I hate my Samsung Dishwasher

[yoblount]

Ha!

Well thanks for all the feed back y'all (yes, I am from Texas. We really do say 'y'all' Haha)!
My plan is to find an older whirlpool made dishwasher that has the two spray arm system and then sell this hunk of junk. I will complement the simple controls and quiet operation (there is a good inch of sound insulation covering the machine) but I just cannot overlook the sub-par cleaning performance...

 

[yoblount]

Retropia -

I am currently renting my house otherwise I would definitely install a water softener. I've got an inline water filter/softener for my shower, and I just love how clean and refreshing the water feels. Not to mention that the tub and fixtures don't require regular CLR treatments!
Again, I did not have issues with soil/residue with my old dishwasher with any automatic dishwashing detergent.

 

[bewitched]

A very good friend of mine is from your country! Wonderful people over there!
Anyway i think your judgement about your diswasher can be more or less applied to every product made by them but it seems people here would even buy pieces of s**t if there is their label on it.

 

[rolls_rapide]

Hello Yoblount.

I went from a 1998 Hoover dishwasher (Italian Candy machine in disguise), which washed fine but was a little noisy, to a 2003 Bosch Logixx Automatic with all the fuzzy logic sensors, bells and whistles of the day, and super quiet to boot.

This Bosch machine can be very temperamental indeed, sometimes washing satisfactorily, other times less so. The upper spray arm in particular has a very lethargic rotation rate, so some side plates or saucers in the upper basket always missed the spray jet on the arm. I recently ordered new spray arms, and noted yet again that they had tweaked the spray angle ever so slightly.

On my machine, the recirculation pump is a little underpowered at certain parts of the programme. The duration of water flow to any spray arm is about one minute before being diverted to the other arm. Multifunction tablets or pods (P&G's "Fairy", for example) can cause over-sudsing. Tea stains in mugs and the teapot itself aren't properly removed. So much so, that I lost the rag with the bloody machine, and filled the dispenser to the brim with Finish Liquid Gel (chlorine based detergent), with a further giant dollop on the lower part of the door. Set it on the Auto Super Wash and left it to it. Everything finally came out clean.

My mum's noisier 2013 Bosch (budget machine) seems to take it all in its stride, in comparison. Reading some of the online reviews for my mum's machine, several folk had written that they had bought the budget Bosch to replace a previous Bosch which was expensive but never washed well. Sounds a bit like my experience.