<p>I’ve done a search and despite all of the kitchen threads, can’t find one on dishwashers. Any of you gone through the trouble of searching out good ones?</p>
<p>Like the Bosch. Quiet, stylish, not overpriced.</p>
<p>I’ve got a bosch as well… very quiet, does a good job.</p>
<p>I have a Bosch. It runs very quietly and hasn’t broken yet (after a few years).</p>
<p>I have a Bosch now and am in the market for either a new Bosch or maybe an Asko. Love the Bosch and it is very quiet, but I’ve had some issues with the timer and the cycles running too long that the repair people can’t seem to address 100%. Most people I know have had no problems with theirs.</p>
<p>I got a Bosch in October after decades with Kenmore and Whirlpool. The Bosch is much quieter and gets the dishes very clean. (It is an almost bottom of the line for Bosch so cost about the same as a fancier Whirlpool or Kenmore.) I am very pleased so far. (Also must note that I certainly would not buy a Kenmore appliance of any kind again no matter how well recommended they are by noncommercial consumer publications–service in this area through Sears is beyond awful.)</p>
<p>Miele. Best dishwasher. It is so quiet that a dinner guest standing next to it could not tell that is is running. Everything comes out sparkling clean and I never rinse anything first.
Here is a good discussion forum.</p>
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<p>We bought a Miele last year and love it. If I had to do it again, I would wash dishes by hand and save the money for college tuition. But I really do like this dishwasher. The little tray at the top for silverware is still fun to load (you can tell we don’t get out much). It is very quiet and has a lot of flexible space, with racks that flip up and down.</p>
<p>We bought our present home in 1991 and the dishwasher that came with it died exactly one month later. I replaced it with a 3 level Frigidaire. Nothing fancy, just good quality. I remember paying less than $300 for it and I installed it myself. And 18 years later it’s still working fine.</p>
<p>The secret to dishwasher longevity is to use them constantly. Infrequent use causes the many rubber/silicone seals, (especially door seals), to dry out and fail. Anyone owning a second home will recognize this.</p>
<p>I actually love my new dishwasher. It was one of Consumer Reports best buys. It’s just a Kenmore, but I really like the way it’s laid out. Silverware on the left, adjustable top rack. Our plates and platters don’t get hit by the spinny thing. There’s a \ fold down thingy that holds wine glasses steady and it’s tall enough for the 20 oz red wine glasses. It’s not as quiet as a Bosch, but we just put it on 4 hour delay and it goes while we are asleep. I think it was around $450.</p>
<p>Miele gets good marks from me–it’s incredibly quiet. My kitchen designer told me that Miele and Bosch were the two machines to look at if a “quiet” machine was a major consideration. I also like the way silverware gets washed in the Miele–no basket for all the silver. There’s a tray for silverware.</p>
<p>Love the Bosch and how quiet it is. However, we did have something break when the machine was fairly new – the electronic control panel, I think. It was expensive to repair and we had to wait for weeks for parts. This was a few years ago. Maybe it was an anomaly.</p>
<p>A Miele addict here! After the homebuilder-installed Thermador appliance died on me (it lasted only 9 years!), we learned that the appliance was actually made by Bosch and sold as a Thermador. H swore he’d never touch another one of them again. One night the #@%^ thing leaked water all over my kitchen floors, and it was **empty<a href=“!!!”>/B</a> and not working at the time! Thank goodness we were home! Yeah, next time I go on vacation, I’ll shut the water to my dishwasher.
I was familiar with Miele because it makes fabulous dishwashers for laboratory glassware. So we went with a Milele - it is as quiet as it gets, the dishes are spotless, it holds a Costco-sized bottle of rinse agent so it does not need to be refiled every week, and I love the third shelf for silverware (check the brochures - it is patented and is really cool)! The only regret is that we got a steel one, since the white was a special order. The stainless steel shows paw prints easily. I cook almost every day, and we rarely eat out (have not done it since October!), so a good dishwasher is a must in my kitchen.</p>
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Really? What breed are you?</p>
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<p>One ‘secret’ I’ve learned from a home show or two…if you’re getting new appliances and the dishwasher doesn’t match but still works, check to see if the front panel has a different color on the other side. Sometimes the side that faces out is a color but the back is silver/stainless or black.</p>
<p>We bought a Bosch in November and are very happy with it! I love the stainless steel interior.</p>
<p>Is there another web site on earth that even competes with the good advice about absolutely anything you get here?</p>
<p>Why am I not surprised no one has mentioned the nightmare Fisher Paykel drawers we’re in need of replacing (3 years old!).</p>
<p>Back in 2005, the circuit board in our then 6-year-old Bosch dishwasher burned out. We had it repaired at a cost of around $250. Six months later, the circuit board burned out again. I researched the problem on the internet (google “Bosch dishwasher circuit board problems”) and found that this is a common problem with Bosch dishwashers. </p>
<p>At around the same time, the racks in our Bosch dishwasher began falling apart. Multiple plastic pieces broke off and the remaining areas rusted. Again, I found that this happened frequently with Bosch dishwashers. I had already begun researching how much it would cost to replace the racks when the circuit board blew for the first time.</p>
<p>We elected to replace our Bosch dishwasher with a Kenmore Elite, which received favorable reviews from Consumer Reports at the time. We’ve had no problems so far. Pluses: Quietness, huge silverware rack, holds more dishes than the Bosch, stainless interior, and great cleaning ability. Minuses: I preferred the more streamlined look of the Bosch.</p>
<p>There’s much I liked about the Bosch: The quietness of operation, the configuration of the racks, stainless interior, and ease of operation. However, I was very disappointed with the fact that the dishwasher basically fell apart after only 6 years. If you’re leaning towards a Bosch, I’d recommend trying to find out if the problems I noted above have been corrected.</p>
<p>We were on a tight budget and bought a Maytag (our second—the first was still chugging away after 15 years, but had gotten a little shabby/noisy). I’m perfectly satisfied and am hoping for another long run. It’s not whisper-quiet, but with a houseful of kids, a T.V., an itunes-playing computer, and two parakeets, who notices?</p>
<p>We had a bosch from 1996 until last year. I loved it for it’s quietness and cleaning ability. Hated it for the constant repairs. It got so bad that my husband just wire-nutted the broken wires in the door, we no longer cared to replace the plastic part that allowed us to see where it was in the washing cycle, etc. After about the tenth repair, we sent it to dishwasher heaven. Replaced in it 2008 with a very expensive ($1800) Miele upon research and salespeoples’ advice. We figured you get what you pay for. Ha! I’d like to throw it out the front door. It is nowhere near as quiet as the Bosch, the tines are really close so they can advertise that it holds alot, but if you put plates in each slot they don’t come out clean and the worst thing is that THE DISHES DON"T DRY! Even after 10-12 hours, they are still wet, so I eaither have to open the door and pull out all the racks to let them air dry or get out my dishtowel. I do love the top row cutlery tray, though. Their US headquarters are right near S1’s college and my blood pressure rises every time we pass those big red MIELE letters on their building!</p>