Has anyone bought a dishwasher that works in the last five years?

[AngryAmish]

Our dishwasher sucks balls. You have to clean the plates before they go in which kinda defeats the purpose. The problems may be because we turned down the hot water temperature due to babies in the house. Or it could be because the dishwasher sucks.

So, does anyone have a newish dishwasher that works (no pre=cleaning required)?

[Shoe Horn]

1. "You have to clean the plates before they go in which kinda defeats the purpose."

I find that to be the case with every dishwasher I've ever tried.

[Retrograde]

10. I never understood the point of washing dishes before putting them in a dishwasher

Sure, we knock the big pieces of food off so they won't clog the drain, but otherwise let the labor-saving device do its work and save me some labor.

[Shoe Horn]

12. All my attempts just seemed to 'bake' the food onto the dirty dishes.

The hot water or something, it never worked and was a huge pain the in neck.

And if I have to pre-wash...why not just do 4 seconds more scrubbing and then it's clean?
And I don't have to load, unload, check and see if it's clean, finally!...etc etc.

It's like a cruel joke, really.
I have never understood the appeal of dishwashers.

Talked about this with a realtor once, he was just like, "no,no,no, it always adds value to the house." And I'm like, "Mmmmokay dude, but nobody uses them."

[Retrograde]

17. What's your water like?

I wonder if the hardness of the water has anything to do with the poor performance you see. We have relatively soft water -i.e., low mineral content - and don't seem to have problems.

[Raven]

2. I have a Bosch.

It's good and it's quiet.

[trof]

21. THANK YOU!

My daughter was just complaining about her Whirlpool.
I sent her the link to this thread.

[seabeyond]

3. agree. i havent decided if it is our water co. or our house/dishwasher.

i have had a couple plumbers, water and dishwasher repair men and our water softener guy out to house for a year and half. spring, i start getting a film. fall, it gets better. this is the second season it has happened. we thought our first dishwasher was bad. bought a new one and still had issues. our first one had a garbage disposal and cleaned well. this one doesnt.

we turned water heat up to 140 degrees and that seems to help, too.

we will see what happens next spring. i am thinking water fucks with our pressure or something, but i have found no answers. now, our dishes are getting pretty clean.

good luck on finding the answers.

[OriginalGeek]

4. I'd be angry too, Amish

in fact I still am. We have an older house that never had a dishwasher so about 5 years ago we were all excited to finally be able to do a kitchen remodel that included new cabinets and new appliances, including a dishwasher.

Well in the first year we got to use it maybe 5 times. First the plumber didn't do something right so it leaked all over but that didn't matter because the pump in it died (probably as a result of the faulty plumbing. Hell, I don;t know - I don't know jack squat about plumbing or appliances.) both the contractor and the appliance manufacturer managed to string us along until all warranties ran out. They never could figure out how to fix whatever was wrong inside or out. So I got a big shiny stainless steel section of decoration.

We got so disgusted with the whole thing we just went back to hand washing and only just now are considering having it looked at again. This time by a non-criminally-incompetent contractor.

We found out the old one charged us to for pulling permits he never bothered to get and who knows what else...Oh wait, I know what else...part of the remodel included building a new bathroom (Not IN the kitchen lol...but on the other side of an adjoining wall). He didn't use the right drywall for bathrooms and he didn't put in a drain pan liner so now we gotta tear that all out and start over.

Anyway, the dishwasher people blamed the contractor, and the contractor, when he was still around, blamed the dishwasher and I just don;t know enough about either to know know who is telling the truth (although I'm sure it's the not the contractor since he lied about so many other things).

And the worst part is he is long gone so I can't even find his house and take a shit on his door step.

[hlthe2b]

5. Well, I never tend to put things in that are too caked with food...

But, I have noticed that with the advent of water-saving measures in the various locales I've lived, that water pressure probably is affecting how well dishwashers work (of course, I've never had a really expensive one to begin with, so that's just a given). My current one won't even dissolve any of the gel packs or multi-phased "all-in-one" dishwasher products if I put it in the cup and close as you are supposed to do. If I just throw it in, it seems to work, but that is why I think there is a water pressure issue.

