GraciebytheBay Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 We haven't bought a new dishwasher in 14 years! I know there are many new features for dishwashers now. What do you like about yours? Dislike? Any particular brands/models that you would recommend? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlessedMom Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Mine has a "hard food disposal system" and I love that feature. My dishes are so much cleaner than they were with the other two models we had prior to this one. Highly recommend this feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvnlattes Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 We updated our kitchen this summer and my new dishwasher has a display that tells me how many minutes until the cycle is done. This is one feature that I love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 I might have that 'hard food disposal system" thing. All I know is that I walked into the store and said "give a dishwasher where I don't have to wash the dishes before I was the dishes" She pointed out three choices. I am so happy I can just put a dirty dish in the maching without having to scrape or rinse. Well, I do rinse some stuff, like egg or oatmeal or rice but I can live with that. From those three I picked the one with adjustable racks. I looove that part as well. I can put all different kinds of pots and cake stands and weird casserole dishes and muffin pans etc. Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraciebytheBay Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 Oooh, I like all these features. Any more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFwife Claire Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 We haven't bought a new dishwasher in 14 years! I know there are many new features for dishwashers now. What do you like about yours? Dislike? Any particular brands/models that you would recommend? Thank you! I'll tell you what I don't like about my dishwasher (Bosch)--it's the top shelf. I confess, I really didn't pay too much attention to this when we were looking, but it doesn't have all prongs. It also has these curvy parts where bowls are supposed to fit--but our bowls don't fit in them, and nothing else fits really well either. So I feel like the top just can't get loaded that efficiently. So pay attention to how things might fit on both shelves! For some reason, i was really concerned with the bottom part, and I don't even remember really glancing too closely at the top! (But I do love how quiet my Bosch is, and how efficient it is!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Mine is quite a few years old; it's a Miele. What I love about it: It has a 3rd, narrow, top rack for silverware. You lay the silverware out rather than standing it up in an upright holder. Love, love, love this 3rd rack. It has a 'top solo' feature where I can set it to wash only the top rack (and the silverware rack). It's great when you have lots of cups or small bowls, but not enough for a full load. It is extremely water efficient. It is very quiet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryCatherine Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 I love my dishwashers. I have four of them. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UmMusa Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Stay AWAY from Samsung!!! I'm still in the middle of repairs. It's not even 2yrs old. Had trouble from the get-go. It stinks. Whirlpool and GE seem to do the job just fine. I'm really cranky about my dishwasher these days. The repairman was here just earlier, too. Didn't have one part. Those darn, inefficient people!! Aaackk!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewellsmommy Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Stay AWAY from Samsung!!! I'm still in the middle of repairs. It's not even 2yrs old. Had trouble from the get-go. It stinks. Whirlpool and GE seem to do the job just fine. I'm really cranky about my dishwasher these days. The repairman was here just earlier, too. Didn't have one part. Those darn, inefficient people!! Aaackk!!! Sorry to hear that. I have a samsung (1 yr old). We had to have repairs but it was the house's fault (electrical surge issue) :glare:. We like it. It has: the hard food disposal whisper quiet, seriously WOW quiet countdown to finish in a lovely blue l.e.d. display tall tub with adjustable/re-arrangeable racks sanitize setting energy efficient no exposed bottom heating element so plastic doesn't melt stainless steel interior We have the white exterior because I refused to pay extra for the stainless steel exterior. I told dh if he wants to see stainless steel to just leave the door open and stare at the inside :D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 I'd like mine better if it worked. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Whichever model you get, if you live in a state in which phosphates in detergents are banned, the dishes may not get clean. Consumer Reports has an article about how to solve this problem in their January 2011 issue. I bought the Finish Powerball detergent (it comes in little single use packets) and it solved our problem. I no longer have to wash most of the dishes and all of the glasses by hand after they have been washed in the dishwasher. Actually, for about a month, I gave up on using the dishwasher because of this problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamom Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Long before phosphates were banned I switched to Meleleuca's dishwasher soap. All natural. I never had any problems with my dishes not getting clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hikin' Mama Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 My old one did. So now my glasses all look cloudy, and I was told by our appliance repairman that when they heat dry, there is a residue that bakes on. When they air dry everything drips off. If I could remember, I would try to time the cycle and just open the door when it was done washing and rinsing and let it air dry. But I am always doing other things while it's washing, so I keep forgetting. