Any recommendations for a new dishwasher?

[Duppers]

My 20yr old Maytag machine has bitten the dust. Besides the bottom rotating arm that sprays the water ceasing to rotate, it's buttons are wearing out & it has nicks & dings on the front.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Thanks!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I have a Bosch and love it.

It's really, really quiet.

[TruckFump]

27. Mega ditto!!!

Best dishwasher I have ever had. Pricey, but does the job and does it quietly and effectively.

[gratuitous]

34. One word: Bosch

We recently remodeled our kitchen and installed a dishwasher for the first time. We looked over the available models and settled on Bosch. Cleans the dishes great, and is so quiet, Bosch installed a little light to tell you that it's running. Competitively priced, too.

[Tiggeroshii]

2. I bought a house with a 30 yr old ugly dirty dishwasher that doesnt work.

Waiting to see replies.

[RandySF]

3. My kid.

[retread]

46. Way too expensive!

[vsrazdem]

4. Don't get a frigidaire, my does not get the dishes clean and am looking for a new one.

[Duppers]

7. I've heard that from more than 1 person.

Thank you!

[yellowdogintexas]

5. I have a Kenmore and I love it.

I have had 3 Kenmore DW and loved them all.

The one I have has power surge nozzles in the back wall, if you have a really grody casserole or other item you put it facing those nozzles and set the power wash switch.

I love it.

[Duppers]

6. Thanks. Nt

[True Blue American]

19. I have a Kenmore,too

At least 15 years old. Still works just fine. Never use cheap detergent, does not work. Found that out the hard way.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. We have a Bosch and love it! Very quiet and thorough! n/t

[Duppers]

12. Thanks, Peggy. 2nd recommendation on thread.

Bet they're expensive tho. I need to keep $ around $500 - $550.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. They are expensive! But they are also very reliable! You get your money's worth.

When you know a product is this good, spend the extra money and relax!

[Duppers]

16. Very good advice.

And I thought you'd say that. Only one tiny thing: our house goes on the market next spring....i think. (We own some gorgeous property where we plan to build retirement home...but in a red state, so you can understand the dilemma & our hesitation.)

Appliance store near us has Frigidaires on sale for $370 but while I don't want to shortchange our buyers like that, I don't want to put a $1000+ into a new machine. We're certainly not buying a Frigidaire.

Thanks again.

[lunasun]

21. Bosch series 100 around $450-500 around here but that was pretrariff

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

24. Bosch dishwashers are made in North Carolina

but I suppose some parts come from China, like everything else, so there might be a price increase. I paid about $400 for mine several years ago but it was the previous year's model so it was discounted a bit.

[Duppers]

40. 💕 I'M SOLD!!!

Thank You, Thank You, Lunasun!

And thanks to CaliPeggy & others above for recommending Bosch.

Called a salesman who promised to have one of these on the floor when we come in. Even IF we sell our home next yr, our buyers will be happy and we're more than willing to pay the little extra.

[TruckFump]

28. The third one is above.

[RockRaven]

14. I don't have the model number off the top of my head, but I recently installed a KitchenAid

and, after a few months (a short time sample, of course), I am happy. Quiet and effective so far. I got mine because a relative had a similar model for several years and had been satisfied.

Major caveat, of course: just about every single make/model I investigated (including the model my relative had had) had wildly disparate/bipolar on-line reviews on just about every website I tried to get insight from.

[NJCher]

15. buy American

I've had two dishwashers go bad--an LG and a Samsung. They went bad within 4 years of getting them.

[Duppers]

17. Thanks for that warning!

That's why I ask DUers...i can get trusted advice here.

I also need to find my 9 or 10mo old copy of Consumer Reports listing kitchen appliances too.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

22. LG makes some real crap.

I bought Ge the same time my neighbor bought all LG. She’s had nothing but trouble - refrigerator compressor is on its last leg, dishwasher leaks at the seals, stove igniter won’t shut off.

I have an LG dryer I had to replace the drum. It only cost me a hundred bucks for the part since I changed it myself. But people online were screaming bloody murder over the $400 dollar repair bill for the obvious factory defect - some were on their second go round.

LG used to be “Lucky Goldstar” of really cheap 1980s electronics fame until they rebranded themselves as Life Is Good.

