<p>One of my best friends bought the Kenmore Elite dishwasher and raves about it. It is highly rated by CR as well.</p>
<p>Love my Bosch! Have had it for over 10 years and still love it!</p>
<p>I have a new (18 month old) Asko and we love it–it holds a ton of dishes, and it is very quiet–we have a “great room” style house, and you really can’t hear the thing.</p>
<p>Had a Bosch and really liked it, but this time went with Miele. This thing does amazing work on my dishes. I went with the top rack silverware tray and the jury is still out on that one. I enjoy the fact that it gives me more room in the bottom rack and I enjoy unloading the silverware, but I get annoyed loading it…</p>
<p>I don’t know exactly how resin racks are different but they are a step up from coated- and aren’t supposed to get hairline cracks and then rust, over time. I don’t know if it’s really worth the extra $ or if new coated racks are already sturdier than before. But mine looks like new.</p>
<p>It’s Whirlpool, about 3 years old, cleans beautifully. Sani option, low energy/light cycle option, heated dry on/off, several delayed start options. Silverware and utensils on the door- which I like for the space it leaves inside.</p>
<p>My complaint- and I don’t know if any model gets around this- is that for water savings, I believe, the cycle runs longer. (This drives me bonkers on the washer, too- no more just throwing in a short cycle load.) And the prior one had the adjustable top rack- which I really miss.</p>
<p>Thumper, that’s the one I’m looking at. Online chatting with Sears now to see if I can get some $'s knocked off (found an old promotion, trying to get that price)
[Kenmore</a> Elite Built In Dishwasher 24 in. 2212803K - Sears](<a href=“http://www.sears.com/kenmore-elite-24inch-built-in-dishwasher-stainless-steel/p-02212803000P]Kenmore”>http://www.sears.com/kenmore-elite-24inch-built-in-dishwasher-stainless-steel/p-02212803000P)</p>
<p>I have 11 year old KitchenAid–very quiet, cleans great, adjustable racks.</p>
<p>Well that was an interesting experience with Sears…It seems that the new Consumer Report that put Kenmore Elite as the top dishwasher came out in May 2013, prior to that date they were selling for $1349.99, now after the report, the same model is selling for $1499, I guess when you get ranked #1 you jack the price up $150 for the same model. Don’t think I need to pay an extra $150 for the #1 moniker… :mad:</p>
<p>I don’t think either Bosch or Miele has the heated dry. I would prefer that feature, too, but I have the top of line Bosch and love it. Because of the venting system almost everything gets bone dry but the really deep wells on the underside of glasses or bowls. That takes literally seconds to dab at with a microfiber cloth. </p>
<p>Of the heated dry, I think Kitchenaid is fairly popular, but gets mixed reviews. I know people who like theirs a lot.</p>
<p>Yalemom, in December, that Kenmore Elite dishwasher was on sale for $800. I bought the Bosch instead. But my friend got the elite dishwasher, and elite counter depth french door fridge…and lives them both.</p>
<p>We got a high end Kitchenaid in our new house (Energy Star) and H is very pleased with it. I’m not sure I’ve ever actually worked it!</p>
<p>Love my Bosch top of the line SS interior dishwasher. Like other posters you can only tell it’s on when you see the light hit the floor. My model is the model made for Germany with no heating element. I was told to always have it filled with Jet Dry/Finish rinse aid as this helps complete the drying cycle faster and to not open the door. I have no problem with any of this. My old unit/Kenmore used to sound like a freight train and you could hear it all over the house. Now, when my mother is here she puts her hand up to the door. Is it really running she ask? We both can’t believe it. It was well worth the $$.</p>
<p>None of the Bosch dishwashers have a heat drying cycle. That was discontinued. Older models had it…but none of the current ones do.</p>
<p>I use plain old powdered generic brand dishwasher soap…with jet dry in the jet dry vessel. I only use about a tablespoon of dishwasher soap. My dishes are spotless!</p>
<p>I use the finish tablets now. Good idea about the small amount of powder. You are probably saving a lot of money on powder. I think all manufacturers over estimate the amount of product you actually really need to use.</p>
<p>What’s your budget? I don’t have a lot of $$, so when my old dw died, I did a little bit of research & then went over to Sears to see what was on sale. I ended up with Kenmore & I have been very happy with it. I actually liked it more than the more pricey dishwashers on display – and it had all the same features. </p>
<p>The one “extra” that I felt from my research was significant was to get a dw with a stainless steel interior. (Basically it’s more energy efficient and holds up better over time).</p>
<p>Other than that I decided that the most important thing was my personal preference as to interior rack layout. For example, I live alone and tend to use smaller plates for my meals, and I prefer to be able to load a lot of stuff on the top rack – so I wanted an adjustable top rack. But I wouldn’t particularly recommend that option to anyone who didn’t already think that was important.</p>
<p>My dw does have a heat dry cycle that I never use – I just usually run the dw overnight and the dishes are always dry in the morning. I also have never used most of the other cycle options - there is a “smart wash” that I use 95% of the time, and then a “quick wash” cycle that I might use on the rare occasions that I have a need to get the dishes done in a hurry. </p>
<p>I’m really happy with how clean the dishes are – certainly much better than the old dishwasher. I do pre-rinse or at least wipe dishes down – the dishwasher does a great job of cleaning the dishes even without the pre-rinse, but not perfect – and I don’t want to have to be inspecting dishes and rewashing them as I unload. </p>
<p>But anyway: if you are shopping but feeling intimidated by the prices-- I’m happy with the Kenmore. I’ve had it about 7 months. It is also very, very quiet.</p>
<p>Love my Bosch!</p>
<p>Lots of Bosch fans on this thread! Narrowing things down, at the moment it’s down to Miele and Bosch, lol, the only two without heat drying (that I originally said I wanted! :p). </p>
<p>Can I take minute to rant about ‘online reviews’ of products?! Regardless the item, if you look at online reviews you can find insane horror stories of total disasters with every dishwasher on the market…stories about hoses breaking and ruined hardwood floors and defective control panels and general mayhem and chaos. Every dishwasher I decided I wanted had many wonderful, but several awful reviews, I was seriously in the fetal position for most of the afternoon trying to make a decision! :eek:. </p>
<p>Still working, I’ll keep you posted…</p>
<p>I finally stopped reading the online reviews. They were either “this is the BEST dishwasher and I would buy five” to “I can’t believe what a piece of junk this dishwasher is”.</p>
<p>No in between.</p>
<p>One thing to think about is how your dishes will fit in. I have an Asko and it has very narrow space between the tines. It works great with my china which is pretty flat and thin. Supposedly you can fit 12 place settings in one load.</p>
<p>However, if I had fiestaware or some other thick or curved dishes, they would not fit in my Asko. Lot of American products have wide tines which makes it easy to fit but also decreases the number of items you can fit in.</p>
<p>I actually brought a few of my dishes with me to PC Richards.</p>
<p>I did ask politely if I could try them out in the Bosch we were considering.
The space between tines IS narrower than our old machine but was fine with our set.
This is not a small issue, really don’t want a great DW that can’t clean YOUR dishes.</p>