Fisher & Paykel

[norgeway]

F and P stuff in general is good

Jerry bought his washer and dryer after seeing the ones I had, only newer appliance I ever liked, I sold them when I sold my house in Lenoir,But truthfully, NO dishwasher is as GOOD as a Hobart Kitchen Aid, except maybe a reverse rack Maytag,there are much quieter machines now, and machines that use much less water, but for every day dishwashing with no scraping of the dishes or any preparation other than just shaking off anything on them,and consistently clean and dry dishes in a short period of time, nothing today compares.

 

[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.