[NJCher]

23. interesting

I researched whether a product defect was covered and I found all kinds of class actions suits against LG.

Samsung is so horrible I took them to small claims court. They were such jerks they actually sent over a lawyer. The lawyer found a loophole way to stymie me and I lost. It's the only small claims suit I ever lost and I've brought around 60 cases to court.

LG sucks but Samsung sucks more. I won't even touch a Samsung phone or any other type of product they make because of this experience.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

25. Yeah, I don't think I would ever buy a Samsung anything.

I’ve had fairly good luck with GE even though their quality has gone down over the years.

My partner’s mom’s microwave crapped out 1 month out of warranty. When I called Ge they told me the best they could do was a $50 dollar credit toward a new Ge microwave. The woman on the phone was indignant when I said “now why would I buy another Ge when this one lasted only a year?”

Ge finally agreed to pay for the magnetometer and we pay for the service call. The poor guy who did the service call was mortified when he walked in on my partner’s mom’s husband on his deathbed/home hospice in the living room. He fixed the microwave and ran out saying don’t worry about the bill.

[TruckFump]

29. IMO, Samsung applicances are total crap. EOM

[Duppers]

41. Heard that!

Thanks! 😊

[Doreen]

18. I will do them if you feed me good sushi.

[sinkingfeeling]

20. Kitchenaid. Have had only 2 in over 50 years. No service

calls, ever. Current one is 28 years old.

[cate94]

30. Love my Kitchen Aide.

Reasonably priced, quiet and does a great job!

[SHRED]

26. Bookmarked

Mine's getting old also

[matt819]

31. I bought a Maytag a few years ago and like it just fine

Hard to "love" an appliance, so I won't go that far. And how it cleans is due partly to the detergent you use. But I've been happy with the Maytag. Even the short cycle, 1 hour, does a fine job, and it's very quiet. I know other machines are described as even more quiet, but I'd be hard-pressed to know how they could be.

[Polly Hennessey]

32. Buy a Bosch.

Worth any extra dollars. I had one living in Las Vegas and have one now. They do a great job of washing and are quiet.

[Duppers]

42. Totally intend too...now.

Thanks!

[Desert grandma]

33. We bought a Maytag too.

Our new Gold Certified green built house had a GE in it when we moved in 5 years ago, but I disliked it. It had a cheap plastic interior and was really noisy. We replaced it, and gave it to our son. We got a new Maytag and I love it! It's energy efficient, cleans extremely well and even has a Powerblast cycle which will handle baked on items. It has a self cleaning filter too, which most dishwashers do not have.

[mnhtnbb]

35. I bought Bosch when we built a new house in 2011.

Never had any problems with it. Loved the way it washed dishes. Extremely quiet.

Bought another Bosch--least expensive model--to put in the kitchen of the studio apartment over our garage that was a rental. It didn't cost much more than low end models of other manufacturers.

When a friend told me her dishwasher had died, I suggested a Bosch. She put in a low end model and has had it for over a year now and is very happy with it.

[CTyankee]

37. What constitutes a "low end" model? Mine has a few different settings but I just use the usual

wash cycle. Does fine.

[mnhtnbb]

38. The link to the "low end" Bosch model

gives the details: https://www.lowes.com/pd/Bosch-Ascenta-50-Decibel-Built-In-Dishwasher-Black-Common-24-Inch-Actual-23-625-in-ENERGY-STAR/1000447459


Other Bosch models sell for more and have more features.

[mnhtnbb]

36. You can still get the low end Bosch for under $500. from Lowe's

https://www.lowes.com/pl/Bosch--Built-in-dishwashers-Dishwashers-Appliances/4294857924?refinement=4294965864

[Duppers]

43. Thank you!

[keithbvadu2]

39. Teamwork

[IcyPeas]

44. Consumer Reports ratings (from April 2019)

This may be of assistance. Bosch are certainly in the top.

https://www.consumerreports.org/products/dishwasher/ratings-overview/

[LuckyCharms]

45. I'm in the market for one myself.

Bosch seems to be the right answer, based on online reviews, as well as the responses here.

But I don't know...I have a 20 year old Kenmore that is refusing to die. The only reason I need a new one is because the tines on the racks are rusting, and the replacement racks are hard to find and very expensive for what they are.

Good luck!