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Mama Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Love that my dishes get clean, but wish that thing would unload itself! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 DH bought me a new Bosch dishwasher this past summer and I love it. I have no problem fitting things in the top rack but mine has plenty of prongs. I love that the silverware basket can be put in many different configurations. I love that it has no heating element, so it always air drys using just the residual heat of the water/steam to dry things I love that it is super quiet, it has a little red light that shines on the floor to let me know it's running I love that I can take the top rack out and put a special nozzle in if I have to wash really tall serving dishes/cutting boards I love that on the bottom some of the tines can be folded down for larger casserole dishes to be able to fit I love that everything comes out so much cleaner, I use Finish quantum tablets because dh found them on sale and I haven't run out yet, but have used basic tabs and never had the no phosphate thing be a problem I love that I have the option to just do a "half load" which means if I only have dishes on the bottom, it will only clean with those sprayers, not wasting water on the top rack. I love that it's stainless steel inside so it always stays nice and clean inside, not all stained and yucky looking I love that it was so easy to install, dh and I did it ourselves in about 1 hr . That's all I can think of for now, but I wouldn't trade this dishwasher for anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romeacademy Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 We had a Bosch in our last house, and I loved it! It was so quiet that you had to put your hand on it to tell whether it was running. My dad and step-mom have a Bosch and it's super quiet. I love that about it. They have an open floor plan (kitchen and living room connected) and you can easily sit in the living room and have a conversation while the dishwasher is running. We have a Kenmore Elite that's 4 years old. It used to be pretty quiet, but it seems to have become noisier over that last couple years. The feature I like best about it is the delay timer, which allows us to set it to run 2, 4, or 6 hours later. We usually run it over night. Of course if it were quieter, I probably wouldn't care about that so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Love the 3rd shelf for silverware. I thought at first it would be time consuming but it's not. The silverware gets cleaner than when it was standing in the usual configuration. I also love the delay option so I can run it in the middle of the night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in OH Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 I inherited a dishwasher that has the silverware bin on the door, and it drives me crazy. I either have to load all silverware, then all dishes (or vice versa) or I have to keep pushing in/pulling out the bottom rack, because it covers the silverware bin when it's pulled out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 have a 9 year old whirlpool. Not a single problem (not even a repair)and the dishes get clean. The thing I like the best is that the silverware basked attaches to the door, so you don't have part of the bottom rack taken up by a basket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 I inherited a dishwasher that has the silverware bin on the door, and it drives me crazy. I either have to load all silverware, then all dishes (or vice versa) or I have to keep pushing in/pulling out the bottom rack, because it covers the silverware bin when it's pulled out. that's weird because I love mine. HMMM....you know, I just naturally load my dishes first and the silverware last. I even do this at my parents and in-laws, where the dw is different. habit??? I just always dump all the silverware in the bottom of the sink while I am rinsing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 (edited) I inherited a dishwasher that has the silverware bin on the door, and it drives me crazy. I don't like that either. I took mine off the door and put it in the bottom rack. I read the owner's manual and it had that option listed. Edited January 23, 2011 by RoughCollie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cera Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 We have a Miele. They are pricey but silent which was very important to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalGal Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Mine has a "hard food disposal system" and I love that feature. My dishes are so much cleaner than they were with the other two models we had prior to this one. Highly recommend this feature. :iagree: -- totally worth it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvenice Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 :iagree:on the hard food disposal...but we have a KitchenAid. it was worth every penny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 We haven't bought a new dishwasher in 14 years! I know there are many new features for dishwashers now. What do you like about yours? Dislike? Any particular brands/models that you would recommend? Thank you! I would definitely recommend my dishwasher! 1966-model Canadian-made farmer. He cooks a good breakfast, too. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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