New dishwasher

[dagibbs]

I have been through a bit of a dishwasher year.

The dishwasher I bought many years ago started requiring, as Amelia put it, "adult supervision". More precisely, it wouldn't fill -- so you had to manually fill it at the appropriate times. Start was easy -- but you had to catch both the other fill points, too.

A friend of a friend had an old dishwasher he had replaced, and he offered it. So, I replaced the previous one with his. It was far louder. And, while not requiring adult supervision, it didn't really wash dishes. That is, the dishes didn't really come out clean unless they were mostly clean to start with. And, it was loud. Ok, the first one wasn't quiet -- but it was ok. This one was noticeably loud.

My parents have been asking for a while is there was something they could do for me. They've given both my sisters a bunch of help over the last few years (loans of down-payments for homes type help), and I haven't needed such help. And, I've always said that I didn't need the help, and my sisters did, and it was just fine with me that they were helping my sisters more. But my parents want to be "fair", to also help me... so I finally gave in and said they could buy me a dishwasher.

So, I have a new dishwasher. A nice stainless steel Bosch unit. And it washes dishes. Clean. And it is quiet. It is running right now, and all I hear are quiet water burbling noises. I had to check whether it was the dishwasher, or someone running water in an upstairs sink.

Life is good.

Comments

[elizilla]

That is what we have as well. The old house had one when I bought it and it was excellent, so we got another for the new house, and I think it is even better than the old one. It is so quiet you wouldn't know it is running, so it has a little red light that shines on the floor, down on the right hand corner, to indicate it is on. The racks are such that it holds more dishes, more easily, than my past dishwashers, and even with the dishes loaded close together they come out immaculate. Even if I barely rinse them. The one drawback is, it takes at least twice as long to run, as the lower quality dishwashers used to take. I am happy to make the trade - I rarely run it twice in one day so who cares?

Can't recommend Bosch dishwashers highly enough.

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

Yes, this one does seem to be a longer wash cycle -- the standard cycle is something over 2 hours (2h10m?), so not as fast, but better and quieter cleaning. And, mostly, I'm not in a rush to get clean dishes.

[mycrazyhair.livejournal.com]

I love my Bosch dishwasher! It makes me so happy. Hope yours will, too!

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

So far, it is making me happy.

[ami-b.livejournal.com]

We got swanky new laundry machines last year and it was a revelation. Labour saving devices that actually save labour are the BEST.

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

Yes, they are!

[metalana.livejournal.com]

Yay good dishwasher! Now I am tempted to replace my quiet-thus-expensive Frigidaire DW with one that successfully removes dirt from dishes.

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

Sorry to strew temptation in your path.

I don't think we've tested it with REALLY bad dishes yet. But it has done well so far, and we don't tend to run it that often, so things will get a chance to dry on.