Yay! It's installed!
Here It Is: The LG 9810 Dishwasher (Photos of 1st Load)
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The business end of the machine. No exposed heating element. You can see the dual steam nozzles on the lower left wall.
As a tough first test, I made Memphis barbecue sauce, pork ribs and rice. Here's the bbq sauce pan. After pouring the sauce out, I set the pan over a high flame and really cooked the remains onto the pan.
I also browned 3 pounds of ground beef in a tall-sided frying pan. As with the saucepan above, I set the dirty pan over a high flame and cooked the remains onto the pan.
Here's the rice saucepan. Those kernels of rice are stuck to the pan as if superglued. Note the heavy, dried-on starch deposits on the sides of the pan.
I should have taken this one from above. The big open area on the right side of the top rack eventually held the ribs pan, which was still in the oven at 11:45 p.m. when I took these photos.
Hardly a tough test of the cutlery rack, but it's all I had for this load. I'm going to try to load all silverware in this rack on a future load. It would be great to open up space in the lower rack by not using the flatware basket.
The left tray is in the upper position, the right tray in the lower position. You change positions by rotating the trays back-to-front. You can also remove them if you want more headroom in the upper rack. Or, you can easily pull the cutlery rack out entirely.
Frankly, I saw the cutlery rack as a gimmick, and figured the first thing I'd do is pull it out and put it in storage. Having used it, it sure is convenient to have a dedicated area to put cooking tools.
The left tray is in the upper position, the right tray in the lower position. You change positions by rotating the trays back-to-front. You can also remove them if you want more headroom in the upper rack. Or, you can easily pull the cutlery rack out entirely.
Frankly, I saw the cutlery rack as a gimmick, and figured the first thing I'd do is pull it out and put it in storage. Having used it, it sure is convenient to have a dedicated area to put cooking tools.
I love the sleek, glass touch controls. Very cool. I'm using the Soak Cycle for this tough test load.
Here are the options: Steam, Rinse (can add a rinse and/or a sanitizing 160-degree final rinse) and Spray (which allows you to select the spray intensity for each rack). The Half Load, Delay Start, and Power pads are easier to see.
And here's the LCD screen.
I've chosen the Soak Cycle, an extra rinse, a sanitizing rinse and the steam function. Grand total, 3 hours, 31 minutes.
I've chosen the Soak Cycle, an extra rinse, a sanitizing rinse and the steam function. Grand total, 3 hours, 31 minutes.
Oh, and the little spiral icon shows the machine has defaulted to the strongest spray intensity for the chosen cycle. It has also defaulted to wash both the upper and lower racks (as I didn't touch the Half Load pad).
Yay! The results were excellent---as they damn well should be after 3-1/2 hours! I'm impressed at how well the starch deposits were removed from the rice pan.
The high-sided frying pan is also spotless.
The ribs pan, which was really a mess, with a lot of baked on deposits came out less than spotless in the upper rack, but I don't think even the Maytag could have done any better.
The utensils in the cutlery rack came out spotlessly clean, but the upper rack wasn't exactly overfilled, and the cutlery rack was mostly empty, so it perhaps wasn't the toughest test.
Overall, my first impression of the LG is excellent. I was wary of the alternating spray mechanism---which sounds like a mist spray, as compared to the wall-of-water Maytag---but the results speak for themselves.
The LG won't take as many huge items in one load as the Maytag did---the Maytag's terraced upper rack can't be beaten in that department---but the LG's bottom rack holds all the tall pans I have, even with the upper rack in its lower position.
And DAMN, it's super quiet.
The machine has a high-end feel to it. The upper and cutlery racks glide silently and effortlessly. The control panel is gorgeous and the door closes with the finesse of a Lexus. If the machine is reliable (always a question with LG), then it was $1500 well spent!
The LG won't take as many huge items in one load as the Maytag did---the Maytag's terraced upper rack can't be beaten in that department---but the LG's bottom rack holds all the tall pans I have, even with the upper rack in its lower position.
And DAMN, it's super quiet.
The machine has a high-end feel to it. The upper and cutlery racks glide silently and effortlessly. The control panel is gorgeous and the door closes with the finesse of a Lexus. If the machine is reliable (always a question with LG), then it was $1500 well spent!
One final shot: The inside, bathed in the cool blue light of the interior LEDs.
