Dishwasher
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Check Consumer Reports out.
I've never had to buy one of these things. My old house had one that was probably 15 years old, but still worked great. Current place has a Kennmore that seems to be fairly new and seems to work great.
I've never had to buy one of these things. My old house had one that was probably 15 years old, but still worked great. Current place has a Kennmore that seems to be fairly new and seems to work great.
We bought a new house that has a Kenmore Elite. While I have seen other dishwashers advertise the no pre-clean, this one has actually delivered. Now it is not the loudest, but not the quietest either. The cycles are long as well, but this is the dishwasher you load up at night, turn it on, and everything is ready in the morning. It was well worth it.
The best one to buy in that price rage is the Bosch. Sears has a couple of them.
They are the quiestest one sold and the easiest to clean the screen. I have sold them I know. Good luck
Bosch makes a great dishwasher. I believe they have some models around that price range. We have put them in couple of kitchen remodels we have done and people really like them.
Bosch is a good dishwasher if you have about 3 plates to wash. It is the smallest capacity of them all. The reason is apparently due to some European design they went by. They claim it works if you know how to load it properly. We don't have time to strategically do this though. But I agree it is a top line dishwasher.
We went with a Samsung. They got into the appliance line a few years ago, but trying to make an impact now with some pretty good quality. We have been happy with it so far. Good capacity inside and rated really quiet. We hardly know it is on if it weren't for the led indicator lights on the outside. Pretty good price too at $590.
Frigidaire products are garbage. People buy them because they are cheap, but they are terrible.
Sure IF you buy the cheapest product they make. I however did not. The Gallery line is their more expensive better made product. I've had mine for 2 years with no issues. Additionally, my Lay-Z-Boy chair is <5 feet from my dishwasher and I barely hear it when running.
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Nothing against you but even some of those Gallery products were bad too. Some of the fridges were a face lift on a cheap Gibson.
So do you have a product to recommend to the OP that fits his price range and desire for a quiet product?
I would most likely recommend a Kenmore, I'd have to google the model I'm a fan of. Bosch's are real nice units, but you will definitely pay for them.
FYI: I interned in college for Amana/Maytag in their Jenn-Air refrigeration department making custom MTV Crib style $10K and up fridges.
My first job out of college was a production facilitator for Electrolux. I had about 150 people work on me on the dryer line. We made everything from low end to the high end models during my shift.
It became evident to me the not so high quality of a Electrolux/Fridgidaire/White Westinghouse/Gibson/Tappan/Kelvinator appliance compared to Amana/Maytag/JennAir/Whirpool/KitchenAid.
We bought a Kenmore a couple years ago, it was a CR best buy, similar style to this:
Sears: Online department store featuring appliances, tools, fitness equipment and more
The plastic over the buttons is raised and it keeps cracking. We had it replaced once under warranty, now it will cost me $100 to replace it. That's my only complaint.
Sears: Online department store featuring appliances, tools, fitness equipment and more
The plastic over the buttons is raised and it keeps cracking. We had it replaced once under warranty, now it will cost me $100 to replace it. That's my only complaint.
OK, we went and looked for a new dishwasher and I think the wife has talked me into replacing every appliance in the kitchen that is only 5 years old.
I knew we just should have got stainless steel when we bought the house but I cheaped out.
Lesson learned.
I knew we just should have got stainless steel when we bought the house but I cheaped out.
Lesson learned.
I worked on appliances for a few years in Des Moines, including testing scratch-and-dent units before they went to the sale floor. Bosch DW were the best I ever worked on, and we trained on and serviced most (non-Sears) brands. There aren't a whole lot of serious problems a dishwasher can have if it's installed correctly (source of most problems with all appliances in general) and cleaned/maintained. Unlike certain washers, dryers and fridges with long histories of the same problems in some models, I'm not aware of any serious DW recurring problems. Regardless of the model, it should be at least 7-8 years before you have any sort of problems, anything before that can probably be attributed to the problems mentioned above.
Bosch might be out of your price range (at least it would be in DSM), some of GE's models are good and would be in your range, Amana/Maytag/Whirlpool are generally a step below those. My suggestion, find a place that sells scratch and dent Bosch, they should have already tested it before it went to the floor, make sure the problems are only cosmetic, if it's an 'as is' model, and you don't see a fairly obvious scratch or dent, be wary. As a bonus, at a later time you can replace the scratched panel in whichever color you want and do it yourself if you're handy at all and have a star-headed screwdriver set. Also, with any dishwasher, new or used, give the inner tub and inside door panel a good inspection for cracks or dents. Bosch uses a stainless steel tub which reduces these problems and noise, they also have an enclosed base, so if you do spring a leak it's not going to go on your floor. The big downside with Bosch (price not-withstanding) is that aside from a door seal or spray arm, it's really hard to work on-not probably something most people could (or should) fix themselves. These are all opinions based on personal hands-on experience, not sure how they stack up with the 'Consumer Reports'.
Bosch might be out of your price range (at least it would be in DSM), some of GE's models are good and would be in your range, Amana/Maytag/Whirlpool are generally a step below those. My suggestion, find a place that sells scratch and dent Bosch, they should have already tested it before it went to the floor, make sure the problems are only cosmetic, if it's an 'as is' model, and you don't see a fairly obvious scratch or dent, be wary. As a bonus, at a later time you can replace the scratched panel in whichever color you want and do it yourself if you're handy at all and have a star-headed screwdriver set. Also, with any dishwasher, new or used, give the inner tub and inside door panel a good inspection for cracks or dents. Bosch uses a stainless steel tub which reduces these problems and noise, they also have an enclosed base, so if you do spring a leak it's not going to go on your floor. The big downside with Bosch (price not-withstanding) is that aside from a door seal or spray arm, it's really hard to work on-not probably something most people could (or should) fix themselves. These are all opinions based on personal hands-on experience, not sure how they stack up with the 'Consumer Reports'.
A couple of features that we had on our old one, that we don't have on our new one that we really miss: delay (our new one has a four hour, but some have 2, 4, 6 hour options; quick rinse (it really nice if you have some nasty dishes in an otherwise empty dishwasher to be able to do a 5 minute rinse so you don't have that stuff sitting in your dishwasher for 2 days). That being said, I'm a Kenmore guy. You should be able to get a really nice Kenmore (maybe even an Elite) for $600.
