Dishwasher brand comparisons

I like our Bosch that we’ve had for 5 years. Works great and incredibly quiet.

The best thing you can do is call up a large, well-reviewed repair shop and ask them if there are any brands they don’t work on and which brands are hard to get parts for. In my town I had to stay away from GE bc everyone stopped accepting warranty calls for them.

Have a GE toaster oven coming too, but I bought it for $90, regular $210, so I feel like below wholesale is boycott-ish too.

Got one for the kid. The benefit as far as I can see is only one burner for 6 mins vs the equivalent of 4 burners for 20 mins on most "oven ready" things. Plus it is amazing for making crispy tofu.

I did the wirecutter budget recommendation of the whirlpool WDTA50, bought from Costco, free install. Works fine.

Oh yes. And my Dad still has and we still use the Amana RadarRange my parents bought in 1980. That thing is indestructible.

I have a basic Amana (which is made by Whirlpool) and it’s a total workhorse. I couldn’t afford the Bosch at the time I needed a new one but I’ve been happy with this.

I could understand haulaway if your trash pickup wouldn't take the old one, but "install"for a dishwasher is literally 2 screws, 2 hoses, and plugging it in. It's one of those things that is far simpler than an average home owner assumes.

That has broken on ours and we haven't fixed it yet, good to know it's easy. (I did replace the mechanism that holds that top rack in place, that was nice and easy, and I want to say there was something else, probably the little wheels on the bottom rack.)

We're still using the '60s-vintage Hoover that we bought for $5 at a yard sale 20 years ago. Works just fine.

The Bosch one I paid £400 for ten years ago is still going strong so far

Radical thought: used. Someone in your burg is doing a renovation and letting a great dishwasher go.

If you are still a member of the ABA, you get employee discounts on GE appliances through their benefits. I bought an incredibly nice GE with about a 45 dB sound rating that has three levels of wash and consistently does a brilliant job, fully stainless interior, and less than 700. 5 stars

For what it’s worth, we are using a 30+ year old Miele dishwasher that still works fine…I guess the question would be, do they still make them that good?

I like it better than Phoenix Drip (which I have at #33). At one point it wasn't even on my radar. Not sure who it was that recommended giving them a side by side--may have been you @6r0m7.bsky.social--but I did and ended up surprised & agreeing that HS>Drip

I have a KitchenAid w 3 racks--w a sprayer on the third rack--+ I love it. Can really fill it. I never understood how my dishes would fit in a Bosch. Have only had it about 6 months, tho! Had a lesser KitchenAid that lasted about 14 yrs, thought it was dead but took it apart to clean + it hung on...

yeah we didn't get into the steamer attachment, but it does seem like there are ways it finesses the one-pot problem, with at least some success (even if you still have to do a lot of stuff all in one vessel)

Agreed, the Bosch is reeeeeeal quiet. And it works fine, even if you’re me and you’re super lazy about pre-rinsing and filter cleaning and stuff.

You can buy something for two preps, I think. It's not for everyone and needs dedicated counter space, but works if a family often eats asynchronously, due to dual careers.

Now, when my Bosch was ready for retirement I bought a Miele and I love it so much Normal men my age buy a sports car. My midlife crisis was a Miele dishwasher that I could barely afford but once I saw it I absolutely had to have it

I ended up with a Bosch Ascenta during the pandemic when my pre-Whirlpool Amana died… it was all I could that was in stock at that time. It is very very good at cleaning, I love the 70-75C rinsing, but yeah gotta clean that filter weekly. It’s part of my Sunday scrubbing ritual hahaha.

Yes, I think it works for dual career families and singletons. I know several wc Germans that have one. If you need a conversation icebreaker here, ask if they have a thermomix.

We recently went through this. The very nice appliance store guy told us that alliances are made to last about 5 years now, so we opted to not get the 800 series and went with the 500 series. It’s a dishwasher. It washes dishes.

We are doing the same thing. We have always bought Miele or Bosch. However, the Maytags are rated almost as well, and are about half the price. The third rack is a good feature. We just bought a house with a Thermador that needs to go. Probably going to stick with the Bosch 800. Very quiet.

Make sure it has a third silverware rack. i love mine

Our Bosch was nowhere near a top-of-the-line model and it's a champ: throw dinner dishes in right away and run the express cycle, and everything's just as clean as if we did the 2 hour 20 minute cycle. Ours was about $600 in 2018.

Here’s a good Bosch on sale. (Stores have to count items in stock as “assets” on taxes, so they get frantic to sell the big stuff by New Year’s. bsky.app/profile/lee-...

Yes you do. Buy Bosch, Meile, Kitchenaid or GE; invest in one that’s quiet and has great features. Dont buy another for 10+ years.

Look at GE Cafe. GE lasts and is easy to get serviced/repaired; the Cafe line is upscale and really quiet.

I bought a Bosch 300 for just over a grand 2 years ago. I’ve been super happy with it. Pro tip: watch product videos on YouTube. I learned some really cool tricks my dishwasher does just last week.

No, you do not need to spend $1400 on a dishwasher, that's stupid. Just get a name-brand on sale at your appliance store....and make sure they deliver & set up. Unless you're really wealthy, then do what you want.

You’re lucky. Think about this: why is a used dishwasher available? Dishwashers are kind of a pain in the ass to switch out, why would somebody bother if it is working like it should?

Oof. I feel this deeply. I also know sticker shock... but this may be one place... similar to a mattress... where paying more for long lasting dependable quality is absolutely worth the cost in the long run. I would be looking at stuff like how easy it is to reach the trap filter for cleaning...

Our Kitchenaid worked fine for the first year but then the leaks started. And now that it doesn’t leak (thanks to my husband vs the several repairmen we had service it), it’s noisy as hell. I wouldn’t revisit that path.

I have a kitchen aid that’s 12 years old and still cleans well.

I’m composing a long letter of complaint to Miele. There are other defects (obviously it was designed by a man 🙄)

Notice the vacuum cleaner. I've had this stove for almost 8 years

And I have friends who got diff brands off Amazon that were a lil cheaper. And the water pressure kinda sucks on theirs. So can be worth to spend a lil extra imo