Who knows. I do hand wash one heck of a lot of stuff and tend to just use the dishwasher periodically to (hopefully) "sterilize" in cold and flu season or for the dog's dishes.

I find all appliances sort of suck nowadays. I remember my grandmother's tank of a refrigerator that lasted her a near lifetime and was still running fine when she died. I remember her garbage disposal that never needed repair. And my own experience has been dismal on all those scores.

[bif]

6. We have a Bosch. Great dishwasher. Lousy racks.

[Adsos Letter]

7. Last year I finally replaced our old Kitchenaid with a Bosch.

Very happy with the switch. Agree with other posters: unit cleans great and is quiet, but the racks configuration takes some getting used to.

The salesperson told us NOT to pre-rinse our dishes because the new dishwashing packs need the presence of food residue to work properly. We don't pre-rinse, and our dishes come out sparkling clean.

[supernova]

8. I have a Maytag roll around

the kind you have to hook up to the faucet.

I bought it in the late 90s, I think. It works fine. I put in dried on food, but nothing too much. If there is extra food, I scrape that off and into the garden first.

I have used the all in one packs, plain powder, and gel. Whichever is cheapest at the store. All work fine. My combo lately is gel in the soap dispenser and baking soda in the prewash dispenser. Seems to work great.

As the poster above me mentions, it may be the water pressure. I am on a well with a submersed pump. My water temp is 120.

edit: Maytag. The old one that I replaced then from the late 70s was a GE. As a curiosty, my next one may be a Bosch. I hear nothing but good things about Bosch dishwashers, though they are spendy.

[ZenLefty]

9. Bosch. Cleans dishes. Kicks ass. Does not suck balls.

The only thing I hate about it is the annoying little beeping cycle that occurs when it's finished washing. Three long beeps. This always occurs when you're taking an afternoon nap, and it always wakes you up.

Sleep through it? Good luck. It waits until you've nodded off again and then beeeeeeeeeep.......... beeeeeeeeeep..........beeeeeeeeeep...........

Other than that it's great.

[arbusto_baboso]

15. Yep. Bosch makes awesome products.

Doesn't your have a delay function on it? We can delay the wash cycle on our up to 6 hours.

[ZenLefty]

20. No matter what the delay, it will wait for us to fall asleep before beeping.

Beeeeeeeeep......... (ha ha) beeeeeeeeep......... (u were sleeping huh?) beeeeeeeeep......... (f u and empty me now ha ha)

[Retrograde]

11. I've been pleased with my Frigidaire

It's a little more than 5 years old, but it still works fine.

I have not been pleased with LG refrigerators, though, especially after mine died while we were out of town. There's nothing like coming home and finding all the fruit you froze has defrosted, partially fermented, then leaked all over the floor (mingling with the thawed chicken livers and everything else) leaving you a nasty, sticky mess to clean up. And it was less than ten years old. Bah.

[Duer 157099]

13. I always preclean the dishes

I figure the dishwasher acts more like a sterilizer than a cleaner, and I proceed accordingly.

[freshwest]

19. Same here.

[Sabriel]

14. Bosch here, too. And here's a tip:

We turned down our heat for the kids' sake, and the dishes suffered. So we just made sure that we run the water in the kitchen until it's hot, so the washer doesn't fill with cool water.

[watercolors]

18. Yes I do the same! I just got mine a few weeks ago, excellant product, very happy with it.

[auburngrad82]

16. We bought a new Kenmore about six months ago and I can't be happier

The old one didn't suck balls but I sure wouldn't trust it to get them clean either. The new one would probably wash and wax them and you'd need a cigarette and a nap afterwards.

But yeah, the Kenmore does the job.

[Tallulah]

22. We have this one

going on 4 years. Quiet, no pre rinsing or washing, delayed start, two beeps when it's finished. You can fit a lot of dishes.

I have yet to take any dish out that was still dirty.

[Kali]

23. many here seem to be missing the point of this device

it is to hide dirty dishes, not to actually clean them
saves hauling all the pots and pans to the bedroom when unexpected company shows up