Milky Water and Miele
I have been using my Miele G 7590 SCVi K2O AutoDos more than one year (I even bought it in Germany, since they were later available in Switzerland). Previously I have used a Miele G 6995 SCVi K2O and for a very long time a 45cm width basic Siemens (from 2005) as well as V-Zug Adora S 55 (from 2004) and Adora 12 SL (from 1996). In another place I am using a fully integrated V-Zug Adora S from 2013.
The Miele G7000 is a beautiful dishwasher, nowadays still best quality for the private consumer market, V-Zug‘s new Line is just behind, while BSH is best price-value but quality in my opinion just ok. Far behind all the Electrolux and Bauknecht dishwashers when it comes to built quality.
I like the smooth sliding racks of the Miele (same does new V-Zug have), especially lower basket, the user interface (very straight forward), sleek design of interior including new pump and sump system and the AutoDos which is really convenient. My kitchen is without handles and I needed a model with automated door opening, that’s why I could not go with V-Zug. But in the end the cleaning performance is the most important factor to me. While I have been extremely happy with the V-Zug Adora 12 SL from 1995 that used around 15-25 litres water (4-6.6 gallons) and all spray arms a the same time with good pressure, I wast just less happy with the Adora from 2004 that maximally used 5 gallons in the normal cycle with the overall performance, you can just feel it when you take out the „clean“ dishes. Glass and stainless steel was not as shiny as from the older Adora. Then the small basic Siemens from 2005 which only had 4 programs and was always running on Intense 65 degr. Celsius, has delivered every single time outstanding results even with the dirtiest dishes fully packed. The nozzels at the spray arme and the pressure must have been really good, the water consumption was also quite high with around 5.2 gallons.
Then I‘ve been using the Miele G6000 TOL and there I just realised how important the proper amount of water is to get outstanding results. Several times I have packed the Miele completely full with greasy dirty dishes (no prerinsing, just scraping off) and glassware in the second tray and run the Intense cycle with and without short option. Same result I could expect according to the manual, but this was certainly not the case. While dishes looked clean in both cases, I could certainly feel a difference and right after the cycle while glassware is still a bit wet, one could see small particles (like very very small corns) on the glass thanks to the bright interior light. Water left in holes of stainless steel dishes or mugs was milky, same was the water in the sump and the sump was greasy. Have also tried using more detergent and different detergent, in the and it was always similar. The dishwasher has always indicated 2.9 gallons of water usage. V-Zug from 2012 on the other hand does with same load and soil level a Intense cycle in 1h40min with 1 up to 2 pre rinses, while always just one intermediate rinse, with overall usage of 4.5-5 gallons. To sum up: in order to deliver outstanding results, the dishwasher has to do minimum a pre-rinse to flush away just the big amount of leftover on dishes and to allow the detergent to work in the main wash to dissolve greasy and heavy dirt and not to crack leftovers in the same water. While a second intermediate rinse is not needed, it is important that the dishwasher uses a higher amount of water in the final rinse.
The new G 7000 had the extra clean option and the QuickIntense Cycle, which was probably the only reason to give Miele another chance and not to pick V-Zug. The G 7000 is efficient but takes too much time same as the G 6000 to finish a Automatic cycle (2h30 vs. 1h35 V-Zug). While the results are very good and dishes very dry considering the ultra low consumption I still needed to activate the extra clean option, which adds a pre-rinse in every program that would not have one and adds extra water with every filling and extends the cycle time, to get excellent results. My dishwasher is hooked to hot water supply. The QuickIntense takes only 50 Min. and uses around 3.1 gallons water without extra clean option while 1h28min and 4.2 gal. with option activated. QuickIntense only in combination with extra clean delivers outstanding impeccable results without any residues. Water in the sump will not be milky...even with finish rinse aid. I do not really like to use the 75 Intense, it is just too harsh and then I just do not understand that daily cycle such as the Automatic even with Express selected cannot be finished under 1h40min? I mean, I select the Express and I don’t mind if it uses more water and energy (as stated in the manual) but why does Miele not really shorten the cycle times as BSH can do?
Does any one know how I could raise the water level without increasing the cycle time through the service mode in my G 7000 Miele?
