What is the worst dishwasher you've ever owned?

[mark_wpduet]

One Knob Wonder

I always was so disappointed in the past when looking for a place to rent, and seeing a dishwasher that only had ONE KNOB. LOL - I knew whoever put it in put in the most BOL dishwasher - but after using them, I really could NOT complain..It was MILES better than being without a dishwasher. I would NOT live anywhere that did not have one. It could be the most beautiful place ever, but if it didn't have one, I would pass. In other words, give me the worst dishwasher I've ever had ANY DAY over not have a dishwasher at all.

As for best dishwasher - it would be my current Maytag from 2014. LOVE IT. However, the only thing that makes it better than the WP/Kenmores I've used from the past is the fact that it's all stainless and holds more dishes, and I doubt it will last 30 years like my grandmas 1984 WP dishwasher. Seriously, I cleaned it with citric acid like I do every six months or so, and you could hear water sloshing around like a hurricane inside because it was empty.

 

[vacerator]

Rental property

usually has b.o.l. appliances. It makes no sense to spend big money on them when some tenants abuse them.
My friend owns a rental duplex, and one tennant's child set the clean cycle so many times on the oven, the board fried. He found melted plastic on the oven bottom. The same tenant left the dishwasher broken and crooked in the cabinet, like it was kicked.
He added a washer and drier, and one tenant managed to tear the cabinet away from the Whirlpool uplevel direct drive washer. She left the dryer door opened, so the light was burned out, and several of her undergarments inside of it.

 

[mark_wpduet]

the last place I lived

Chinoe Creek Apartments in Lexington. I was on the bottom floor, with a floor above me and a floor above that one. They had Hotpoint dishwashers from the 80s (from what I could tell) they had to be at least from the early to mid 80s, but they were pretty good.

Off topic story. The lady above me had a child who threw toilet paper off their balcony and it landed in front of mine, making it looks as if I was doing it. It was a toddler I'm pretty sure. Anyway, it was a 2 bathroom apt, and one day, I heard water dripping fast and I ran into the spare bathroom and water started POURING from the bathroom vent fan. I ran upstairs and BEAT on their door and NO ONE answered! I knew they were there though. The water had a bleach smell to it, but the kid had thrown toilet paper in the toilet and stopped it up. Me being a neat/clean freak, that was the maddest I EVER remember being in my life. The apt maintenance said that this was their 3rd and final warning, so apparently they had been warned before we moved in there.

After that, a college kid moved in up there (this was 2002) he smoked, threw butts off his balcony that landed in front of mine. One night, there was a party up there and it was so loud. There had to be 20 people there, a fight broke out - it sounded like all 20 people were jumping up and down it was so loud, they ended up going out the front door, still fighting, yelling really LOUD. I called the police and others around had too. Then, the college guy came down to my house drunk knocking on my door and telling me how sorry he was and he was drunk and kept falling on me. This was like 230 am. He wasn't there long before someone else moved in and they were very quiet, but then we had an ice storm and were without power for 7 days. That was my worst rental experience. I was never so glad to move into my new house in 2004

 

[vacerator]

Mark, GE made good

basic appliances back then. My friends duplex still has the Nautilus dishwasher he installed in the late 90's, the GE slide in self clean range, and the original to the property Roper top mount 18 cubic ft. fridge from 1986. The old range was Roper/GE, but he felt renters would appreciate a self clean oven. The old Roper dishwashers got rusty racks, so he upgraded them. He has nice Kitchen Aid appliances on the side he lives in.
As far as bad tennants go, he's had his share. The one whose kid broke things also stuffed plush toys in the toilets, and left them, but I don't think the kid did it. He kept her security deposit.
Aside from being noisy, and or messy, some do not tell you when things break, so you can repair them.
I think of Lexington as a nice clean city, so neighbors like you had? Then again, college kids are wild. The bleach water sounds like the result of an overflowed toilet.

 

[mark_wpduet]

It is a nice clean city

but remember, UK is here, so this guy went to UK and was temporarily renting the apt. He told me so. And the lady before that (with the kid) she was just flat out strange.

