What Was YOUR First Dishwasher

[jerrod6]

If my memory is correct:

 

The first Dw I ever knew was my aunts KD10.  I never used it, but would sit in the kitchen and watch her load and run it while she was cleaning the kitchen after dinner.  I loved to hear that thing run.  

 

It actually might not have been a 10.  I think Robert made a video of a 10 with glass installed.  This DW looked exactly like Roberts with the blue arm, timer at the bottom and all,  but I think it acted different in that it did not wait until all of the water was in to start spraying.  The motor/pump would come on and the water would start running in all at the same time, then after 30 seconds the arm would start to rotate, slowly at first and then pick up speed as the water continued to enter.  So maybe this was a KD11 or KD12.

 

The next was the KDS-16.  This was my parents, so I used it quite a bit when helping with the dishes.

 

Next was a KDS 17 that I used in my first apartment.

 

Next was a KDS-18 that was in my first house when I bought it.

 

Last was a KDS -15 that was in my current house when I bought it.

 

So I guess it was the Hobart KitchenAids for a long time.

 

 

 

[peterlondon]

first dishwasher

Mine was a mexican called jaun,but thats another story!

 

[fido]

Watch this space!

I've not yet got my first dishwasher or tumble dryer although such machines have passed through my sheds to be sold on or broken for spares.

 

[vacbear58]

Philip0603

I see we are almost the same age

My parents first and only dishwasher was a later version of your parent's Colston - the Jetstream 303. It was OK I suppose .....

From posting on here I believe that your Swanmaid is based on early Kitchenaid models. You know, this machine featured loads of times in magazine and yet I have never seen one crop up on ebay. Surprisingly although a few 1950s have, I can only think of one from the 1960s - ChesterMike's Hoover/Rex/Janussi Autojet. Whilst I appreciate they were not very popular you would have expected the odd Kenwood (FL not TL) to show up.

My first dishwasher was a 1980 Philips 2000SL, lasted 8 years.

And believe it or not my current daily driver is a Miele 646SC, not sure if it a plus or not

Al

 

[Philip0603]

Al, '58 was a good year though I see you are a few days older than me!!!!!!!

Whoops! Funny really, you have this white box in the kitchen, and it has been in-situ for ever, then you take a look at the front and guess what? It's not the PLUS. Put the plus model into a friends kitchen when we re-modeled it.

As far as the dishwasher is concerned I think that a company in the '90's were buying old ones allegedly to refurbish them. I remember working in a cafe that had the commercial version. Same machine 2 x 3Kw elements in the kettle. Did wash in 14 minutes or so.

P.

 

[docker]

An Indesit 2116

that I had from 1985 until 2006. I still think that it cleaned better than the Bosch that replaced it.

 

[super32]

As a kid, we had an old WU482. As an adult it was a GE 2800.

 

[bwoods]

first dishwashers

let's see...

My family-- 1968 we first got a dishwasher, Modern Maid with "Robin's Egg
Blue" interior, Often left ground up bits of food deposited
deposited on glassware. Replaced with GE Potscrubber in 1973 with
celery green platisol interior. A really good machine. Quantum leap
improvement.

1st Apt-- 1980 Whirlpool dishwasher. Noisy, but gave dishes a very good
scrubbing. Large food wastes tended to collect in the removable
removable trap. Typical to all Whirlpools I have owned glassware
and dishware didn't have the shine and sparkle like GE, and I had a
water softener. But overall a competent machine and did pots/pans
well

1st condo-- GE 1200 rapid advance timer machine (3 final rinse model). with mult-
multi-oribt wash arm. Excelled in producing sparkling glassware and
about as close to perfection as a dishwasher could come

1st house-- GE 2800G What can you say about a classic of classics? Had it had
a third final rinse, it would have met my idea of perfection

 

[joeekaitis]

House came with the cheapest Hotpoint builder's special, replaced it with a Maytag 3-rack (call me naive) and when that one gave up the ghost, bought a Kenmore model 1389 with my final bonus from work. Kenmore's still cleaning like a champ. We let it have some me-time with a quart of white vinegar every four weeks.

 

[dishwasherrules]

My parents' first dishwasher, which came with the kitchen furniture they bought just before getting married, was a 1974 Rex (Zanussi) Special S2-85 more or less like the one shown in the YouTube video I'm providing below my post, although ours was a higher-end machine without central feeding to the upper rack and a built-in water softener. It lasted till 1990 and was a good performer despite being as noisy as a steel mill.
My first was an AEG Oko_Favorit 80850 I bought in 2002 when moving out of my folks' place. It was the TOL model for that dishwasher range but only lasted 4 years...

 

[firedome]

John ...

I'd be interested in the Frigidaire, this is a spin tube? will call...

 

[mixfinder]

Tubed

My first dishwasher was a 1964 Frigidaire portable spin tube with a wood top.  It cleaned well if loaded correctly. 

 

[behzad]

MY FIRST DISHWASHER

HEY
my first was AEG-TELEFUNKEN FAVORIT TS,
extremely powerful and good

 

[richardlxixxx]

First Dishwasher

My family's first dishwasher was a TOL Kitchenaid Superbad by Hobart purchase in 1963. It was still going strong and in perfect condition when the house was sold in 1998. In 35 years of heavy use, it never had a problem. A tribute to the way appliances used to be manufactured.

Richard

 

[mrb627]

1ST

The first dishwasher I purchased for myself was a Kitchenaid. Although it was a Whirlpool built machine, I suspect. And as far as I know, it is still washing away in the house across the street.

Malcolm

 

[miele4life]

the 1st dishwasher we had was a Hoover CrystalJet D820 from May 2000-September 2008, it was reliable but it wasn't exactly the best @ cleaning though, should of had a Zanussi with it's nice sounding timer and pump lol.