Eugene
Thanks for the pix and best of luck with your new 'toy'~!
Thanks for the pix and best of luck with your new 'toy'~!
Wow - that came in much quicker than expected! Beautiful pictures and results for the first test-load. How is the noise level?
maytagwc401
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Did this machine replace a Maytag? If yes which model, and why was it replaced?
Just curious because I want to change dishwasher in the next few months.
Thanks,
Just curious because I want to change dishwasher in the next few months.
Thanks,
Greg---The machine is very quiet. The motor and pump are virtually silent. All you really hear is water dropping to the bottom of the tub. I love it!
Serge---This LG replaced a TOL Maytag, which was 2-1/2 years old. The circuit board had to be replaced recently, otherwise it was a great dishwasher. It cleaned like a champ and had unbeatable capacity. I replaced it because I wanted to try something totally different. The Whirlpool dealer in my tiny town recently began carrying the LG brand, which is as close to a high-end brand as I'll get. The LG's big selling point for me was the super-quiet operation and the half-load option.
I would highly recommend a Maytag, especially if you wash a lot of pots/pans/baking sheets. It's not a very quiet machine, but it's certainly not annoying loud, either.
I can't vouch for any LG dishwasher other than mine, which is model 9810. I've done 4 loads in it, three of them using the upper rack half-load option and the Quick Cycle (which is 74 minutes long, compared to the Maytag's 20-minute InstaWash Cycle). Cleaning results have been excellent, and it uses only 5 gallons of water in the Normal Cycle. I think the Quick Cycle may use only 4 gallons.
Serge---This LG replaced a TOL Maytag, which was 2-1/2 years old. The circuit board had to be replaced recently, otherwise it was a great dishwasher. It cleaned like a champ and had unbeatable capacity. I replaced it because I wanted to try something totally different. The Whirlpool dealer in my tiny town recently began carrying the LG brand, which is as close to a high-end brand as I'll get. The LG's big selling point for me was the super-quiet operation and the half-load option.
I would highly recommend a Maytag, especially if you wash a lot of pots/pans/baking sheets. It's not a very quiet machine, but it's certainly not annoying loud, either.
I can't vouch for any LG dishwasher other than mine, which is model 9810. I've done 4 loads in it, three of them using the upper rack half-load option and the Quick Cycle (which is 74 minutes long, compared to the Maytag's 20-minute InstaWash Cycle). Cleaning results have been excellent, and it uses only 5 gallons of water in the Normal Cycle. I think the Quick Cycle may use only 4 gallons.
Congratulations Eugene. BTWQ, that 3:31 time, that doesn't mean it actually took that long to run though.
Some Comments About Mighty Maytags...
There's a Maytag installed where I live. What is a lower end model, maybe bottom model, from about 2002. It's hard for me to pass judgment, since my experience is so limited. But it appears to do a decent job of cleaning. It's probably not as good as some older models--I've heard comments here about old KitchenAid machines that are so powerful that the dishes would be trying to escape if the door was latched. But the newer Maytag does appear to be gentle enough so that more stuff is safely "dishwasher" safe. The racks are nicely designed.
The one minus is that it appears modern Maytag dishwasher quality isn't what the washing machine quality of years gone by was. In other words, don't buy one thinking it'll be the last dishwasher you'll buy.
The one big problem some newer Maytag models have is the door latch easily breaking. This happened on my specimen recently (and after a life of very easy life--it's been only used about once a week, or so I've been told). The replacement isn't hard--I did it. But I'd prefer it if NOTHING broke. In Home Depot, they still have new machines with a similar looking latch, so I have to assume that the problem can still be a problem.
I think the Maytags are probably worth thinking about, if one is considering buying a new dishwasher, even with the flaws.
There's a Maytag installed where I live. What is a lower end model, maybe bottom model, from about 2002. It's hard for me to pass judgment, since my experience is so limited. But it appears to do a decent job of cleaning. It's probably not as good as some older models--I've heard comments here about old KitchenAid machines that are so powerful that the dishes would be trying to escape if the door was latched. But the newer Maytag does appear to be gentle enough so that more stuff is safely "dishwasher" safe. The racks are nicely designed.
The one minus is that it appears modern Maytag dishwasher quality isn't what the washing machine quality of years gone by was. In other words, don't buy one thinking it'll be the last dishwasher you'll buy.
