Kitchen

[kitty60]

@house_cat in my 50+ years of marriage I have had so many dishwashers!  The first kitchen aid that was in the house when we purchased in the 70's wouldn't die.  We changed it out after 10 years because of a kitchen remodel and gave it to a friend who used it forever.  Since that time I have had all price ranges, the two most expensive lasted no longer than the less expensive.  I now purchase the least expensive replace it about every 7 years.

[Sunshine Kate]

My dishwasher repairman told me to use only liquid detergent.  The pods and powders do not always dissolve and then can cause problems.

It makes more sense to me to use liquid.  

[SharkE]

I suspect like everything else the quality of today can't compare with stuff we all bought yrs ago.

I just want simple not a bunch of bells and whistles I'm not gonna use machine.

I'm getting used to buying the cheapest low end stuff because I know I'll be back in the market probably within 5 yrs.

Manufacturers are greedy

[Pooky1]

 Shark good luck with your new dishwasher. I love getting new appliances. Our last new appliance was a ge portable dishwasher 2.5 years so far it cleans really well better than my last Maytag dishwasher and is much quieter. I did buy a service contract on it. The Maytag I had a contract on and good thing. It got fixed so many times and two of the times once a control board 300 buck and another time the motor died also 300 bucks but contract covered everything. Plus other repairs that I don't remember what they were and again good luck with your new dishwasher.

[Pooky1]

Sharks have you received your new dishwasher yet? I'm excited for you. I love getting new appliances but a washer or dishwasher it my top favorite to get. I was excited to get the new fridge last week.

[peachesncream]

Our plumber told us to use liquid dishwasher detergent.

I buy Cascade Complete. I like that it doesn't have bleach, which  I'm allergic to. It seems to work great.

Early in the pandemic, when appliances were hard to find, our dishwasher expired. We bought a Whirlpool, the only model our local appliance dealer had. It's turned out to be my favorite dishwasher ever. I like the stainless steel interior, and a third shelf at the top (which is removable). I use it for extra silverware.

[SharkE]

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@Pooky1 wrote:

Sharks have you received your new dishwasher yet? I'm excited for you. I love getting new appliances but a washer or dishwasher it my top favorite to get. I was excited to get the new fridge last week.

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Yep, got it installed (another 150). This Whirlpool is so much easier to start. Fewer options and options I 'm not gonna use anyway like I had on that Bosch.

Quiet, just hit 'Quick Wash' then 'Dry, 'Start'. Bam !

Hope it holds up . In these times your lucky to get 5 yrs out of anything. got a cheapie Whirlpool washer that is probably about time to go belly up. I hate that water conserving Bull****. Sometimes i have to draw a bucket of water from the kitchen to add more water to the washer !!  The washer puts a thimble full of water in there makes me furious.

I bought cheapie washer on purpose , less to go wrong and when it does just buy another low end one. Next time I'm gonna make sure I can keep the lid up while it's filling with water and none of this pukey  thimble full of water 'stuff'.

@Pooky1   I had a pug named Pook LOL

[Pooky1]

Sharks we have a 5 year old he washer that does fill up with lid up and does fill up with alot of water and there still like that. It was about 650.00 and speed queen washers fill all the way up with lid open also there just more expensive but they last along time. I bought the service contract on the dishwasher I bought a couple years ago and the Maytag dishwasher I had before that and I also bought contract on the Maytag dishwasher allso. It was well worth it because that dishwasher had to be fixed alot. The 2 biggest repairs were replacing motor that was 300 bucks and had to get control board replaced and that was also 300 bucks and both repairs plus other repairs were all covered by the contract.