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Paul F. wrote:
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I've been happy with my five year old Bosch... but ymmv.
Same here. My only complaint is that I wish I would have bought it *after* everyone started putting the buttons on the top (of the door) instead of on the front. I've had more than one person lean against it and accidentally turn it on or off.
Careful what you wish for... the ones with the buttons on the top edge have a reputation for having steam get in and fry the electronics... (this from my buddy who is a plumber and installs 'em now and then... he won't install a top-edge control panel model without letting the homeowner know his experience with having to replace quite a few of them because they died).
Good info; thanks.
At this point, I'd prefer a bluetooth enabled dishwasher so I could just program it that way, along with telling it exactly what time to turn on instead of figuring out how many hours away a specific time was.
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Bosch, with buttons on the top of the door, here. So far, so good (at about 18 mo)
Super quiet. Sometimes I open it to load some dirty dishes without realizing it's already running.
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My wife and had an Electrolux Wavetouch dishwasher in our old apartment. Awesome dishwasher. Expensive but did a great job and was incredibly quiet. A key design is the way the mist blew out of the machine. It doesn't go up, hit the cold granite and condense and drip down the front of the machine. An expensive but excellent machine.
In our current place, we replaced a botched dishwasher with a model from Miele. Got a great deal on it. It's very quiet but not quite as quiet as the Electrolux and you hear a noticeable whoosh sound when water is leaving the machine. This could be due to the plumbing in the new apartment rather than the dishwasher. The Miele does a great job but it uses a lot of rinsing agent. It has a design that keeps water from condensing and dripping down the front of the machine.
I wouldn't buy another Miele. I'd go Bosch or Electrolux. Everyone I know who has a Bosch dishwasher is very happy with it. I loved the Electrolux but I'm not sure I could afford one. They are definitely pricey.
One thing with dishwashers is the location of the controls varies from machine series to machine series within the brand. There were some Miele models with the controls on the top of the door. Others _lots_ of them on the front of the door. Others with just a few on the front of the door. You get the idea.
Robert
