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This is strange to me. I've always only had crappy apartment dishwashers, and they always get the job done. Beyond about a 1 second rinse, I do no pre-cleaning

by wycy 7y ago

This is strange to me. I've always only had crappy apartment dishwashers, and they always get the job done. Beyond about a 1 second rinse, I do no pre-cleaning either. Is it really common for dishwashers to be ineffective?

asdfasgasdgasdg 7y ago
He's definitely exaggerating the case that dishwashers "don't work." It's true that sometimes people's dishwashers don't work. But I've had personal experience with plenty of dishwashers that do work. It'd be surprising to me if my experience was an outlier.
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sjg007 7y ago
A lot of it depends on you local water chemistry, finding the right detergent for that, your hot water temp and then the dishwasher itself. I've found that lemishine detergent or the kirkland one work the best. Also if you are buying a dishwasher get the one with the fewest features. I have 7 fancy cleaning options on my KitchenAid and only the "normal" wash actually cleans. Not to mention it leaks steam out a top seal when on sanitize mode so it's basically useless (a design flaw). Extra rinse, sanitize every other combo leaves the dishes with a hard film. I have to run lemi shine as well no matter what since we have really hard water. I do like that my dishwasher is quiet but you can just generally just put plastic and an insulation blanket over an old one to quite it down too. Best dishwasher I had in an apartment was a 1980s GE.. one with the yellow door. It was loud though. They were super reliable. Newer dishwashers with fancier features break down more often. Older dishwashers are better because they use more water. If you can save an older dishwasher by replacing the door say to match you kitchen, I would do so. Also if you are buying a new dishwasher, go in and investigate the racks. A lot of folks get a 3rd rack especially when you have a new baby. Be sure your bottles and caps and everything fits (if you want to use the dishwasher to fit them).. I have a third rack that is useless for anything except flat objects. I can wash like 20 sets of silver ware that I don't really need that feature. Also check the dishwasher rack rollers. I find those things wear out and break especially if they are thermo plastic roughly every 2-3 years. Searched for the part online and everyone complains about them. Today I would buy a Miele over a KitchenAid. I would also buy a Bosch or Whirlpool over both of those.

by wycy 7y ago

asdfasgasdgasdg 7y ago

He's definitely exaggerating the case that dishwashers "don't work." It's true that sometimes people's dishwashers don't work. But I've had personal experience with plenty of dishwashers that do work. It'd be surprising to me if my experience was an outlier.

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sjg007 7y ago

A lot of it depends on you local water chemistry, finding the right detergent for that, your hot water temp and then the dishwasher itself. I've found that lemishine detergent or the kirkland one work the best. Also if you are buying a dishwasher get the one with the fewest features. I have 7 fancy cleaning options on my KitchenAid and only the "normal" wash actually cleans. Not to mention it leaks steam out a top seal when on sanitize mode so it's basically useless (a design flaw). Extra rinse, sanitize every other combo leaves the dishes with a hard film. I have to run lemi shine as well no matter what since we have really hard water. I do like that my dishwasher is quiet but you can just generally just put plastic and an insulation blanket over an old one to quite it down too. Best dishwasher I had in an apartment was a 1980s GE.. one with the yellow door. It was loud though. They were super reliable. Newer dishwashers with fancier features break down more often. Older dishwashers are better because they use more water. If you can save an older dishwasher by replacing the door say to match you kitchen, I would do so. Also if you are buying a new dishwasher, go in and investigate the racks. A lot of folks get a 3rd rack especially when you have a new baby. Be sure your bottles and caps and everything fits (if you want to use the dishwasher to fit them).. I have a third rack that is useless for anything except flat objects. I can wash like 20 sets of silver ware that I don't really need that feature. Also check the dishwasher rack rollers. I find those things wear out and break especially if they are thermo plastic roughly every 2-3 years. Searched for the part online and everyone complains about them. Today I would buy a Miele over a KitchenAid. I would also buy a Bosch or Whirlpool over both of those.