers. When questioned, I often find at least one of the three unpardonable sins have been committed, 1.) water ENTERING the dishwasher is less than 120 degrees. F (too many people unwittingly set their hot water heater to 120 degrees, not realizing there can be substantial heat loss in household plumbing.) 2.) People have hard water (over about 10 grains per gallon hardness) Calcium binds with detergent at the molecular level and reduces the detergents' ability to remove food wastes and hold them in suspension, not to mention calcite deposits in the form of spots. 3.) Non-quality detergent. Dishwashers ability to clean is directly proportional to detergent quality.
Hot water, soft water, and quality detergent makes for sanitary and sparkling (literally) dishes and pots and pans....
A dishwasher, of any brand, can't do it's job well unless you give it the above three things. Give your dishwasher what it needs and it will be your best friend.
BTW--It's almost ten p.m.,...only two hours until Santa Comes!!
Wishing all my friends at Automatic Washer.org, a Blessed and Merry Christmas!!
I'm grateful my LG cleans like a Whirlpool power clean.
I am too. More dishwashers need to be built like your LG.
Same! I bought a dishwasher to wash dishes. I'm so over my Kenmore by Whirlpool. It didn't clean as well as the LG.
Whirlpool needs to bring these back. Why do you think kids don't like to pre-wash or pre-rinse, nor do they want to deep down? I don't! I don't want to. That's the point of having a dishwasher. You should do it anyway. It does it for you.
There is no product, design or patent that Whirlpool needs to bring back into production than the Whirlpool Power Clean Filter Module. If everyone in the world was like me that would have happened 15 years ago already. Actually production would never have seized. But sadly society has collectively doesn't know what was lost. It is a very dark, and sad world right now.
Damn my typos! I once owned a Hobart made KitchenAid. It performed flawlessly and made much less noise than I would have, if I had to do dishes by hand.
I always leave the door ajar when there’s dirty stuff in there. The dirt dries up quickly so it doesn’t stink, even after 5 days. But that’s only an option when you don’t have creepy crawlers around that want to get into the dishwasher.
People who put dishes directly into the dishwasher don't like these new tall tubs. The Whirlpool my mom had wouldn't clean dishes, especially the glasses in the upper rack. She always used pots/pans + soak/scour. This is so stupid!
My LG dishwasher cleans whatever I throw at it. It cleaned better than that Whirlpool/Kenmore with the puny pumps!
I have the edge of my dishwasher sprayed with raid when necessary so my dishes don't have ants crawling all over them, this way they die before they can get to them.
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phillymatt53
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I must be lucky.
I've never had ants in the house.
On very rare occasion, maybe a stray waterbug that wanders in.
But I do get a few cobwebs from spiders.
The vacuum takes care of those webs.
My bosch dishwasher cleans better than anything I've ever had since the GSD 1200 GE pot scrubber the interim to Kenmore elite Whirlpool or KitchenAid dishwashers couldn't hold a candle to the bosch or even the GE GSD 1200 pot scrubber
My LG reminds me of the power clean whirlpool dishwasher and old Kenmore built by GE.
Yes, with no food grinder, machine is more quiet or at least that is my theory on meeting low noise levels, but there is a GE model with grinder that is low noise. The filter replace the grinder.
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