Fisher & Paykel

[easyspindry]

PS I wish . . .

. . . I had your email address. I'm glad you wrote this particular message so I could write about the F&P things. I have been unable to find your original message on this site.

Another thing I wanted to mention about the dish drawers -- when I had a standard dishwasher -- a -- Good Lord, I can't remember the name of it now -- it was a KA clone, made in the same factory as KA -- anyway, a good machine. But when the main seal started disintegrating, after many years of use, I decided to replace. Being conservative, I rarely ran it unless it was full. Therefore, many times when I need something with which to mix or cook, it was dirty in the dishwasher. Now, with the drawers, anytime I need something, it's clean and put away in its place.

The ideal set-up, in my opinion, would be to have enough room to have a drawer on either side of the sink; therefore, there would be absolutely no bending over to load and/or unload.

Good luck.

My email: [email protected]

Jerry Gay

 

[johnrk]

jkbff

No Miele dealers 'in my area'. I have Houston listed on my profile rather than the small city where I live outside Houston. In terms of square mileage, Houston is the second largest city in the nation, and that doesn't count the 'greater metropolitan area' where I live.

There are no Miele appliance dealers around here. I bought my great Miele vacuum by driving in to Houston a bunch of years ago.

The issue is delivery cost. When I bought my Speed Queen pair in October, a Houston independent appliance dealer was roughly $300 below the cost of my local dealer. However, the delivery charge would have been over $200! So, I bought locally.

No, this isn't Hooterville where I live, it's a prosperous white-collar city, not that old, that simply is light on appliance dealers outside Lowe's and HD. And yes, our awful Sears closed earlier this year at our mall.

 

[DADoES]

 
They've been on the market for 20 years (1996/1997) and have undergone numerous engineering revisions.  Latest is series 9.

My DD603 is 14 years (& 3 months).  Cycles are revised now with fewer water changes (mine does maximum of 7 on the Heavy cycle -- W-R-R-W-R-R-R) and possibly a longer wash period to facilitate detergent enzymes.

A possible advantage is that the main wash and final rinse are always heated to target temperatures so specifically hot (i.e. 120°F) incoming water isn't required (although the installation instructions recommend it).  There's no drying heater.  Drying is via the heated final rinse (and rinse aid) with a small fan to exhaust moisture.