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.
What is the worst dishwasher you've ever owned?
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1982-ish Frigidaire in my first house. Apparently no filter. I quickly replaced it with a KUDS22 when greeted with ground beef residue on a finished load.
extra rinse
Whenever my dad would run an extra rinse and it would empty nearly completely, the vibration got worse. Boy, after it filled up it did that full pressure spray only for it to do that vibrating noise after it drained, trying to suck whatever was left it was trying to recirculate. It sounded like a car driving down the road. My second Kenmore, which was a Whirlpool tall tub wash much quieter. Oh, and the GE had a big fan in the motor you could hear. My dad's workplace once had GE dishwasher that did that grinding noise while it was full of water, which immediately reminded me of the Kenmore I had. That GE dishwasher was not only loud, but it didn't clean anything. They had to wait until they left from work to resume its cycle. Memories!
Whenever my dad would run an extra rinse and it would empty nearly completely, the vibration got worse. Boy, after it filled up it did that full pressure spray only for it to do that vibrating noise after it drained, trying to suck whatever was left it was trying to recirculate. It sounded like a car driving down the road. My second Kenmore, which was a Whirlpool tall tub wash much quieter. Oh, and the GE had a big fan in the motor you could hear. My dad's workplace once had GE dishwasher that did that grinding noise while it was full of water, which immediately reminded me of the Kenmore I had. That GE dishwasher was not only loud, but it didn't clean anything. They had to wait until they left from work to resume its cycle. Memories!
vacerator
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I can't say that any have been bad, yet, but;
I have only had four. A 1989 Maytag portable, which was excellent, a Whirlpool built in from the 80's, which was as well, a 90's Whirlpool which was the first electronic, lasted until 2011, but was stuck on normal, and our current GE profile from 2011, still going.
I have been looking at new ones. I don't think I would buy this GE model GDT225SSLSS
It appears to be identical to a Haier model. Not as quiet as some more expensive models.
I think we'd opt for another Profile model with air dry assist. The new ones have flood guard, and a few have a solid poly base below the tub.
Bosch models look difficult to install, as there is no room betwwen the tub and bottom to work. The back, sides, and front are solid to the floor. The power connectors rerquire an outlet, and the water connection parts are extra cost.
I have only had four. A 1989 Maytag portable, which was excellent, a Whirlpool built in from the 80's, which was as well, a 90's Whirlpool which was the first electronic, lasted until 2011, but was stuck on normal, and our current GE profile from 2011, still going.
I have been looking at new ones. I don't think I would buy this GE model GDT225SSLSS
It appears to be identical to a Haier model. Not as quiet as some more expensive models.
I think we'd opt for another Profile model with air dry assist. The new ones have flood guard, and a few have a solid poly base below the tub.
Bosch models look difficult to install, as there is no room betwwen the tub and bottom to work. The back, sides, and front are solid to the floor. The power connectors rerquire an outlet, and the water connection parts are extra cost.
GE!
I forgot to mention that the GE/Kenmore I had, as well as the GE single dial and switch wonder just had an arm and tower. This was back in 2004. That very same year, they got another GE which was much quieter.
I forgot to mention that the GE/Kenmore I had, as well as the GE single dial and switch wonder just had an arm and tower. This was back in 2004. That very same year, they got another GE which was much quieter.
michaelz08
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My history so far is short
… having only spend enough time with about 4-5 dishwashers.
I’d have to name the worst one as the FGID2466QF6 that came with my condo. It cleaned and dried fine, save for the occasional thing here or there, and wasn’t too loud either, but it was kind of overwhelming with the number of options it gives you (why should I be given the choice of water pressure for each cycle?).
It was impressive they got fan enabled drying and a variable speed pump in for the price, however it came at the cost of build quality.
> Barely 5 years old and the racks were starting to rust.
> It was just thoroughly cheap feeling in every way and had racks that were not efficiently designed. These weird spider leg things on the upper rack fit absolutely nothing.
> The door latch that didn’t always register as closed when you closed the door normally. Multiple times I went to start it before bed then realized it never ran overnight because the door needed an extra nudge.
> The door and the door seal didn’t quite make good contact with the door all the time. So it was quite sometimes, and other times it sounded like it was washing with the door open (and letting steam out to areas it shouldn’t). I had to pull it out and fiddle with the way the door catch was mounted to try and get it “pulled” into the seal more. The plastic tub flexed like nobodies business.
And it’s a nitpick, but I don’t like how the black bezel of the control panel is visible when the door is closed. Companies like Whirlpool have figured out how to cost effectively make the entire front all metal without seams like that at the top. Plus the equivalent Whirlpool models seem to have magnetic door closures which make them feel so much higher quality and help the door seal better.
All the Frigidaire appliances that came in my place were functional but didn’t feel like any thought was given to their design compared to the equivalently priced WP kitchen I’d come from previously. The only true failure was the fridge was dead by year 4 of its life, all others I replaced out of just plain not liking them. Even the microwave managed to annoy me. I’ll never be touching the brand again.
Based on someone else’s recent thread it’s good I got rid of the DW as the orbit clean arm has a tendency to fail in one way or another and I wouldn’t have wanted to spend a dime on it to repair.
… having only spend enough time with about 4-5 dishwashers.
I’d have to name the worst one as the FGID2466QF6 that came with my condo. It cleaned and dried fine, save for the occasional thing here or there, and wasn’t too loud either, but it was kind of overwhelming with the number of options it gives you (why should I be given the choice of water pressure for each cycle?).
It was impressive they got fan enabled drying and a variable speed pump in for the price, however it came at the cost of build quality.
> Barely 5 years old and the racks were starting to rust.
> It was just thoroughly cheap feeling in every way and had racks that were not efficiently designed. These weird spider leg things on the upper rack fit absolutely nothing.
> The door latch that didn’t always register as closed when you closed the door normally. Multiple times I went to start it before bed then realized it never ran overnight because the door needed an extra nudge.
> The door and the door seal didn’t quite make good contact with the door all the time. So it was quite sometimes, and other times it sounded like it was washing with the door open (and letting steam out to areas it shouldn’t). I had to pull it out and fiddle with the way the door catch was mounted to try and get it “pulled” into the seal more. The plastic tub flexed like nobodies business.
And it’s a nitpick, but I don’t like how the black bezel of the control panel is visible when the door is closed. Companies like Whirlpool have figured out how to cost effectively make the entire front all metal without seams like that at the top. Plus the equivalent Whirlpool models seem to have magnetic door closures which make them feel so much higher quality and help the door seal better.
All the Frigidaire appliances that came in my place were functional but didn’t feel like any thought was given to their design compared to the equivalently priced WP kitchen I’d come from previously. The only true failure was the fridge was dead by year 4 of its life, all others I replaced out of just plain not liking them. Even the microwave managed to annoy me. I’ll never be touching the brand again.
Based on someone else’s recent thread it’s good I got rid of the DW as the orbit clean arm has a tendency to fail in one way or another and I wouldn’t have wanted to spend a dime on it to repair.
