What's everyones pick for a new dishwasher. I've had extremely good luck with GE and Maytag over the years.
New Dishwashers
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Depends on what you want , many will say Bosch. I say LG.
This is the LG LDF5678BD that I have. I love this dishwasher sher. It performs well, as well as the Bosch that was here before I replaced it. The Bosch was a nice machine, but, was lacking in capacity. It performed well but if one has chunky dishes it will leave one frustrated. For the money the LG has much more to offer cycle wise and much more flexibility…here is a pic of the LG dishwasher that I have …
Not difficult to guess I favour easy use of Fisher Paykel DishDrawers, and agree with Mike that Bosch racks don't accommodate a variety of dishware and unless buying the top end models they have litle or no adjustability. Mike your new DW is looking pretty sharp!
I had a Fisher & Paykel dish drawer dishwasher and I did like the novelty of it, but, if one entertains alot that dishwasher was maddening. It is fine for someone that doesnt cook or is by themselves. That dishwasher lasted 3 years until the top drawer decided to lose its mind and start leaking. I got it fixed only to have it go out agin. So I replaced it with a Miele that lasted 10 years. I will never, ever spend $2k on a dishwasher ever again. When something that expensive goes, it goes with great fanfare. Parts for the Miele are not cheap by any means.
whitetub
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I moved in a condo equipped with Fisher & Paykel Dish-drawers. After two breakdowns in a year, and the annoying small capacity, and bad complicated loading layout, I replaced them by a Maytag dishwasher. 10 times better. Washing and loading is much better. Extremely quiet.
I would never buy those dish drawers again. The Maytag was much better priced than similar Bosch dishwashers.
I would never buy those dish drawers again. The Maytag was much better priced than similar Bosch dishwashers.
I love that new 3 Rack Maytag, or the 3 Rack Kitchenaid . They wash great and you can fit so much in them.
I must be the odd one out...
As swapped out a Miele DW for a set of F&P dishdrawers which suits us much better as no more waiting to fill the dishwasher and it always seemed to fill up just as lunch was done so no where to clear the kitchen, Since going back to the drawers there is no clutter waiting to be washed as even though its run more often its low consumption means its no more expensive, I think the only part that costs a little more is extra detergent but buy it on sale and the jobs a good one.
Austin
As swapped out a Miele DW for a set of F&P dishdrawers which suits us much better as no more waiting to fill the dishwasher and it always seemed to fill up just as lunch was done so no where to clear the kitchen, Since going back to the drawers there is no clutter waiting to be washed as even though its run more often its low consumption means its no more expensive, I think the only part that costs a little more is extra detergent but buy it on sale and the jobs a good one.
Austin
whirlpool
I would go with whirlpool. I have to say that they are decent performers.
I would go with whirlpool. I have to say that they are decent performers.
pierreandreply4
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i would say kitchenaid
stephen
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F&P
We moved to a new house that has a Bosch. Left behind Fisher and Paykel Dish Drawers and miss them. Feel like we spend more time trying to get things to fit right now. With the dish drawers there was more flexibility. Or you could put the dishes on top and pans in the bottom drawer. You could even run them on different cycles.
We moved to a new house that has a Bosch. Left behind Fisher and Paykel Dish Drawers and miss them. Feel like we spend more time trying to get things to fit right now. With the dish drawers there was more flexibility. Or you could put the dishes on top and pans in the bottom drawer. You could even run them on different cycles.
It depends on what your needs would be.
- Do you do dishes for 2-4 people or more? Do you eat two to three meals per day with everyone? How many loads do you do? Is it 3 per week or 3 per day.
The “I like brand xxx and it has lasted us 20 years” tells you very little. How often an appliance is used will help determine its longevity.
We have 14 people in our house. We run the dishwasher 3-5 time per day and it is full.
We have had the following brands:
- Kitchenaid
- LG
- Bosch
- Miele
The ONLY brand to last longer than 2.5-3 years is Miele. Everyone other brand something too expensive to fix breaks. The Last washer before the Miele was a Bosch. It was repaired five times in one year (under extended warranty). We used the lemon clause to get our money back. Bought a Miele Crystal. It had one repair so far. The locking clasp that keeps the door closed failed. Miele replaced it under warranty. No other problems. It has 5000 hours on it in about two years.