The one big problem some newer Maytag models have is the door latch easily breaking. This happened on my specimen recently (and after a life of very easy life--it's been only used about once a week, or so I've been told). The replacement isn't hard--I did it. But I'd prefer it if NOTHING broke. In Home Depot, they still have new machines with a similar looking latch, so I have to assume that the problem can still be a problem.
I think the Maytags are probably worth thinking about, if one is considering buying a new dishwasher, even with the flaws.
Funguy10-- On my Maytag and the Frigidaire before that, ( both with hidden controls), you would choose the cycle and options, then press start and close the door.
With the new LG, you press the power pad, choose the cycle and options, then close the door. After about 5 seconds, the machine starts.
The Maytag didn't have a countdown timer the Frigidaire had one on the front, which bugged me at first, but I got used to it.
The LG has a countdown timer, but you have to open the door a bit to check it. I just let the machine do its work and listen for the little chiming melody it plays when the cycle has completed. The LG is so quiet that I don't even hear it switching between spraying the bottom and top racks. I also can barely tell when it's draining.
With the new LG, you press the power pad, choose the cycle and options, then close the door. After about 5 seconds, the machine starts.
The Maytag didn't have a countdown timer the Frigidaire had one on the front, which bugged me at first, but I got used to it.
The LG has a countdown timer, but you have to open the door a bit to check it. I just let the machine do its work and listen for the little chiming melody it plays when the cycle has completed. The LG is so quiet that I don't even hear it switching between spraying the bottom and top racks. I also can barely tell when it's draining.
cvillewasherbo
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times of cycles/energy savings?
I hate to rain on everyone's parade--and the LG looks like a wonderful machine, however, I'm still unconvinced about all of the new machines. Why on earth does it take 2-3 hours for a dishwasher to clean a full load of unrinsed mixed loads? Is it because they don't use any water?
So, less water, and a lot more electricity to heat the damn thing to boiling and it takes all that time? Why does the machine have to do that? And, why do you all love these energy efficient (supposedly) machines so much?
Sorry guys, my parent's old GE 640 Potscrubber (19 yrs old) cleans just as well, with unrinsed dishes, in about an hour.
Sounds like one of those "many energy saving scams" that we are so inundated with nowadays. It's the same thing with FL washers. Extra time to heat the water, and tumble and tumble rubbing the clothes against each other the whole while. Who has laundry that is really that dirty?
In days gone by if you were a farmer and wore the same set of overalls (and probably everything else) for a whole week it took boiling in lye soap to get them clean. Even modern day farmers and construction workers, etc, most likely change all of their clothing every day.
Lot's of people take showers twice a day and change their clothes twice a day, so where's all of the dirt that needs to be boiled, steamed, etc. for all of that time? So what if you sweat at the gym or walking home from work. It's just sweat (salt water) and you probably took a shower in the morning and will take another one at the gym before you go home.
It all escapes me. I don't see any energy savings here.
Courtney in VA
I hate to rain on everyone's parade--and the LG looks like a wonderful machine, however, I'm still unconvinced about all of the new machines. Why on earth does it take 2-3 hours for a dishwasher to clean a full load of unrinsed mixed loads? Is it because they don't use any water?
So, less water, and a lot more electricity to heat the damn thing to boiling and it takes all that time? Why does the machine have to do that? And, why do you all love these energy efficient (supposedly) machines so much?
Sorry guys, my parent's old GE 640 Potscrubber (19 yrs old) cleans just as well, with unrinsed dishes, in about an hour.
Sounds like one of those "many energy saving scams" that we are so inundated with nowadays. It's the same thing with FL washers. Extra time to heat the water, and tumble and tumble rubbing the clothes against each other the whole while. Who has laundry that is really that dirty?
In days gone by if you were a farmer and wore the same set of overalls (and probably everything else) for a whole week it took boiling in lye soap to get them clean. Even modern day farmers and construction workers, etc, most likely change all of their clothing every day.
Lot's of people take showers twice a day and change their clothes twice a day, so where's all of the dirt that needs to be boiled, steamed, etc. for all of that time? So what if you sweat at the gym or walking home from work. It's just sweat (salt water) and you probably took a shower in the morning and will take another one at the gym before you go home.
It all escapes me. I don't see any energy savings here.
Courtney in VA
