<p>Miele, without a doubt. I’m almost embarrassed to say that I have four. Two at home and two at our vacation home. Large family. :)</p>
<p>This thread shows how luck plays into appliances. We redid our kitchen 5 years ago. Everything was kitchenaid (except the wine captain). We have to replace everything…and we aren’t hard on appliances. It is so much luck of the assembly line.</p>
<p>I want to add a third vote for kitchenaid. I love my one year old kitchenaid so much that I just purchased the same model for our second home. I think it is a KUDE60FX. It has the third row cutlery tray AND a nice big silverware basket and another basket for odd shaped stuff (like the peeler). It is really quiet and holds 14 place settings of dishes!</p>
<p>I’ve had a Whirlpool for a few years. It got good ratings by CR and is supposed to be energy efficient and low on water use. It works well, but one thing I didn’t think of was the size if my dishes. They are sort of bulky ceramics and I can’t fit in as much as I think I should be able to. It may sound odd, but I wish I’d brought a few of my dishes along with me when I was shopping.</p>
<p>How much do the Miele cost?</p>
<p>I love my Bosch and they are not as expensive Miele. Four years in, not one problem and super quiet. My kitchen opens into my family room and I forget it’s even on until it beeps.</p>
<p>We were very surprised to realize that the life expectancy of Dws is much shorter than we thought.
We were happy with our $1000ish KitchenAid when we redid our entire kitchen in 2004.
NOt so happy when the DW died a few months ago. Wasted time and money on a repair call. Needed a $400 part, not going to happen.</p>
<p>Purchased an almost bottom of the line Bosch with stainless side walls but plastic floor.
VERY quiet and cleans great. Does use alot of rinse aid.
And we bought it through a buying service through work for $470. If we get 5 years out of it, we’ll be quite thrilled.</p>
<p>Two more votes for Bosch. We have a pair here and they’re amazing. The engineering on those is quite remarkable.</p>
<p>Per my post in another DW thread, I love our 1993 Maytag DW. We recently spent $100 for repairs… and gladly so. (The leak ended up being caused by a disintegrated grommet in the soap dispenser. It’s the $6 part that seemed most likely per Google seaches - handy homeowners could probably do the repair themselves).</p>
<p>Alas, per CC thread samplings it seems that newer appliance die quickly. Last week I opted to spend $130 to fix the old Maytag washer. It’s “old enough to drink” in all states 
But it’s a simple design that I like, without locking lid and other unwanted features.</p>
<p>Bosch b’gosh.</p>
<p>Are dishwasher dimensions all the same? Will they all fit my existing cavity?</p>
<p>Don’t buy Fisher & Paykel – lots of motherboard problems with internal computer. Many service calls. Standing water after washing. Cleaning is fine, but not outstanding.</p>
<p>Most of them are about the same dimensions - 24" wide and 33-35" high with some height adjustment. Before buying it’s best to measure your opening just to be certain.</p>
<p>thumper, you can call a store that sells Miele and ask if they have any returns or scratch n dents. I haven’t done this but I will when I remodel my kitchen next year. I’ve promised to sell my old one to a friend.</p>
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<p>We have a bosch dishwasher and we love it, it was about as much as the mid tier Kenmore, Whirlpool et al Dishwashers and runs great. We had a bosch put in when we renovated this house 17 years ago, and the only reason we replaced that unit was the heating coils were mineraled up big time (we have hard, hard water). That one lasted about 7 years, and we replaced the current one about 9 years ago and it still works great (they redesigned it, the heating coils are covered by a stainless pan, to protect them). It uses relatively little soap and is very efficient with water usage, and is so quiet my wife yells at me for not turning it on when it is.</p>
<p>For what it is worth, with other brands all I hear are tales of woe, which doesn’t surprise me. Appliances other then the very high end models in most cases are made like crap, I had a dryer for example that lasted almost 25 years, now you are lucky to get maybe 5-7 years, washing machines are even worse,and dishwashers are no exceptions. Primarily using cheap components made of plastic that might as well be designed to fail, and they do it to make it look like you are getting a bargain. Miele makes great appliances, but they tend to be more expensive, but as others say you can get floor models and such that make them competitive. It is the same reason I decided when our sub zero fridge started leaking freon to replace the condensor and evaporator rather then buy a new fridge in the same price range, the fridges I looked at for the cost of the fix were god aweful and looked like they would die right when the warranty crapped out.</p>
<p>Salesperson at an appliance store today mentioned ASKO brand of dishwasher. Anyone know anything about it? She ranked the brands as Asko, Miele, Bosch.</p>
<p>I am impressed that a Sears person came here to comment. Good stuff.</p>
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<p>I love my 1994 Maytag…and will fix it if necessary. BUT I would not buy a new one. Plus my 1994 model is a bit on the noisy side, something we didn’t even think about when we built this house with a kitchen/breakfast room/family room all open. I’d like something quieter…but not until this one dies.</p>
<p>We have a new Bosch. Does the job well and is so very quiet. Love it. It retails for $1000. but if you shop online find it for less then tell the salespeople at Lowes they will match that price, then give you an additional 10% off. I think we settled at 750 or 799. Free delivery, etc. So far, so good.</p>
<p>Hugcheck, I have a two-month-old Asko that replaced a nineteen-year-old Asko. We love it. It holds an amazing number of dishes, offers a lot of flexibility in how to load them, and the dishes come out absolutely sparkling.</p>
<p>Two things we noticed in going from the old model to the new: the cycles are significantly longer, and the tall tub design that allows you to fit in so many dishes means that you will need to bend down further to load the bottom rack. I think the longer running time is pretty much standard for all of the new low-energy and water use dishwashers; not sure if this is the case with the tub design. Neither factor is an issue for us.</p>
<p>We never had a single problem with the old unit and are hoping for the same experience with this one. So far, so good!</p>