If you don’t use the dishwasher every day then almost any brand will probably last a long time. It would be similar to only putting 5000 miles a year on your car. It’s probably going to last a long time. If you put 50k on a year then you better buy something with a history of reliability when it’s heavily used.
- Do you do dishes for 2-4 people or more? Do you eat two to three meals per day with everyone? How many loads do you do? Is it 3 per week or 3 per day.
The “I like brand xxx and it has lasted us 20 years” tells you very little. How often an appliance is used will help determine its longevity.
We have 14 people in our house. We run the dishwasher 3-5 time per day and it is full.
We have had the following brands:
- Kitchenaid
- LG
- Bosch
- Miele
The ONLY brand to last longer than 2.5-3 years is Miele. Everyone other brand something too expensive to fix breaks. The Last washer before the Miele was a Bosch. It was repaired five times in one year (under extended warranty). We used the lemon clause to get our money back. Bought a Miele Crystal. It had one repair so far. The locking clasp that keeps the door closed failed. Miele replaced it under warranty. No other problems. It has 5000 hours on it in about two years.
If you don’t use the dishwasher every day then almost any brand will probably last a long time. It would be similar to only putting 5000 miles a year on your car. It’s probably going to last a long time. If you put 50k on a year then you better buy something with a history of reliability when it’s heavily used.
My advice is to take your dishes to the store and make sure they fit...if things don't fit you'll be irritated continuously with every load.
Here a few pics from tonight’s dish load in the LG dishwasher. This dishwasher has ample room. This is the before pics. I will post the after pics when it’s finished QuadWashing the load….
The results of the load that I washed.
Reply #14. Would it be possible to get a shot of the spray arms please ?
spray arms…don’t mind the stuff on the door I started loading the dishwasher with this mornings breakfast dishes….1st pic is the Quadwash lower arm. 2nd is the middle arm. 3rd is the top impeller arm.
mark_wpduet
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I've been thinking
Back when the modern diswashers started coming out with filters that you had to take out and periodically clean - I was so against that. I thought, why? Who would wanna do that? But after rolling it over in my head, what's the big deal? It actually gives you more access if something gets down there that shouldn't be. Plus, they don't look that hard to clean at all. In fact, with my Maytag (as much as I love it) if the chopper area ever does need cleaning, I have to take a lot of the dishwasher apart. It makes me envy that easy access with filters you take out to clean. So far, the Maytag's are still my favorite "CURRENT" dishwashers....But then, how can I say favorite when I haven't really experienced an LG or Kitchenaid or Whirlpool? My Maytag is just over 7 years old now and not a lick of trouble. I don't use the dry cycle though...WHY? Probably stupid......but - I read that it can cause the control board to go out prematurely....same with using self-clean cycle on ovens. With the dishwasher, I've just always opened it immediately when done, shook the racks and let flash dry.
Back when the modern diswashers started coming out with filters that you had to take out and periodically clean - I was so against that. I thought, why? Who would wanna do that? But after rolling it over in my head, what's the big deal? It actually gives you more access if something gets down there that shouldn't be. Plus, they don't look that hard to clean at all. In fact, with my Maytag (as much as I love it) if the chopper area ever does need cleaning, I have to take a lot of the dishwasher apart. It makes me envy that easy access with filters you take out to clean. So far, the Maytag's are still my favorite "CURRENT" dishwashers....But then, how can I say favorite when I haven't really experienced an LG or Kitchenaid or Whirlpool? My Maytag is just over 7 years old now and not a lick of trouble. I don't use the dry cycle though...WHY? Probably stupid......but - I read that it can cause the control board to go out prematurely....same with using self-clean cycle on ovens. With the dishwasher, I've just always opened it immediately when done, shook the racks and let flash dry.
As long as it isn’t....
Samsung.
We have had a Bosch and loved it. I have a set newer Whirlpool machines and they are good, they just take a long time with additional options.
Samsung.
We have had a Bosch and loved it. I have a set newer Whirlpool machines and they are good, they just take a long time with additional options.