 

[ilovewindex]

They don't look that awful

http://www.chinoecreek-prg.com/index.aspx

 

[mark_wpduet]

The apartments were not

awful. I had the best view ever of this huge yard, it almost looked like a field. My balcony faced the back and all you could see what this huge field with a treeline and a creek at the far edge of it.

It was the 2 out of 3 people who lived above me that were awful.

 

[vacerator]

Not low

rent either. Had best be fairly nice.

 

[mark_wpduet]

Ya I got so lucky

getting the back side of the apartment. That view was awesome. It's an older apartment complex though, but the ground were very well maintained. Too bad about the people above. From what I see, they have upgraded a lot. The faucets, stove, dishwasher, and the walls look wallpapered. At the time in 2002, I can't remember, but I think the rent was 750/month, 2 bed/2 bath. Now it's much higher from what I see. There was a small Kroger shopping center within walking distance, literally right beside the apt complex - I remember that being very convenient. Looking at those pictures of the kitchen, I see they upgraded the dishwasher one knob wonder and BOL stoves.

I remember that layout so well.

 

[Chetlaham]

Is that a Kenmore made GE?

 

[wayupnorth]

Mine was an avocado Hotpoint "Whisper Clean". Noisy as hell and didnt clean dishes at all, unless they were pre-washed very well and water was scalding.

 

[Chetlaham]

I take back what I said, that most likely is a Hotpoint.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

best dishwasher

Best dishwasher I've had by far is the Kenmore built by Bosch. That thing could clean anything. There's nowhere for dishes to hide, not even the ones with stuck-on cheese and Alfredo sauce I had from that shrimp Alfredo casserole. It reminds me of the Whirlpool power clean with a removable filter and concealed heating element. The worst dishwasher would be a Frigidaire. It lasted a year before it quit.

 

[imperial70]

Never owned a bad dishwasher

Since 1987 I've used/owned Whirlpool / Kenmore powerclean module dishwashers and now I have a 12 year point voyager based Whirlpool. In all I've only purchased 2 dishwashers and inherited 2.

 

[appnut]

My first house had a D&M produced Kenmore (1st generation without rotorack) that was the absolute worst dishwasher I've ever come across my entire life.

 

[rinso]

My worst dishwashers were a 1959 DM made Frigidaire portable with a plastic impeller and a late 70's GE built-in Potscrubber. The GE was festooned with cycle buttons and cycle modifier buttons. Lots of options, but no food particle filter. The GE had no less than 6 water changes. (Wash-rinse-rinse, wash-rinse-rinse-dry) The design engineers probably though those water excursions would make up for not having a food filter. They didn't.....

 

[gelaundry4ever]

according to my dad...

It was the GE Kenmore. Not because of the cleaning power, but because you could hear that thing all across the house, especially when it tried to recirculate the water and suck on air. That pump would vibrate like heck. I will say that it did a good job cleaning. I remember when we were doing laundry in the GE filter-flo, my mom started a load in the dishwasher. That thing sounded like it was about to break out due to that pump. When it did fill with water, the loud vibration would stop. And this was with very good smelling dishwasher detergent and rinse aid. Of course, the GE filter-flo was at normal speed of course. Other times, the dishwasher pump would buzz as if something was caught in it. And this was when the basin was completely full of water so the spray would be consistent. The pump would run at 3000 rpm as it did that. That was when I'd listen to the symphony of laundry and dishes being done.

 

[appnut]

That
Was just the normal GE.Dishwasher sound and progression that started in the late sixties in early seventies

 

[wayupnorth]

My worst was a Hotpoint "Whisper Clean". Very noisy and very poor cleaning. Best was my Lady K Roto-Rack.

 

[appnut]

Tim, my current 1984 vintage (I bought in 19860) was blessed with a 1984 Hotpoint "Potwasher". What a joke after living with a GE Potscrubber for 10 months beforehand being transferred here. The 1980 Kenmmore was still worse, but not by much.